HORACE SILVER (The Hard Bop Grandpop) Jazz History #55

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HORACE SILVER (The Hard Bop Grandpop) Jazz History #55

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One of Horace Silver’s later albums was titled The Hard Bop Grandpop. It was fitting as the pianist/composer led one of the quintessential hard bop groups for decades. His compositions had elements of gospel and folksongs from his native Cape Verde, and above all could be classified as ‘feel good’ music. Playing in the Horace Silver Quintet was a rite of passage for upcoming jazz stars; many a high-profile career was launched from his bandstand. Through it all, Horace was a magnanimous and much-loved central figure in jazz history. Bonus: The video features a cameo by Steely Dan.
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@rickolson3114 Жыл бұрын

i hate finding this channel...now every extra minute will be spent listening to it...Thanks

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

I know that feeling, but it is time well spent, IMHO. :)

@A.ChristopherJohnson Ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more, about Horace & Art, but definitely would include Cannonball & Brownie too

@chasesanborn Ай бұрын

Max and Clifford's group would be up there with Art and Horace in the 1950s on the vanguard of the hard bop movement, but didn't have the longevity because of Clifford's early demise.

@ryanballantyne1811 Жыл бұрын

That live performance of Señor Blues towards the end was truly something to behold.

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

Each of them are deeply into it. Horace's solo in particular is captivating.

@skimanization 10 ай бұрын

When I listened to a jazz collection of Horace Silver I was able to understand what Jazz really is. All his soloists were great Jazz stars...I could understand everything they did. He's a real father of Hard Bop!

@chasesanborn 10 ай бұрын

He is that. Love your first sentence.

@basilshahid2905 6 ай бұрын

Horace Sliver is unmatched in his musical gospel jazz and metaphysical creative genius! I cherish the great conversation I had with him….A very beautiful soul.💎🎶✨

@chasesanborn 6 ай бұрын

Agreed, and I envy you the conversation.

@emigran7472 6 ай бұрын

Fabulous short and sweet your Series has been so personally enjoyable an uplifting pointing out facts that have disappeared from common remembrance to bring to light what has happened over this amazing musical Journey thank you so very much thank you

@chasesanborn 6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for the comment--it's always good to hear that people are enjoying the series.

@skimanization 10 ай бұрын

SINOR blues has always been my favourite because it sounded African to me. What a great composer/arranger jazz pianist!!!

@skimanization 9 ай бұрын

Horace Silver played with all my favourite instrumentalists, Art Blackey, Clifford Brown, Hank Mobley, etc. He's a real grandfather of HARD BOP!!!

@chasesanborn 9 ай бұрын

Exactly.

@schrisdellopoulos9244 2 ай бұрын

"Instrumentalists?" That's a peculiar word to use for great jazz musicians.

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

This is the 55th episode in the Jazz History series, profiling many of the musicians who shaped the evolution of jazz. Check the playlist for other episodes, SUBSCRIBE for upcoming episodes and above all, please LIKE the video to send a message to KZfaq that this is content you enjoy. Comments are welcome and encouraged!

@ber334 10 ай бұрын

Thank you. May you get lots of paid subscribers

@chasesanborn 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sentiment! Of course, it costs nothing to subscribe.

@jasonnstegall 8 ай бұрын

These vids make for good intros to the artists who make (I like to keep things in the present tense in a spirit of optimism) jazz the uniquely beautiful and artistic medium it is and continues to be. This one on Horace is particularly good, BTW. Oh, and just one more thing: no matter how “dense” modern jazz seemed to get, you could always still dance to it.

@chasesanborn 8 ай бұрын

Happy to spread the word.

@JosePerez-vz1qq 4 ай бұрын

12:50 ironic considering how much has been made about how Steely Dan sued successfully for copying the opening of "Black Cow" in a long forgotten hip hop one hit wonder in 1991.

@chasesanborn 4 ай бұрын

'tis.

@hans-ulrichbuehler8769 Жыл бұрын

You mention the 1954 album "A night at Birdland" with Lou Donaldson "on tenor". But Lou actually played alto! It's one of the finest recording of all time. H.U.B., Switzerland

@chasesanborn Жыл бұрын

If I said that, I misspoke. These videos were originally made in a hurry as I scrambled to convert an in-person university course to video during Covid. Thanks for catching the error!

@hans-ulrichbuehler8769 Жыл бұрын

@@chasesanborn No problem, Chase. But your jazz history series is just great. Thanks for it. As I became a jazz-fan in my early teens, I had the occacion to see most of the jazz-greats live, when they came to Switzerland.

@ber334 10 ай бұрын

@@chasesanborn that's funny because I was just thinking to myself that these are ready-made high school and college course jazz history lessons !!! How come your name Chase Sanborn reminds me of coffee?

@ber334 10 ай бұрын

You know Horace probably didn't bother with the steely Dan Rikki Don't lose that number thing because it would have been a tough case because they're only using a baseline and it's a common baseline bass players use that rhythm all the time playing the 1 and 5 so that's why Horace probably left it alone

@chasesanborn 10 ай бұрын

It may also be that Horace with his generous soul would consider it a compliment rather than theft.