Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

• 1 Room 608 05:21
• 2 Creepin' In 07:25
• 3 Stop Time 04:06
• 4 To Whom It May Concern 05:11
• 5 Hippy 05:24
• 6 The Preacher 04:17
• 7 Hankerin' 05:18
• 8 Doodlin' 06:45
• Total Runtime 43:47

Info for Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers

In 1954, pianist Horace Silver teamed with drummer Art Blakey to form a cooperative ensemble that would combine the dexterity and power of bebop with the midtempo, down-home grooves of blues and gospel music. The results are what would become known as hard bop, and the Jazz Messengers were one of the leading exponents of this significant era in jazz history. Before Silver's departure and Blakey's lifetime of leadership, this first major session by the original Jazz Messengers set the standard by which future incarnations of the group would be measured. The tunes here are all Silver's, save the bopping 'Hankerin'' by tenor man Hank Mobley. Such cuts as the opening 'Room 608,' the bluesy 'Creepin' In,' and 'Hippy' are excellent examples of both Silver's creative composing style and the Messengers' signature sound. Of course, the most remembered tunes from the session are the classic 'The Preacher' and 'Doodlin',' two quintessential hard bop standards. In all, this set is not only a stunning snapshot of one of the first groups of its kind, but the very definition of a style that dominated jazz in the 1950s and '60s.

„A true classic, this CD found pianist Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey co-leading the Jazz Messengers; Silver would leave a year later to form his own group. Also featuring trumpeter Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley on tenor, and bassist Doug Watkins, this set is most notable for the original versions of Silver's 'The Preacher' and 'Doodlin',' funky standards that helped launch hard bop and both the Jazz Messengers and Silver's quintet. Essential music“. (Scott Yanow)

„But Alfred never once said to me, 'We want a few standards.' There was only one exception. When we rehearsed 'The Preacher' with the Messengers, he said, 'What is that tune?' I said, 'It's just a little tune I wrote on the chord changes of 'Show Me the Way to Go Home.'' He said, 'Oh no, that's Dixieland. No, we don't want that. Why don't you just jam a blues, and we'll take that one out?' I was kind of crushed. I'm grateful to Art Blakey. He pulled me over in a corner and said, 'Man, ain't nothin' wrong with that tune. Tell him you want to do it. They'll do it if you insist.' I went to Alfred and said, 'Look, Alfred, if you don't want to do that tune, why don't we cancel the session until I can write another tune? Because I don't want to jam no blues.' He said, 'Okay, go ahead and do it.' And it became a big hit.“ (Horace Silver, from Cats Of Any Color, by Gene Lees)

Horace Silver, piano
Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone
Kenny Dorham, trumpet
Doug Watkins, double bass
Art Blakey, drums

Remastered from the original Rudy Van Gelder Blue Note master tapes!

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