SILVER SURVEY
Horace Silver came into prominence in the early fifties. But this isn’t a history, rather a registration of feeling concerning Silver’s recordings. I am assuming that 1.) you’re hip to Silver, or at least vaguely aware that he’s a jazz pianist and 2.) when you’re faced with the Bluenote backlog of Silver recordings you’ll trust me a little in helping you pick the best.
Silver’s music is a good introduction to jazz—imaginative, funky piano surrounded by solid hard post-bop improvizations.
In surveying. Horace’s history with Bluenote, I have made no effort to consider the records in the context of the time during which they were released (the first recordings were in ‘53-‘54, and each record could be considered to be recorded approximately a year later than the previous one). The music is taken as it sounds to the ear now, today.
