Jun 162017
 

all packed up, just waiting to fly out on monday.  meanwhile, i downloaded the 3rd of three consecutive nights of the horace silver quintet, from 1976.  two nights at the umbria jazzfest, after which the quintet decamped for juan-les-pins.

in a bit of serendipity that i’d not noticed before, a song missing from the 20th  is included with the show from the 21st.

one other thing: the info files aren’t always right, but in comments on dime, the seeders confirmed that the dates are all in 1976.  not 1977 or 1986.

so enjoy a mini “horace silver fest” as i wing my way westward.


horace silver quintet

horace silver (piano)
bob berg (tenor sax)
tom harrell (trumpet)
steve beskrone (bass)
eddie gladden (drums)

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removed
umbria jazz festival
perugia, italy
20 july 1976

01. opening/ adjustment 8:41,
02. barbara 13:10,
03. in pursuit of the 27th man 15:45,
04. song for my father 12:55

time 42:14

from dime comments: “thank you! must be ten years earlier, 1976.”… “you are correct! date is 07-20-1976”

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umbria jazz festival
gubbio, italy
21 july 1976

1. slow down unissued tune from orvieto 10:58 (july 20 1976)
2. brain wave 17:43
3. h.silver voice 2:05
4. creation 13:30
5. h.silver voice 0:33
678 the sophisticated hippie 2:21 + 9:11 + 3:59
9 h.silver voice 0:36
10 perseverance & endurance 10:53
11 h:silver voice 0:28

time 72:11

soundboard very good for 34 years ago

the seeder commented that “this is one of my first recordings i was only 16 years old at that time !!!!”

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festival de jazz d’antibes
juan-les-pins, france
22 july 1976

01 in pursuit of the 27th man (horace silver) 14:39
02 slow down (larry williams) 11:00
03 song for my father (horace silver) 14:13
04 keep on gettin’ up (horace silver) 8:11

time 48:03

fm > edirol r-09 (wav) > wavelab > flac (level 8, sector-align)
broadcast : les légendes du jazz, france musique, june 10, 2017

seeder commented “in text i noted 1977, the good date is 1976…  (the 5th track in broadcast, down and out, was an official from 1969)”


sample: all cbr, 192kbps
horace silver 1976-07-20 02 song for my father.mp3 (removed)
horace silver 1976-07-21 10 perseverance & endurance.mp3
horace silver 1976-07-22 02 slow down.mp3

download: HoraceSilver1976-07-21_22.zip

no covers.


Mar 182015
 

HoraceSilverQuintet_4ShortShows_frontcoverin a bit of a horace silver mood today, and was listening first to a july 1988 show in essen, germany, and then to this nice little compilation of four (no doubt only partial) shows from various times & places.  when he posted it on dime in 2010, jazamo noted that “horace silver & randy brecker play on all songs, with either bennie maupin or michael brecker on sax”.  and billy cobham is on drums for 3 of the 4 shows.  so a nice lineup(s), i think, and very clean recordings from fm broadcasts.


horace silver quintet (1968)
konzerthaus wien, austria 1968-11-03

horace silver – piano
randy brecker – trumpet
bennie maupin – saxes
john williams – bass
billy cobham – drums
1 nutville (fade-in) (7:04)
2 song for my father (19:35)
3 psychedelic sally (12:13)

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horace silver quintet (1968)
philharmonie berlin, germany, 1968-11-10

horace silver: – piano
randy brecker – trumpet
bennie maupin: – saxes
john williams – bass
billy cobham – drums
4. intro (0:55)
5. the preacher (4:44)
6. cape verdean blues (6:23)
7. psychedelic sally (14:38)

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horace silver quintet (1969)
international jazz festival, juan-le-pins, antibes 1969-07-26

horace silver – piano
randy brecker – trumpet
bennie maupin – saxes
john williams – bass
billy cobham – drums
8. song for my father (7:17)
9. (unknown) (7:08)

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horace silver quintet (1973)
8th international jazz festival, pori, finland 1973-04-14

horace silver – piano
randy brecker – trumpet
michael brecker – tenor saxophone
will lee – electric bass
al queen – drums
10. introduction (0:57)
11. acid, pot or pills (13:58)
12. gregory is here (8:46)
13. song for my father (12:16)
cdr > flac > traders little helper


sample: Berlin 1968-11-10_T2 the preacher.mp3

download: HoraceSilverQuintet_4ShortShows_1968-1973.zip


Jun 212014
 

r.i.p. horace silver.   this show of his was the second set after a great warm up set by the ray barretto sextet show back in august 1996 at the blue note, ny city.  i shared the ray barretto set here last july, and was going to post this a couple of weeks ago when i noticed they were the same night.  but i didn’t get around to it… and now horace silver has died.  another great.

ray barretto opened, followed by  horace silver.  bluenote2005 recorded both sets, and uploaded them to dime within minutes of each other in november 2010.  listening to them in sequence, it almost seems as if there was no break between the two sets, a nice effect.  and a nice recording, too.


the horace silver septet
blue note
new york city, ny
3 aug 1996

horace silver-p
doug webb-ts
ron stout-tp
steve baxter-tb
phil due-bs
bob maize-b
harold mazon-dr

01. announcer/ i want you 6:33
02. announcer hs/ the hippest cat in hollywood 14:58
03. announcer hs/ we’ve got silver at six 14:10
04. announcer hs/ song for my father 15:12

source: audience
sound: b+


sample:  t01 i want you.mp3

download: HoraceSilverSeptet_1996-08-03_BlueNoteNYC.zip