★霍瑞斯席佛Horace Silver-Blue Note 爵士鋼琴世代先鋒硬咆巨匠,他憑藉著此張純正的hard bop"私房6曲-6 Pieces Of Silver",贏得了金質評價的經典作品地位,輯中引入了他不可磨滅的經典作品“Señor Blues”。在這張不可略視的專輯中,這位傳奇鋼琴家組成了構成他獨特之聲的王牌五重奏組,其中包括小號手唐諾.拜爾德Donald Byrd 、次中音薩克斯管手漢克摩布利Hank Mobley 、貝斯手道格沃特金斯Doug Watkins和鼓手路易斯海耶斯Louis Hayes等....個個獨攬風雲...
★BLUE NOTE CLASSIC VINYL SERIES-FOLLOWING THE RECEPTION OF BLUE NOTE RECORDS’ ACCLAIMED BLUE NOTE 80 VINYL REISSUE SERIES, THE LABEL ANNOUNCES A CONTINUATION OF ITS ALL-ANALOG 180g VINYL PRESSINGS OF CLASSIC TITLES MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY AND PRESSED AT OPTIMAL ★ALL-ANALOG 180g PRESSINGS ★MASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES BY KEVIN GRAY ★PRESSED AT OPTIMAL
★On his first Blue Note date since relinquishing The Jazz Messengers moniker to Art Blakey, Horace Silver struck gold with this sterling set of hard bop that introduced his indelible composition “Señor Blues.” The pianist was joined by an ace quintet featuring Donald Byrd on trumpet, Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Doug Watkins on bass, and Louis Hayes on drums.
★This Blue Note Classic Vinyl Edition is all-analog, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes, and pressed on 180g vinyl at Optimal.
Horace Silver最早的音樂啟蒙是來自於他的葡萄牙裔的父親常聽的非洲西岸的大西洋島國維德角The Cape Verdean當地的抒情民謠音樂,Silver在高校就讀期間開始接觸鋼琴與薩克斯風的演奏,1950這一年,次中音薩克斯風樂手Stan Gets在康乃狄克州中部偏北的哈特福Hartford舉行音樂會的時候,當時,Stan Getz對擔任旋律部分伴奏的Horace Silver,鼓手Walter Bolden,貝斯手Joe Calloway的音樂技藝留下深刻印象,當下聘用為專屬的伴奏樂團,Horace Silver在與Stan Getz合作一年後,自己也開始在紐約與諸多爵士樂次中音薩克斯風菁英,像是Coleman Hawkins,Lester Young,還有低音提琴樂手Oscar Pettiford等人合作。
Horace Silver在1953年與Art Blakey聯合組成了The Jazz Messengers樂團,兩人共同擔任樂團的領導者,將咆勃爵士樂bebop與藍調,節奏藍調,福音音樂調和,開創了熱情無比的現代爵士概念,孕育出了影響超過半世紀的爵士樂風格「硬咆勃hard bop」,他的鋼琴彈奏極具精煉豐富的想像力,成了日後主流鋼琴家爭相仿效的對象…
到了1956年,Horace Silver揮別The Jazz Messengers樂團,展開個人音樂里程,藉著一張張的專輯逐步鞏固他身為爵士樂界的重要作曲家與鋼琴家的地位樂曲。Horace Silver的鋼琴彈奏極具精煉,有著豐富的想像力,還散發十足的放克音樂色彩,他的鋼琴風格成了日後主流鋼琴家爭相仿效的對象,1950年代,1960年代,1970年代的深具影響力的號樂樂手,像是Donald Byrd,Woody Shaw,Joe Henderson,Benny Golson,The Brecker Brothers等等都曾經是Horace Silver擔任樂團領導者的樂團組合的成員,Horace Silver的鋼琴風格甚至對前衛音樂的樂手產生了影響.....
【LP曲目】
1.Cool Eyes (SIDE A)
2.Shirl (SIDE A)
3.Camouflage (SIDE A)
4.Enchantment (SIDE A)
5.Señor Blues (SIDE B)
6.Virgo (SIDE B)
7.For Heaven's Sake (SIDE B)