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The music wasn't top of mind. The technology and sound were." In Part 4 of my five-part conversation with Rudy, he talks about the recording process during his Hackensack, N.J. , years: JazzWax: What do you remember about A Night at Birdland from...
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On January 29th, Jimmy Ryan and his Balboa Be Bop Band performed an encore to their earlier May 19, 2011 gig in the Richmond District’s Balboa Theater. Ryan, 72, and his Generation X jazz band mates warmed up the nearly capacity-filled theater with a...
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His hundreds of recording credits range from pop superstar Prince and salsa vocal icon Hector LaVoe to such jazz and Latin-jazz legends as Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Eddie Palmieri, the fiery pianist and legendary band leader with whom Lynch...
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Chris Amberger’s dexterity on the bass has travelled wide and deep. Many remember him as the house bassist at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco, ferociously pushing the limits of his instrument while maintaining a strong groove with the likes of Sam...
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Onthe album, Jazz Messengers Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b) and Blakey (d) accompanied a singer, a rarity for the hard-bop group. Another one of these superb Blakey oddities is the soundtrack to Des Femmes...
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Nyack. 845-826-2639. www.NyackVilageThe atre.com. Music: A Blue Note Retrospective. The West Point Bands Jazz Knights present the annual African-American History Month Concert with a retrospective of the Blue Note record label, and the music of...
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"We're going to do a lot of Latin jazz featuring the vibes, mostly things by Cal Tjader and Tito Puente, some originals and one number that the great vibraphonist Milt Jackson liked to play a lot, Horace Silver's 'Opus de Funk.' We'll add a couple...
About Horace Silver
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Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928), born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer. His father was from Cape Verde and his mother was born in New Canaan, Connecticut and was of Irish-African descent. Silver is known for his distinctive humorous and funky playing style and for his... Full Article
