Senor Blues Silver Horace 1959

[tomandnacky13]

my god, jazz is so damn spiritual! and look at horace's funky hair!

[davidjokeefe]

piano solo=pure genius!

[MrVjezaveur]

Omg this was in holland, altough it hasn't any connection to me, I'm feeling proud :)

[madhusudanraman]

hate being 17 years old and not being exposed to jazz :( oh well, better late than pop :)

[DaJazzer92]

wooowheee!

[subversivesapient]

these guys must of have had nerves of steel. crowd like that--back then: wow (speechless).

[racourdav]

This is smokin..Horace and Louis are still with us..God is good!!

[vivascargill1]

saw him play it --not much else worthy of report

[SuZySueSuzyQ]

Wow, thank you for posting- this is amazing to see!

[jazzjanne1]

Outstanding!

[rhauf55]

Indeed. Amen.

[MrDERIAIR]

diggin the grooves on this

[MegaRoodypoo]

superb



[hwgray]

"[T]here were no racial barriers for" black AMERICANS! I was refused entrance into a "private club" - read: "after-hours joint" - till my Dutch girlfriend said to the Dutch doorman ,in English, "But, he's an American!" As soon as he heard "American," the doorman practically kissed my ass! Of course, if I'd been a black Dutchman, I'd still be waiting.

[Bamaguze]

@hwgray Thanks for telling the truth. I had the same experience in Japan, Zambia, Italy,Tunisia, Senegal. But not for being an american, but for being a Black American.

We had a reputation of"fighting for right, and excellence in whatever subject" that gained respect, unlike today with our "first black president".

[glassroom135]

Thats got to be the best jazz piano solo if not greatest piano solo i have ever herd. great tune

[harrisonjazzensemble]

Horace is a fucking genius

[TheINSECTES]

START 

[123must]

Great !!!

Thanks

[blackandtanful]

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[dragonfist76]

i love tji

[lornelubin]

this is the coolest piano solo ever!!!!!

[xebio6]

If this isn't one of the grooviest, most swinging, most inventive and downright fun jazz tunes ever, then what is?

[fenderkid6]

@xebio6 Personally I prefer Art Blakey's moanin', but being a bit of a phillistine when it comes to jazz I have almost certainly offended many people by posting this.  Ah well, can't please everyone eh?

[Dashtyme]

Drifting on that sound waaaay down play play that sound man

[wyattfourie]

i learn everyday thanx horace drom the cape



[chazz1447]

Used to hear Horace at the Cork & Bib in Westbury L.I. At that time the fantastic Clifford Jordan on tenor......it can't get any better than that!!

Chazz1447

[naruto2710]

bbc- the hour

[detonantes]

he looks like jaco pastorius from 0:00 to 0:18

[GrantSorensen]

Horace Silver is awesome.

[TBBlends]

grooved my socks off

[danprice2]

Listened to this 3 times on the bounce and am about to listen to it again. Woah man that's good squishy.

[roz805]

1959! Wow! This cat was soooo cool!

[DocOfTones]

@roz805 was???

[Barakx8]

I used to enjoy the Horace Silver performances at the Sutherland Lounge on the south side of Chicago. This brings back those wonderful times and great memories in the late 1950s. Thanks for the great post!

[Skepseironeia]

4:09... Ufff

[Skepseironeia]

How could the audience keep so unmoved before this? I don't understand, it seems like they wasn't listening...

[wfly81]

@Skepseironeia They're listening...they're just being respectfully quiet and not filling the air with pointless noise.

[nathanwmusic]

When somebody figures out time travel - this gig is the first place i'm going :D

[danprice2]

@nathanwmusic Love this comment. Can you give me a call when the time machine turns up.

[pmfnr]

Horace looks like the lead character in a movie warning about the dangers of reefer cigarettes.

[condotieri8778]

uffffff....que feeling.uno de mis favoritos.

[devinmusicman]

pimp



[Lafforte]

Ahem... ! Silver..... Horace!

Like Pyle Gomer, Davis Miles, Montgomery Wes, Ellington Duke, Clinton Bill, Bush George.....

[harrisonjazzensemble]

@Lafforte A little on the passive aggressive side and not really that clever



[Lafforte]

@harrisonjazzensemble "Passive Aggressive"...!? You don't even know what the expression means. I suggest you use words and expressions that you understand.

About the issue... pretty odd after all, to post music, presumably that you like, and get the (extremely well-known and influential) performer's name backwards. There are over 20 pages (10 items per page) of Horace Silver hits on Youtube, and he's one of the very few artists to have more than 1 (he has 6) CDs in the Aebersold series.

[TheSatanas666]

memphis slim its better...

[busessuck1]

@TheSatanas666 ...he's a different kind of musician

[Chirostenotes]

Horace rox...jazz's...everything.....­.

[WhatAreDrums729]

Played this with my high school jazz combo. Song grooves hard.

[madEternity]

that's impressive

[truesemite]

the definition of cool

[danslatente]

Ok... after that great performance, why do they seem scared at the end, in the last few seconds of the clip? Probably exhaustion from such concentration...

[otmq]

It's tough to end a jam that sounds so good...believe me, it kills a tune to have the ending end up lame...the hardest part of playing jazz is the instant before you blow and the last 3 seconds of the tune, everything else just flys by...

[kyleandrewmatuszewsk]

It is Horace Silver, not Silver Horace.

[7JM8QHTBKC9L]

This is excellent, the crème de la crème!!!!

[kevinherbert]

Who is the band????????

[kevinherbert]

D Fagan credits H Silver as a big influence...thanx Horace....on all counts...including senor blues

[Trio3Bien]

AMAZING. I'M WITHOUT WORDS...

[DianaZaslove]

An amazing live document! The say the band swaps into 4/4 from the 6/8 groove for Horace Silver's solo is great!

[blooplip]

Excellent piece of music! How interesting it is that in those days, Black and Brown people were not allowed to be in the same conference hall with whites, not unless you were the artist .....what a trip, right?

[bookstore55]

At first I thought it was funny how much people had used the word "cool" to describe this song (and Horace Silver) but by the time the song was a minute in I realized it's because there are no other words. The dude's just straight up cool!

[sitarnut]

@bookstore55 TRUE-TRUE-TRUE - natural cool wizard he is........

[kingcat85]

gotta love blue mitchell!

[56conn6h]

The epitomy of cool!

[wesrace1]

Horace was one of the Soul Blues Founders Wasn't He & A Hard Bopper Too Boot!

[Elegarret]

I like it!

[VideoalAZ]

I haven't heard this in decades. Now, I remember why I liked Horace Silver's music so much.

[axel4023]

viv la misik!!!! wèwè

[Mrtriumphchopper]

The late Fifties and early Sixties were a watershed for a "revival" of great American jazz. This is the only time I wished I were older to have experienced the music live.This is the reason I learned to play piano,thank God recordings are available.

[TheBigSuegroski]

That's one sweaty bassist!

[123must]

Silver was a real Master in hard bop!

[philserious]

awesome piece. loving that style.

[guitar602991]

is there a cd for this recording?

[Sakeytheninja]

@guitar602991 I have a CD that has the recording on it from a Jazz class I took in college, but I have no idea if its on any other albums. It has to be though. It's too good of a song.

[Oodikss]

@guitar602991

Horace Silver: Newport '58

That's a cd of Horace Silver that has Senor Blues on it. It's of his band at the Newport Jazz festival in 1958,

[sandylieberson]

Coooooool!!!!!

[sirlordcomixx1]

oh yes

[1blue1]

6:00

[1blue1]

So mellifluous sounds...

[evalynn0989]

mmmmmm wine please... and a blunt! sweeeeeeeeeeEt

[Lenin9664]

круть!!!

[mu0mu0mu]

Sweating sweetness!



[truesemite]

this piece of music is just absurdly cool

[poverhxxx]

волшебно!



[poverhxxx]

волшебно!

[polacomei]

Por que de espaldas al publico?

[ks02351]

絶品、ですねー。。ふむっ。。。。



[poverhxxx]

@ks02351 : 絶品 - can translate it?? ))

[MultiMemyselfni]

.....I listened to this as a younger....15yrs old....1964...L A. cali....i play piano...this helped me to learn...TIMELESS....GOOG IS GOOD...BE A GOOD PERSON and YOU WILL LAST a LONG TIME, TOO...!!!!!

[jojonewsom]

holy shit, 7:16 is devastating!!!

[ewedude]

pocket! in the pocket. most important of all.

[frederickus]

@ewedude POCKET!!! (I play Bass)

[rompao020468]

meraviglia delle meraviglie, grazie di esistere

[nmcil]

I grew up listening to Horace Silver - this was always one of my favorite of his works - all these years later, I still love it.

[nmcil]

I grew up listening to Horace Silver - this was always one of my favorite of his works.

[pholzer5]

What beautiful intonation bassist Gene Taylor has.

[jamesedwardtheobald]

this is real blues!

[comedicano]

anyone gimme the chords or sheet music plz

[fissure226]

@comedicano Rule one: Jazz is learned by ear

[screwmaster404]

so cool, it's sizzlin' hot

[johnnynoirman]

Senor Blues is those cool jazz numbers that just been ues in film noir.

[luckylouie522]

GOLD 4 SILVER!!!!!

[mrpossibilities]

You can tell a lot of the funky sound Herbie Hancock was going after came from Horace Silver.

Truly ahead of his time. He was anticipating the modal improvisation of Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner and Chick Corea.

Also such a noble soul he was.

[sanchezgtrs]

Quite simply an outstanding composition!!

[250Yogi]

look at how fucking cool he is

[Hidemons]

@250Yogi "look at how fucking cool I am" That should be a t-shirt for fat people.

[MrArcherc]

@250Yogi Yeah, the music is pretty good too.

[Eerik39]

näihin blues teemoihin olen poikasena kasvanut - kaikki hyvin. ei koskaan häviä se pois.

[TTmaniax]

Horace is drenched in sweat. It is dripping off his nose.

[somaditya75]

Just brilliant....greatly spicy

[MrTheLighter]

2 people missed "i like"..

[jwright123456789]

How can I give this song 100 stars???

[raphyelrosby]

Horace Silver so simple, but so lyrical...No Oscar Peterson, and no need to be!!!!! This piano solo was so heart felt and deliberate!!!

[kinro2]

Hay canciones que tienen alma...

Some songs have soul...

[jax2727]

this should be our national anthem

[bgl31698]

@jax2727 hahaha 

[sitarnut]

@jax2727 I TOTALLY agree- but the deck is stacked against us- millions of us have been trying for bloody years to just get BRUCE LEE on a postage stamp- how many of those have you bought lately?

[Mrtriumphchopper]

@jax2727 I thought it was!?!?

[enkibumbu]

Who is the sensitive drummer? Great.

[fineyoungspecimen]

@enkibumbu I was thinking the same thing about his style and "sensitive" is the perfect word, and it can also go for that cool ass bass player

[M13MusicNut]

Very entertaining!

[TheRealSankukai]

Blue was a criminally underrated trumpet player. R.I.P. great master.

[Fiestamasters]

this is amazing... Iove it........ you can tell how back in the days they really could admire what talent was... you can observe the real sensibility to true art from the face of the spectators and the musicians

[rebeccaqueline]

holy hell that piano solo.

[neezledoo]

note for note, easily one of the best live performances ever caught of film!

simply a phenomenal piano solo, even his other versions pale in comparison,

He nailed this! I LOVE HS!

[robinvdsande]

Absolutely enchanting.

[Sandra57206]

Just INCRREDIBLE! We'll never see the likes of these kind of guys again!

Horace Silver was and is an original genius. Barely in his 30s here, and he was already at the top of his game.

The funny thing about it, ALL the guys in his Quintet are EQUALLY dynamic as he is, LOL. They'd have to be for it all to work! You know the saying, "birds of a feather flock together." So very true.

Horace has an uncanny musical interpretation that's fluent, living, breathing, speaking, do you hear it?

[boxing1000]

What do jazz and air have in common? You can't live without either!

[SIRONEDRAGON]

wonderful : ))

[xP3AC3MAK3Rx]

Much better than on the LP...sadly ;)

[shortcakeslicious]

@xP3AC3MAK3Rx tru dat !!!!!! and it is sad

[stoinge]

wow.Horace going through the pain barrier with that piano riff jus for music.Love it man,this guy is sick.

[LilduceOne]

82 TODAY -9/2/10. thank you, Horace - and fine gentlemen of jazz! This is so hip, so tight, such a pleasure to hear and see.

[skipowpow]

happy birthday.

[jjdra]

Thank you for posting this beautiful, historic video, and also for your commentary!

[ixvortex]

This is why I like all kinds of music. When you get down to basics, it can be just about the music and nothing else. Their genius in music, traveling to mind across space and time.

[tenorsaxmaster5]

Junior Cook and Blue Mitchell are two really underrated players as shown in this video. Awesome playing by all in the group.

[callippo99]

totally beautiful. One of Cape Verde's most distinguished sons surely. And still with us, aged 82, in 2010.

[MrDjb49]

I owe my life to this type of music. It was one of the only things that helped me get through some really dark times. I don't know where I would be without it.

[boxing1000]

@MrDjb49 Thats great to hear...hope it will help you forever...as it will all of us.

[fineyoungspecimen]

This is the slickest piano solo I ever heard!

[cachimbaization]

THIS IS A JEWEL!

THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE!

[mondodave]

This is as classic as it gets.

[oolilfishyoo]

how creepy to see those people in the audience the way they are, LOL.... its surreal... they are so ASLEEP!

[blackfootnavajo]

@oolilfishyoo they feel it, but they are too busy pretending not to feel it :D

[gdebenis]

@oolilfishyoo

The thing is, they listen.

[moonstar7]

I love this video! The music is great! These are true artists and master musicians. Can anyone tell where can I find this complete concert on DVD?

[mARCarchitectureaz]

absolutely wonderful, thx for posting.

[BearWa11ace]

outside... long gone cool jazz... with latin heat

[blackack94]

Is that Blue Mitchell on trumpet?

[marksjazzmusic]

@blackack94 Yup

[TrevorDhoble]

love hip-hop and jazz. explore the connection. "Quasimoto - Jazz Cats, Pt. 1 (with vocals)"

[webbsightful]

Actually those of you who commented here don't realize the connection jazz has with hip hop. The bulk of black music is very dance oriented and inspired. Jazz was dance music at a time and young people danced to it in ways considered provocative Syncopated rhythm in black music has a certain swagger to it which you can feel whether it's hip-hop or jazz or gospel, etc.

[ThoseCoolGuys]

and im loving it!

[blanchelle]

No need to bash Hiphop. The genre stands on its own. To my ear, Hiphop is mostly spoken word with minimalist musical accompaniment. You have to listen to it and ultimately judge it based on its own unique set of benchmarks. Hiphop is also a way of life. And music is still music. You can hear Senor Blues played by small combos today. And there are some new compositions being played out here too. The evolution of music, jazz in particular, deserves a lengthy discussion.

[fineyoungspecimen]

That bass is walking the fuck out of those cords, I really appreciate the rhythm here.

[Medium0Rare]

What happened to real "black" music. Why is this not "cool" anymore?

The thing is, these guys probably pulled more tail than snoop dog and they could think beyond a 4/4 beat with some fast, vulgar, ignorant talking over the top of it.

[elkhartmartin]

what it says about our age is that it is a different age. these guys weren't pop musicians then, they were not stars except in the jazz world. fifty years from now we won't listen to hip hop any more than anyone listens to vic damone now. there's plenty of music being made now that people will still love in 50 years. hip hop probably isn't it but, if you ask me, the whole thing's just a money laundering operation.

[sevieht]

this is ridiculously good

[pmfnr]

I cannot believe I am watching Horace Silver's fingers play this live!!! I love this song so damn much!!

[abevink92]

Simple, Light, and still so Deep!

[zackled]

What is the bassist name?

[chriswiatr1]

@zackled Il me semble que c'est Doug Watkins. Best Regards, Christophe

[luverlything]

I would have given my right arm to be in that audience!! Class, class, class!!!

[CronusPrime]

Perfect.. what an amazing collection of talent..

[cocomaire]

Thanks for this. I love this soooo much!

[fineyoungspecimen]

Those people in the audience look bamboozled by this music yet they are staying focused and cool, this is a classic

[Ukicazabonje]

sjajno!

[SkeetOnUrMomsTeet]

whoops...Not quite sure why it posted 12 times.

[SkeetOnUrMomsTeet]

This is fucking brilliant. Horace took that solo to the moon, so lucid and vibrant. And Hayes is the coolest cat on Earth. I've rarely seen a band so disciplined. Play this at my funeral.

[SkeetOnUrMomsTeet]

This is fucking brilliant. Horace took that solo to the moon, so lucid and vibrant. And Hayes is the coolest cat on Earth. I've rarely seen a band so disciplined. Play this at my funeral.

[SkeetOnUrMomsTeet]

This is fucking brilliant. Horace took that solo to the moon, so lucid and vibrant. And Hayes is the coolest cat on Earth. I've rarely seen a band so disciplined. Play this at my funeral.

[randomlightningman]

is this really in 6/8? I keep trying to count it, but I count it in 4....anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[theblimptheblimp]

@ramdomlightningman Try counting faster. The triplets within each beat you are counting, Horace is counting as 1 beat. So when you've counted one measure of 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ..., he'll have counted 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6.

But it really could be counted either way, and there are parts where counting in four seems more appropriate to me. Like during Horace's solo, that's definitely got a four feel.

[randomlightningman]

@theblimptheblimp OH! I got it now, thanks man! Does 6/8 normally give off a 4 feel, or is it just certain songs that do?