Horace Silver at Newport 1959

[jazzjanne1]

Awesome!

Horace S is a superb pianist!

[kevinherbert]

How about Louis Hayes..on that small kit.....but it thunders......

[torageba]

もう最高....ホレスシルヴァーはどの時代も好きだけどやっぱ­りMitchell-Cook Quintetが真骨頂だと思う。

[miphka66]

Love how Blue quotes his own solo on "Come On Home" from the Finger Poppin' record at 2:37 (right after he quotes "Wail") - So hip

[Flangzor]

amazing!

thx

[kevinherbert]

He get's right offf the bus at 5.54..!!!!

[glacyan]

Sunday, July 3, 1960. About 10:15 PM.

[kevinherbert]

We are in the presence of a genius...thanx H Silver.....4 eva

[1942harold]

Like..... you gotta be shittin me its so funky i went and put some deodorant on. Brings back many memories of the day back in the original " Big D" THE ONE IN MICHIGAN. The kids in those days grew up on stuff like this. WOW

[kevinherbert]

@1942harold : you're a very funny dude....

[stuarthants]

Funny & funky, and the quotes come thick and fast - including Song for my Father! Timeless. Thanks for this

[mLiebzeit]

Listen at 5:24 to hear him use Summertime melody. =]

[Sandra57206]

If I didn't know any better, I would sware that Blue Mitchell sounds nearly identical to Lee Morgan. Same type of registry on the horn, very quick, purposeful, directed, WOW.

[gumby2412]

@andifyouhadtwocoats & boxing 1000:

GROW THE FUCK UP!!!



[cdubsoul]

GREAT POST!!! Horace has always been one of my fav composers but now after this particular recording he's also "favorite" improvisers as well. Stupyd killin' vid...thankz!!

[mjazz234]

Did the arsehole introducing this band have the faintest notion of how exceptional they were? Probably not, but he was just doing his job, as were the musos. Big difference is, lots of people still remember the musos. For their sheer brilliance, we can only be grateful. Many thanks for this posting.

[andifyouhadtwocoats]

douche bags fave

get outta that utube chair and dance

[boxing1000]

@andifyouhadtwocoats Again,faggy not everyone likes thier fathes dick in the ass like you do,comprende?I told you on Weather report and again here,got it?

[andifyouhadtwocoats]

@boxing1000 But you love a dick, hmm? or why are you here, chicken?

[SpotOnMusic1]

Brilliant clip ! Thanks

Who are the players ?

I think it's Wayne Shorter on Sax and could it be Lee Morgan on trumpet ?

Very sharp Ozric :-)

[raphyelrosby]

@SpotOnMusic1 Junior Cook "TS"and Blue Mitchell "TP"

[OZRIC1985]

Hey, I think Henry Mancini stole his Pink Panther Theme (written in 1963) from part of this song (at 4:23)!

[rogerjazzfan]

Fantastic!!! There are "Summertime" (at 5:25) , and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be " (at 6:34) homages. Thanks for this magnificent post.

[chsgdss]

***** VERY GOOD *****

[Daltonn0810]

what a scene jazz must of been

[LaurenceSethCohen]

The best!

[leftywilbury]

i think roy pushed too hard on blue's approach. what a pity

[postatility]

Mesmerizing!Few pianists could combine the bright,sunny and optimistic with the dark and bitter,often within the same tune.Horace's wit,inventiveness and intensity have long made him one of our greatest pianists and composers.

[keybobrob]

who is this guy...he sucks...i like amudayus mozhart and beetoven and the sax guy lewie ahmstron...he is better.

ok...ok...ok relax..im kidding. RIP SENOR SILVER!!

[vpmitchell]

@keybobrob Dude, Horace Silver is not dead...

[ptonelson]

In questo sassofonista si sente molto J. Coltrane

[celticmoon7]

just brilliant! whenever i'm having a bad day mister silver's mastery makes everything all right......

[ronaldjevans]

Part (but not all) of the increased energy is due to a 6% increase in recording speed. (Note the E-flat minor sounds like E minor here.) The recording speed problems at the 1960 Newport Jazz Festival were not unique to the Horace Silver Quintet. Cf videos of Donald Lambert, Eubie Blake, or Willie "the lion" Smith, for example.

[JiveDadson]

@ronaldjevans and @noobpiano: I am sure Ronald meant to say the track was recorded at a reduced speed, causing it to play back too fast and at a higher pitch than it should. I downloaded this vid and stretched it by 5%. (The software I have does not let me set the dial to 94%.) It does indeed sound just right when stretched out. What now? Would anyone like to host the speed-corrected version on your channel? Noob? If anyone is interested I can render the video and upload it for you to grab.

[ronaldjevans]

Horace Silver, piano

Junior Cook, tenor sax

Blue Mitchell, trumpet

Gene Taylor, bass

Roy Brooks, drums

Willis Conover, announcer

Filmed at the Newport Jazz Festival

July 2, 1960 (not 1959 as stated in the title)

(In July 1959, Roy Brooks had not yet replaced Louis Hayes in the Horace Silver Quintet.)

[ronaldjevans]

3:42 and 5:21 In the hall of the mountain king / Joshua fit the battle of Jericho

5:24 Summertime

6:33 Things ain't what they used to be

6:47 and 7:27 Reveille

7:19 Song for my father (not yet written)

7:48 Peter and the Wolf

[Sazandar]

The announcer introducing Silver's appearance is Willies Conover. No doubt.

[danderegil]

Dude!!! You have no idea how much I appreciate you uploading this video!

Cheers!!! :D

[PowerBomb900]

Did you hear the "Peter and the Wolf" theme in there @ 7:45? Haha, I can't believe I'm just now getting into Jazz!!

[UltraMagnus3786]

how about the tune Summertime at 5:24ish?

[1jazzsoul]

I saw a LOT of Horace Silver live in the 60s thru the 80s, and this video is the BEST SOLO I've EVER heard him play! He's absolutely ON FIRE here! (Hard to believe it's been 50 years!)

Thanks so much for posting this treasure!!!!!!

[hatesbostonredsox]

Horace Silver is one of the most influencial pianists in my playing. I just love his heavy, funky style.

[piacerejosh]

I love Horace. I have most of his CD's. This seeing and hearing live is a real treat. Thank you so very much for this video. So Special.

[jazzroom]

one of the BEST Horace Silver,s solos ever...he is gone on a farout trip here!

[vingtible]

I sincerely think is the singlemost realistic film of jazz performance in existence. Even though it's unwatchably bad quality, could not be worse, and even though it's cut up without much regard for matching sound and fingers, I'm serious here-- in 65 years, this is the piece of jazz film I remember most. As photographic art, it's so bad as to be a 'grotesque' and yet somehow that nails the feeling of being there for an incredibly good group. All I can say is it's magic--

[KickingHorse22]

I agree. Mr. Silver and his ensemble are totally "on" - pure emotion.

[vingtible]

you say exact what I meant about the film's transcendent visual value--  "pure emotion", thanks!

[dogredrum66]

Its almost like a Indian raga.

[drewby7777]

Is that Mike Wallace narrating?

[vova47]

No, Willis Conover producer of Newport festival and broadcaster on The Voice of America . Conover was for many decades

THE most important voice for all jazz lovers around the world  and particularly loved in Russia.

[cartiergl]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CamTheCat]

Love it!

[luisjazz]

preciosooooooo!!!

[BrunoJazzmanLeicht]

One of the funkiest groups in jazz ever. Thanks for posting Horace in his heydays.

Best regards,

Brewster

[roshtoff]

Amen!

[lornezedleather]

blue mitchell...one of the best trumpet players I've ever heard. The sax player is kind of boring though.

[musicblew69]

That's Junior Cook..........YOU are boring!

[tisha812]

I met Horace Silver about 5 years ago in NYC, I still get chills when I think about that moment...what a blessing!

[lumbia33]

wooooow... there is such beauty and warmth whenever he plays. one of the greatest.

[SlikkTim]

Too much funk in his piano ! Horace Silver, the master of hardcore jazz piano...

[volodyajazz]

man, he quotes from "Summertime", from Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, check out the major seconds shit. Amazing!

[cremington10]

UNDERRATED HELL!!! if you know jazz you know Horrice, as they say hes a mother fucking bitch, which means hes awesome in jazz lingo

[equinoxrox]

Wow under-rated genius!!! His deep grasp of harmony and super-structured chords in combination with that perfect sense of rhthym never gets old!!

Thank You!

[JazzySaxE]

aaaagh yes his diatonic ideas with his melodic sense is great

[BuckshotLaFunke]

How true, equinoxrox. Harmonically Silver goes up a halftone II-V sequence in passing so often that you feel like he's going up and down a staircase step all the time.

[PianoTango]

A genius!!!!!

[memzehni]

Silver's solo here is one of the best I've ever heard of him...AMAZING!!

[Modes9]

Woody Shaw and Joe Henderson are two of my favorites. I read that Horace wasn't enthusiastic about the modern direction those guys steered the group. He must have had a change of heart later because he hired Billy Cobham and the Brecker Brothers.

[memzehni]

Yes...because they swung hard

[KOKOYAMS]

While i was stying at the conservaty in Cologne a female classical piano visited and i played her Horace silver and she could not stand his touch and Piano phrasing, HOw CAN ONE play PN LIKE THAT way, it is wrong,..she said:

Silver is one one those seliective group of jazz musicians with a special touch compositional aproach. GREAT

[memzehni]

...well, she probably hates music. Like many classical musicians. Sorry to say that....

[djkocisi]

haha !

[KOKOYAMS]

Blue MiT is a master! melodic master ,

[micr0cosm]

Just incredible.

[watsonp143]

No one played anymore trumpet than blue Mitchell. He is one of the true master musicians of JAZZ!!!

[Muenchies]

Whoah dude, at 7:50 he plays effin Peter and the Wolf! And at 5:24 he plays summertime! I haven't even watched the whole thing yet and already it's so good!

[olivierbarjot]

what masters all.

[am3155]

Silvers solo here is about as imaginative and creative as any I've ever heard.Absolute genius. Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook were great but Woody shaw & Joe Henderson were sidemen on some of Silver's finest work. IMO Great post, thanx noobpiano.

[kingpleasure]

He starts off his solo quoting "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" and later at 6:46 works in a minor key Reville ("you gotta get up, you gotta get up, you gotta get up in the morning.")which he repeats in an even more out variation at 7:28 before playing Peter and the Wolf at 7:50.

This man was the creator of Intelligent Funky hardbop and a major figure in Jazz who is often neglected by historians undeservedly. He helped forge the music. Long Live to you Horace!! We love you!!

[bhgbjazz]

great music, but a half-step too high.

it must be in Eb-

[Trumpetplayer60076]

I used to catch Blue when he played The Jazz Showcase in Chicago. His fingering was unusual as he didn't play with his fingertips. What a MARVELOUS player!! And to see Horace....Thanks for posting this fantastic musician!!

[mrbruske]

This brings back memories of the first time I saw Horace at Fairfield University introducing 'Song for my Father' with his father present in the audience. It is unforgettable.

--Harry Lichtenbaum of Wethersfield, CT

[depauw2004]

This is THE SHIT

[ebenross]

No doubt Roy Brooks on drums.....an amazing drummer. I played with him in Detroit , palmer park art fair,198? with Ali Mohammad Jackson, Bass and Kenny Cox , Piano,. Larry Smith sax....Roy changed the pitch of the drums with surgical hoses connected to the drums. He also played the saw.

[reedfella]

Great!! Note Horace's quotes from "Peer Gynt" and "Peter and the Wolf"! Junior Cook is not playing off key as someone mistakenly said earlier. And puffing your cheeks is not wrong when the pros do it, either to get various tonal colors or for reasons of physiognomy (Dizzy, Zoot, Mulligan, etc., even some symphony players). It's not the same as when your 4th grade band teacher said "don't puff your cheeks".

[timdaughte]

Horace Silver is without a doubt the most neglected jazz artist of the bop age. Trane, Miles, Diz, Monk, and Bird all deserve praise, but they've gotten it. Silver is a god! Worship him!

[drumsnbass]

Horace was my into to bop jazz, and is still my personal favoriet

[joshuasound]

blue mitchell plays the truth!

[danrose]

I was lucky to see Blue Mitchell with a John Mayall All-star band here in Queensland not too long before he died.Sure did a great job livening up those whitefellas!

[joshuasound]

i saw him in los angeles in the 70s. he puffed out one of his cheeks. he plays with real soul and skill. he made some nice records too, including a song 'march on selma' for the civil rights march in 65. he was the real deal. G-d bless blue mitchell!!!

[werdup3000]

genius

[allenbnyc]

Who are the other players?

[BuddyBolden]

Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Junior Cook on tenor sax, and most likely Gene Taylor on bass & Louis Hayes on drums.

[miphka66]

That's not Louis Hayes, I think it's Roy Brooks, who took over for Hayes when he left.

[memzehni]

I think it's Roy Brooks on drums...

[vova47]

It is Roy Brooks without a doubt.

One of the most underrated drummers in history of jazz.

[memzehni]

....well, like Roger Humphries, Roy Mc Curdy, Freddie Waits, Eddie Jones a.s.o.

[mrpossibilities]

I can perfectly see how he influenced Herbie Hancock a lot. I love Silver's solos. They speak so directly. It never feels like a guy rambling on a bunch of notes.

[njwpadley]

This is one of Silvers' tunes that was so popular in the jazz realm at that time it could have made-it in the commerical scene. But his complex approach to simple blues was like that of Monk's.

[vova47]

One of the best clips on youtube,please post more if you have it,thanks!

[klactv]

Tenor plays off key, sometimes. Is it Junior Cook?

[shire2005]

Yes junior cook.. Blue mitchell is great here at trumpet..

[gigijazzygirl]

lol

[LAZTPROPHET]

Horace Silver.. posiblemente el mejor pianista de Jazz junto con Duke Ellington, por supuesto. Es indudable que este virtuoso del piano, ha creado algunas de las piezas más famosas del género: "Señor Blues", "Song for my Father", "Tokyo Blues", etc.. Larga vida a este genio.

[parrot2305]

And about a hundred other tunes. This might be the most amazing piano solo ive ever heard.

[shire2005]

Check out some of monk's music..

[CCEX]

Agreed! Horace's technique sure is unorthodox. He'd be considered a genius of the avant-garde if he wasn't so earthy and logical. I also thought of some of Monk's best solos, but this is pure Horace.

[parrot2305]

he quotes summertime at 525. someone in the audience laughs

[tegermee]

First saw this movie appr. 1982 in Filmhuis Delft Netherlands. Still amazing! Most of Horace Silver is kind of outdated anno 2007, this one still stands strong. He is