Cool Eyes Silver Horace Quintet 1958

Cool Eyes Silver Horace Quintet 1958

Groovy? Funky? Cool or what?
The enormously popular Horace Silver Quintet play their signature tune, "Cool Eyes" during a 1959 broadcast for the Dutch KRO Company (KRO stands for Catholic Radio Broadcaster). These broadcasts were usually done during the day in a theater close to Hilversum, the Dutch radio and TV town. I vaguely remember that the public during these radio- and TV performances was usually invited and tickets were free. When one looks at this audience there is very little that would inspire any musician and maybe that is why the band had their backs towards that audience.
The music played is certainly inspired, well recorded and with great close-ups of the musicians.
Pianist Horace Silver together with trumpeter Blue Mitchell, tenor saxophonist Junior Cook, bassist Gene Tailor and drummer Louis Hayes play their new style of hard bop with great flair and skill. The instrumentation of his quintet (trumpet, tenor sax, piano, double bass, and drums) served as a model for small jazz groups from the mid-1950s until the late 1960s.

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[soulgriot]

Any musician will tell you that all of Horace Silver's music is easy to listen to, but some of it is HARD TO PLAY!

[rj2046]

A very well made video. The sound and vid are excellent, and the names flashed for the band is an added bonus. Horace is very dapper with always a humble and understated manner.

[caponsacchi]

This became a theme. It's on "6 Pieces of Silver." Do yourself a favor and give away "song for my Father." It's good it supported Horace, but it's the weakest 2-chord tune he ever wrote.

[jazzjanne1]

Sounds good!

[kevinherbert]

@lomalindajazz : it's the smack....

[kevinherbert]

The crowd reaction is gr8

[kevinherbert]

How absolutely cooool are rhis band?????.....helllooooooooooo­oo....

[djkcel]

I hope Horace is doing well. He has Alzheimer's now, and it's very sad to think that he doesn't remember any of this groundbreaking music that he made.

[kevinherbert]

Thanx so much 4 this......

[TheLiesette]

all of these white people are thinking "DAMN!"

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[TheLiesette]

all of these white people are thinking "DAMN!

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[edgarbm95]

@sclogse1 wow thanks for the lesson. I learned a lot :D but i was just kidding. lol