School University of South Florida; Course Title MUH 3016; Type. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers. Thelonious Monk Silver/Jazz Messenger Alumni Lists: Trumpet: Clifford Brown, Kenny DOrham, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Blue Mitchell, Woody Shaw, Randy Brecker, Wynton Marsalis Saxophone: Hank Mobley, Lou Donaldson, Benny Golson, Jackie McClean, Johnnie Griffin, Junior Cook, Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis Piano: Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton, Keith Jarrett, James . Art Blakey, the Mightiest Mentor. By the time this repackage was released, this quintet had named themselves the Jazz Messengers, and the band name on the label reflected that. Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers is a 1956 repackage of 1955 10" LPs by jazz pianist Horace Silver with drummer Art Blakey and featuring Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Kenny Dorham on trumpet, and Doug Watkins on bass. Not properly speaking a Jazz Messenger Alumni. silver/jazz messenger alumni lists: trumpet saxophone piano clifford brown hank mobley bobby timmons kenny dorham lou donaldson cedar walton lee morgan benny golson keith jarrett freddie hubbard jackie mcclean james williams donald byrd johnnie griffin blue mitchell junior cook woody shaw wayne shorter randy brecker michael brecker wynton 1 and vol. The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990. Not properly speaking a Jazz Messenger Alumni. Dozens of young musicians flowed through the ranks of the various incarnations of this band, after 1956 under the . These included Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Wynton Marsalis, Wayne Shorter, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett and Javon Jackson, and the pianists Horace Silver, Bobby Timmons, Cedar Walton, John Hicks, James Williams, Mulgrew Miller and Bennie Green. Blakey led or co-led the group from the outset. 1956 Horace left ART BLAKEY to form own groups HORACE SILVER QUINTET group that. For some four decades, the Jazz Messengers name was inextricably linked to drummer Art Blakey, who broke successive generations of new talent in a band that functioned as a gigging conservatory. The Horace Silver Quintet group and The Jazz Messengers would become known . Kenny Dorham WHISTLE STOP Blue Note BLP 4063 NYC Ear 9M RVG Hank Mobley. Originally released on two 10" pressings as Horace Silver Quintet, vol. Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 - June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at school in Connecticut, Silver got his break on piano when his trio was recruited by Stan Getz in 1950. Silver soon moved to New York City, where he . And that's the short list. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers Blue Note 1518 47 W 63rd NY 23 Art Blakey. The music of Silver, and indeed more generally that of the various groups performing as "The Jazz Messengers", was always very "jazzy": strongly rooted in the blues and hard, driving swing. In 1954, pianist Horace Silver teamed with drummer Art Blakey to form a cooperative ensemble that would combine the dexterity and power of bebop with the midtempo, down-home grooves of blues and gospel music. Pages 9 Ratings 94% (16) 15 out of 16 people found this document helpful; Putting Joe Henderson into my little Jazz Messengers mini series is probably slightly incorrect, I don't think Henderson ever played directly at the Jazz Messengers, but he started playing quite a bit with Kenny Dorham, another Messengers alumni, and he also contributes to my previously mentioned Horace Silver album "Song for my Father", and . SAVE UP TO 13% See all eligible items and terms. Here, McCraven manages to assemble a virtual all-star band from Jazz Messenger alumni (Horace Silver, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter) and his own crew of contemporary virtuosos (Jeff . The Jazz Messengers first album featured Horace Silver compositions and other works for a band that included saxophonist Hank Mobley and trumpeter Kenny Dorham. The results are what would become known as hard bop, and the Jazz Messengers were one of the leading exponents of this significant era in jazz history. Prola extrada do lbum "Horace Silver And The Jazz Messengers" (1955). The quintet included Horace Silver, Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson and Curly Russell. Roland Godefroy Ninety years ago on Oct. 11, 1919 . Pianist Horace Silver was the Jazz Messengers' original leader and, along with Blakey, the group's co-founding father. One of Silver's best-known tunes, "Song for My Father," is built on a catchy two-note bass line that Walter Becker and Donald Fagen famously borrowed for Steely Dan 's highest-charting . The Horace Silver Ensemble at the Frost School of Music serves as a semester-long examination of the music of one of the most prolific and influential composer/bandleaders in the history of jazz - pianist Horace Silver (1928-2014), along with the music of some of the distinguished musicians associated with Horace over the years of his groups, such as Kenny Dorham, Joe Henderson, and Tom Harrell. The Preacher. The Jazz Messengers from the start had their own sound . In 1956, Horace Silver left the band to form his own group leaving the name, the Jazz Messengers, to Art Blakey. a list of the band's alumni is a who's who of straight-ahead jazz from the '50s on -- lee morgan, wayne shorter, freddie hubbard, johnny griffin, jackie mclean, donald byrd, bobby timmons, cedar walton, benny golson, joanne brackeen, billy harper, valery ponomarev, bill pierce, branford marsalis, james williams, keith jarrett, and chuck mangione, Lee Morgan (trumpet) Curtis Fuller (trombone) Wayne Shorter (tenor sax) Cedar Walton (piano) Reggie Workman (bass) Art Blakey (drums) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 24 - May 15, 1964 Many Messenger alumni went on to become jazz stars in their own right. 2, but re-released in 1956 as Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers, this is nevertheless the first release featuring the name "The Jazz Messengers".Books have been written about The Jazz Messengers. Putting Joe Henderson into my little Jazz Messengers mini series is probably slightly incorrect, I don't think Henderson ever played directly at the Jazz Messengers, but he started playing quite a bit with Kenny Dorham, another Messengers alumni, and he also contributes to my previously mentioned Horace Silver album "Song for my Father", and . 2, but re-released in 1956 as Horace Silver and The Jazz Messengers, this is nevertheless the first release featuring the name "The Jazz Messengers".Books have been written about The Jazz Messengers. Art's driving rhythms and his incessant two and four beat on the high hat cymbals were readily identifiable from the outset and remained a constant throughout 35 years of Jazz Messengers bands. Not properly speaking a Jazz Messenger Alumni. from Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers; by Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers; We start our salute to Art Blakey with a recording he made in 1955, when he was co-leader of the . In 1956, Horace Silver left Art Blakey to form his own group, the Horace Silver Quintet, a group that would record and perform actively for the next 40 years. For 35 years, Blakey's vehicle was the Jazz Messengers; their message remains as vibrant as ever in the year of the leader's centennial. Dozens of young musicians flowed through the ranks of the various incarnations of this band, after 1956 under the . 1 and vol. In 1956, Horace Silver left the band to form his own group leaving the name, the Jazz Messengers, to Art Blakey. " Art Blakey" and "Jazz Messengers" became synonymous over the years, though Blakey did lead non-Messenger recording sessions and played as a . Horace Silver and Art Blakey, that great drummer, probably are the real pivots of this excellent band, but the horns also pack a real punch. Putting Joe Henderson into my little Jazz Messengers mini series is probably slightly incorrect, I don't think Henderson ever played directly at the Jazz Messengers, but he started playing quite a bit with Kenny Dorham, another Messengers alumni, and he also contributes to my previously mentioned Horace Silver album "Song for my Father", and . Horace Silver, Class Of '56. Notes. Uploaded By jujuju14. His punchy, percussive, hard-swinging, funk- and . But it was the first Messengers pianist, Horace Silver, who debuted the group under his own name in 1954, issuing . Some cite the group that included Blakey, Silver, Kenny Dorham, Lou Donaldson and Gene Ramey in 1953 as the original Jazz Messengers. No drummer more palpably imprinted their sonic identity and aesthetic principles on the soundtrack and culture of late 20th- and early 21st-century jazz than Art Blakey. "Nica's Dream," an early Silver entry in the jazz canon (a tribute to patron Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter ), puts one of the first superlative editions of the Messengers on display, with. On February 21, 1954, a group billed as the "Art Blakey Quintet" produced the live set of records called A Night at Birdland. Um pouco do blues sacaninha do Horace. Art Blakey counts Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and Terence Blanchard among his Jazz Messengers alumni. Art's driving rhythms and his incessant two and four beat on the high hat cymbals were readily identifiable from the outset and remained a constant throughout 35 years of Jazz Messengers bands. Their music is quintessential hard bop, a mixture of standards and group originals played in a swinging fashion. $15.50 + $5.00 shipping + $5.00 shipping + $5.00 shipping. One of Silver's best-known tunes, "Song for My Father," is built on a catchy two-note bass line that Walter Becker and Donald Fagen famously borrowed for Steely Dan 's highest-charting . Here, McCraven manages to assemble a virtual all-star band from Jazz Messenger alumni (Horace Silver, Kenny Dorham, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter) and his own crew of contemporary virtuosos ( Jeff. 1956 horace left art blakey to form own groups horace. Originally released on two 10" pressings as Horace Silver Quintet, vol. The Jazz Messengers at the Caf Bohemia, which has been reissued as a two-CD set, features the original version of the group stretching out as they typically did in clubs. In 1955, they formed a group with Hank Mobley and Kenny Dorham, calling themselves "Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers." The Messengers typified the growing hard bop movement -- hard, funky, and bluesy, the band emphasized the music's primal rhythmic and harmonic essence.