General Article name: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
Genre: Jazz Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Jazz EMI Number of tracks: 8 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - Room 608 2. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - Creepin' In 3. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - Stop Time 4. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - To Whom It May Concern 5. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - Hippy 6. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - Preacher 7. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - Hankerin' 8. Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers - Doodlin'   Description Description

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. 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. Before Silver's departure and Blakey's lifetime of leadership, this first major session by the original Jazz Messengers set the standard by which future incarnations of the group would be measured. The tunes here are all Silver's, save the bopping "Hankerin'" by tenor man Hank Mobley. Such cuts as the opening "Room 608," the bluesy "Creepin' In," and "Hippy" are excellent examples of both Silver's creative composing style and the Messengers' signature sound. Of course, the most remembered tunes from the session are the classic "The Preacher" and "Doodlin'," two quintessential hard bop standards. In all, this set is not only a stunning snapshot of one of the first groups of its kind, but the very definition of a style that dominated jazz in the 1950s and '60s. [Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers was re-released on LP in 2014.] ~ Rovi Staff

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Contributors Artist: Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers Artist: SILVER HORACE Record Label: Blue Note Guest Artist: Kenny Dorham Guest Artist: Hank Mobley Guest Artist: Art Blakey