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LET'S TALK ABOUT JAZZ, BABY
Actually the calendar was ready to go to press when we received this sad newsThe pianist Horace Silver died on June 18 at the age of 85 in his home town of New York. And yet another man who had a decisive influence on the development of jazz has gone. Someone who was expressive and provocative. It was probably an encounter with the pianist Art Tatum that significantly influenced Silver's playing: "Either I stop being a professional pianist or I do something of my own." From then on, people recognized "a Silver" from the second bar. With the Jazz Messengers, he founded (together with Art Blakey) the hard bop band par excellence, opening the door for gospel and blues, and later "slowed down" bop to more relaxed soul jazz. His funky style of playing was particularly influential in the 50s, at a time when the word funk still had a dirty image. He brought lightness and physicality back into jazz, and later many of his chords were used forMany of his chords were later sampled for various hip hop tracks. With the Blue Note label and its co-founder and producer Alfred Lion, Silver found partners who marketed his sound excellently. His artistic covers were also legendary, as Silver knew only too well that a record is more than just the music. To this day, he is considered one of the most successful Blue Note artists. His discography is bursting with jazz hits ("The Preacher", "Quicksilver", "Jungle Juice", "Song For My Father"), songs that could even be found in American jukeboxes. His bands were start-ups for countless upcoming jazz stars, especially horn players (Donald Byrd, Kenny Dorham, Clifford Jordan, Randy and Michael Brecker, Joe Henderson and many more). We bow to the true "Godfather of Funk", whose playing concept helped jazz to gain new popularity by turning entire generations into snappers and head-nodders. R.I.P. Horace Silver!
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