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song for my father,

#21
For those lucky few who have my CD, Big Droppins, there is a version of Song For My Father as a looped bass and percussion duo. It is pretty cool. What is even cooler is that Horace Silver administers the license of his own songs. When I called to get a license to record the song. I got to speak to Horace Silver, himself. It was an awe inspiring moment for me. Additionally, he sent a note back saying how much he liked my version of the tune. Just thought I'd share

Mike
 
#27
For a discography, try the Invalid Link Removed website. There are a few sounds samples linked off there, although they seem to be using Windows Media Player and I didn't find 'Song for my Father' there.

BTW, if anyone does have a link to a legal version (or snippet) of 'Song...' I'd be interested to hear it. I've recently started getting into Steely Dan through some bandmates and have got a cd with 'Rikki Don't Loose that Number' on it - I'd like to hear Silver's song to make a comparison.

Wulf
 
#28
I am pretty sure that JimK is being ironic or humorous - but deadpan! ;)

So Becker and Fagan were big Jazz fans and obviously knew Silver's work - they just quote the famous opening riff - as a homage? - and then go off into a completey different song in "Rikki" - after the opening F to C bass line, there is no similarity between the two tunes at all really.

Horace Silver is one of the most important figures in "Hard Bop" and basically wrote the book on arranging for small Jazz groups - his quintets had all the best musicians of the time - Joe Henderson Freddie Hubbard etc.

Song for my Father is one of the very few straight ahead Jazz albums that my girlfriend realy likes - she's not a Jazz fan really (although a big S. Dan fan) and she said "why can't all Jazz albums be like this"!! ;)
 
#29
Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield
Song for my Father is one of the very few straight ahead Jazz albums that my girlfriend realy likes - she's not a Jazz fan really (although a big S. Dan fan) and she said "why can't all Jazz albums be like this"!!
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Then it should be your mission to make her a Jazz fan! Force her to listen to Bitches Brew repeatedly until she's converted! :D
 
#30
Well she likes "In a Silent Way" - but hates anything else from Miles' electric period.

We agree to difer - we're both getting more into classical though - we're off to see Simon Rattle conduct the Berlin Philharmonic tonight on the South Bank - Schonberg and Bruckner! :)
 
#33
Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield
I am pretty sure that JimK is being ironic or humorous - but deadpan! ;)
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Thanks, Bruce...

C'mon, Pete, get with the program, eh.

I like Silver's Blue Note albums-
Horacescope & Cape Verdean Blues are 2 I like...
Silver writes some nice tunes. He's mostly stays in a Hard Bop vibe(w/ maybe a little Latin thrown in).
In any event, his stuff is fairly easy on the ears; I like how many of his tunes have a funky bass figure followed by walking during the solos...early on, when I was still just getting into Funk/R&B & Jazz, stuff like Silver's & Lee Morgan's & Cannonball's was
fun for that reason(at that time, it was like combining the best of both R&B & Jazz).

I also dig Silver's sideman dates.

And-
Every bassist oughta know "Senor Blues"...IIRC, that particular bassline sorta reminds me of The Supremes' "Love Is Here & Now You're Gone".
I think(?).

;)
 
#35
Originally posted by JimK


Thanks, Bruce...

C'mon, Pete, get with the program, eh.
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The album actually titled "Song for my Father" - with afore-mentioned Portugese guy on the cover is a "must-have" for any Jazz fan and is a bit like "Kind of Blue" in that loads of people like it even if they don't like Jazz much.

I've heard it used as background music for loads of TV programmes and it crops up all over the place.

I think of it as a classic model for Jazz quintet - tenor and trumpet playing "arranged" heads, with piano bass and drums - plus, as JimK mentions the integration of Latin and R&B influences into a mix that was very popular.
 
#36
Originally posted by Bruce
The album actually titled "Song for my Father" - with afore-mentioned Portugese guy on the cover is a "must-have" for any Jazz fan and is a bit like "Kind of Blue" in that loads of people like it even if they don't like Jazz much.
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Wow I guess I'd better go and buy SFMF, hadn't realised it was considered as such a classic. Looks like classic 60s bluenote line up there, Tenor, Trumpet, Piano Bass and Drums - who are the other players on that album?
 
#37
Well as I mentioned before - Joe Henderson plays tenor on most tracks - Blue Mitchell on trumpet on some tracks and others have Carmell Jones.

I have a CD and I think it has added tracks not on the original release - but the main rhythm section is Teddy Smith (bass) and Roger Humphries (drums).
 
#38
Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield


The album actually titled "Song for my Father" - with afore-mentioned Portugese guy on the cover is a "must-have" for any Jazz fan and is a bit like "Kind of Blue" in that loads of people like it even if they don't like Jazz much.

I've heard it used as background music for loads of TV programmes and it crops up all over the place.

I think of it as a classic model for Jazz quintet - tenor and trumpet playing "arranged" heads, with piano bass and drums - plus, as JimK mentions the integration of Latin and R&B influences into a mix that was very popular.
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Hehe. My first jazz albums were Bitches Brew and Head Hunters, and I've been working my way backwards ever since.
 

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