HORACE SILVER QUINTET & TRIO "BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY" AP, 2LP, 45RPM, LE, NE, SO
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THE HORACE SILVER QUINTET & TRIO "BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY"
2010 ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS "THE BLUE NOTE REISSUES", 2LP, 45RPM, 180G VIRGIN VINYL, CATALOG NUMBER AP-84017, #558 OF A SOLD-OUT LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500 COPIES, RECORDED BY RUDY VAN GELDER, MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY & STEVE HOFFMAN AT ACOUSTECH USING THE ORIGINAL ANALOG BLUE NOTE MASTER TAPES, PRESSED AT RTI, CAMARILLO, CA.
""BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY" IS ONE OF HORACE SILVER'S ALL-TIME BLUE NOTE CLASSICS, ONLY UPPING THE ANTE ESTABLISHED ON "FINGER POPPIN" FOR TIGHTLY CONSTRUCTED, JOYFULLY INFECTIOUS HARD BOP. THIS ALBUM MARKS THE PEAK OF SILVER'S CLASSIC QUINTET WITH TRUMPETER BLUE MITCHELL, TENOR SAXOPHONIST JUNIOR COOK, BASSIST GENE TAYLOR, AND DRUMMER LOUIS HAYES; IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE PIANIST'S STRONGEST SETS OF ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS, ECLIPSED ONLY BY "SONGS FOR MY FATHER" AND HORACE SILVER AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS."--ALLMUSIC
""BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY" IS A GOOD NAME FOR THE TITLE TRACK AND SETS THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE RECORD. THE QUINTET SWINGS THROUGH THE TUNE AT A BREATHLESS PACE WITH THE RHYTHM SECTION PERFECTLY ACCENTING THE HITS WRITTEN IN THE MELODY. AS COOK AND MITCHELL BLOW THROUGH THEIR SOLOS, SILVER KEEPS UP A STEADY STREAM OF BUSY COMPING BEHIND THEM GIVING A SENSE OF URGENCY AND ENERGY TO THE SOLOS. HIS OWN SOLO IS INTERESTING AS WELL, HARMONICALLY AND MELODICALLY ADVANCED, BUT RETAINING A BLUESY TOUCH AND A SWINGING FEEL. "THE ST. VITUS DANCE" IS TAKEN AS A TRIO PIECE AND SILVER USES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE EVEN MORE OF HIS ADVANCED BLUESY CONCEPT."
"BREAK CITY" BREAKS UP THE FAST SWING FEEL WITH INTRICATE HITS FROM THE RHYTHM SECTION, BENEATH A WILD, TWISTING MELODY BUT DIVES DEEP INTO THE FAST SWING FOR THE SOLOS. MITCHELL'S SOLO IS ESPECIALLY EXCELLENT ON THIS TUNE. "PEACE" IS A WELL WRITTEN BALLAD THAT HIGHLIGHTS MITCHELL'S EXCELLENT TONE. IN HIS SOLO, SILVER PROVES AS ADEPT AT PICKING OUT MEMORABLE MELODIC FRAGMENTS AT A LOW TEMPO AS HE IS AT A BREAKNECK SWING."
"SISTER SADIE" IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF "SOUL JAZZ" THAT WAS BECOMING EXTREMELY POPULAR ON THE BLUE NOTE LABEL. HERE THE SOLOISTS SEEM CONTENT TO PLAY SIMPLE IDEAS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE BLUES AND LET THE SWING CARRY THE TUNE. "BAGHDAD BLUES" IS AN INTERESTING PIECE THAT USES A HARMONIC MINOR SOUND AND DARK CHORDS WITH A MARCH-LIKE RHYTHM TO ESTABLISH A MIDDLE EASTERN MOOD. JUNIOR COOK'S SOLO SETS THE PACE HERE, TOPPED ONLY MAYBE BY SILVER'S EXCELLENT SOLO. THE FINAL TUNE IS ANOTHER TRIO PIECE AND WAS FIRST RECORDED ON SILVER'S 1958 ALBUM "FURTHER EXPLORATIONS. "MELANCHOLY MOOD" IS A SLOW BALLAD THAT FINDS SILVER EXPLORING NEW HARMONIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE MELODY WITH BIG BLOCK CHORDS. SILVER'S SOLO IS AGAIN TOP-NOTCH AND HE SEEMS TO HAVE AN ENDLESS STREAM OF GOOD MELODIC IDEAS AS HE FLIRTS WITH A DOUBLE-TIME FEEL OVER THE SLOW SWING."
""BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY" IS REALLY AN EXEMPLARY HARD BOP ALBUM. SILVER'S ORIGINAL MATERIAL IS IMAGINATIVELY COMPOSED WHILE BEING INCREDIBLY CATCHY AND MEMORABLE. THE MUSIC IS INSTANTLY ACCESSIBLE, BUT ALSO DEEP IN ITS CONCEPTION. SILVER'S COMPING BEHIND THE HORN PLAYERS' EXCELLENT SOLOS GIVES THE GROUP AN EDGE AND SETS THEM APART FROM THEIR MANY CONTEMPORARIES. SILVER HAS MANY, MANY GREAT ALBUMS ON BLUE NOTE, BUT THIS IS ONE OF HIS ABSOLUTELY BEST."
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