This set, caught at an open-air concert on a sunny afternoon in Bremen almost 40 years ago, finds the pianist and composer Horace Silver, who died in June aged 85, with a band young enough to be his own children. They are all very good but, with the exception of trumpeter Tom Harrell, every phrase they play has 1977 stamped on it, whereas the themes and the piano-playing bear the Silver hallmark of true originality. A mixture of yearning romantic and slightly hyperactive joker, his musical personality was all his own and fashion had nothing to do with it. He was priceless and is much missed. - Dan Gelly
Tracks
01. Out Of The Night Came You
02. Sophisticated Hippie
03. Barbara
04. Incentive
05. In Pursuit Of The 27th Man
06. Song For My Father
HORACE SILVER piano
LARRY SCHNEIDER saxophone
TOM HARRELL flugelhorn, trumpet
EDDIE GLADDEN drums
CHIP JACKSON bass
Music composed by Horace Silver
Open air concert recorded by Radio Bremen on June 28, 1977 at the Market Place, Bremen, Germany
Promising Music: 441212 CD (Germany)