RECORDING SET R ALL INSTRUMENTS BEGINNING /INTERME A New ApproachCONTENTS, INTRODUCTION ........ 00.200 ceeceee eee e eee eee eee eee CONCERT KEY SONGS & CHORD/SCALE PROGRESSIONS . . Bb INSTRUMENT SONGS & CHORD/SCALE PROGRESSIONS .. . Eb INSTRUMENT SONGS & CHORD/SCALE PROGRESSIONS ... . BASS CLEF INSTRU. SONGS & CHORD/SCALE PROGRESSIONS SCALE SYLLABUS 1.00.0... o cece cece cee eee ene ees HORACE SILVER DISCOGRAPHY ......-....0.0000e00eee eee Cover design by Pete Gearhart Copyright © 1978 by JAMEY AEBERSOLD ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT SECURED All copyrights used by permission Published by JAMEY AEBERSOLD JAZZ, INC. P.O. BOX 1244 NEW ALBANY, IN 47151-1244 19 28 37 38 Music copied by PETE GEARHART & BENNY HANCOCKINTRODUCTION The influence of Horace Silver's compositions in the fifties and sixties cannot be overestimated. Many jazz groups of that era included Horace Silver tunes in their book, and even today you hear Sister Sadie, Song For My Father and Peace (sometimes in its uptempo version with a Blue Mitchell line called “Blue Silver’) played and recorded. Silver has been able to combine the sophistication of a variety of altered chords and scales and unusual harmonic sequences with a bluesy feeling to provide a unique synthesis in his compositions. Most of Silver's early tunes were based on the chords of familiar standards (The Preacher on this present set is based on ‘/'ve Been Working On The Railroad’), but by the mid-fifties many of his compositions were truly original in their approach to altered chords and melody lines. For example, altered dominant ninth chords (flatted and augmented) are used in Peace and Song For My Father; later, in tunes like Gregory Is Here and The Jody Grind, Silver experimented with the augmented eleventh (raised 4th). These chords had been used in jazz before, but never had they been so thoroughly integrated into jazz compositions. Also interesting is the way Silver's chords move. He by no means abandoned the familiar ji-V-I progression, but it is seen less often than in earlier jazz tunes, In Silver's Serenade, for example, minor 7th's abound, but there is only one case in which the chord functions as the "ii" in a ii-V-1, making the improviser approach the chord differently. Silver can write a straight ahead, good feelin’ tune too, as Sister Sadie proves. Silver's music provides food for fleet fingers, too - check out Nutville. In fact, the player who can improvise fluently on the tunes in this album and its companion (Aebersold Vol. 18) should be able to handle him/herself in most jam session situations. But what makes these compositions so rewarding to hear and play is not their difficulties, but their musicianship. Ultimately, that's what Horace Silver's writing is all about. Another testament to Silver's unique writing is the fact that his harmony and melody are never altered or changed by other jazz musicians. When he writes a song it's as good as it gets. Phil Bailey 4/13/92CONCERT KEY CHORD PROGRESSIONS Song For My Father 0/37 ipa] By Horace Silver = ao (Inreo 3 woes 7s > 7 7 9 ENDING FADES OUT ON =Silver's Serenade By Horace Silver ’ To Solos PLAY CODA ONLY METER LAST CHORUS > O pus —_©) — eSThe Preacher 8 By Horace Silver #2180 SoLos Je 7 & ne. £ 7 7g? 2) (ed REPEAT LAST 4 BABS TWILE FOR ENDING ua rth toga, ust86 The Jody Grind By Horace Silver S0L05Sister Sadie 0 Gx By Horace Silver 2/75 (aurece) oS 7 _ Bb7 ar FORM AABA SOLOS G7 o7 C7 G7 ae AABA ENDING FADES OUT ON G7Gregory Is Here B7+4 = 152 c By Horace SilverGregory Is Here - cont. SSF € thane FLAY CODA ONLY AFTER LAST CHORUS TH SOLOS rte 7 re 7 bF B79 ey Z > Last X omy Bb 8B ee Bb8 Peace By Horace Silver ad wee oun we?0 J=284 By Horace Silvertoa . a ain 0% snguouiny ata 21 SUNEOURUALED YES Syn sonar aueau ow ym soup oun aeons pr ono 9 On409 oS “oon oy “sone Snpos! fin wus apa 540 35S PuP LED J Spas (oop a0 meen le es moonstone mateo Semana tomamecs38 HORACE SILVER DISCOGRAPHY ‘OP means out of print Sreaory te Hore Horace Siver (Blue Note COP 7 89206) (Blue Note LP LA O54-F, OP) ‘Thestody Grind Horace Siver (Blue Note CD CDP 7 84250 2:COP 7 93206 2) ‘Muavite Horace Siver (Blue Note CD CDP 7 64220 2; CDP 7 93206 2) Lee Morgan, Curtis Ful etal (Freeh Sounds CO FSR-CD 32) Buddy Pich (LAC CD CDC #511) Peace, Franco Ambrosati (Erja CD R2 79670) Jarice Beria (Sea Breeze LP $8-2029) ‘Aan Broadbent (Concord CD CCD-4488) “Tommy Flanagan (Galaxy OIC-473/000D-473-2) ‘Bruce Forman (Muse LP MA-5299) Vincent Herring Monty Croft (ie by Carn (Musiomastars CD 5037-2.0) Jazz Members Big Band (Sea Breeze LP SB.2028) Bobby McFerrin (ElotrayMusician CD 6023-2) Courtney Pine (Antes 422-842 687-1/-2) Gene Russel (Sea Breeze LP S8-3001) Hotace Siver (Blue Note CO CDP 7 46526 2; CDP 7 91143 2) ‘ThePrescher iHerb Elin (Concord LP C-181) Woody Herman (France's Concert CO FCD 117)(Verve CD 635: ‘At Hodeal im Galloway (Music & Arts CD CD 610) {Quincy Jones (Mercury CD 822 11-2) ‘Gone Qui Alstars (Fresh Sounds CD FSA-CD 105) Horace Siver (Blue Note CD COP 7 91143; COP 7 46140 2; B1 82-9245; B1(B2-92547) Kal Winding (Glendale LP 6003) ‘Silver Serenade Horace Siver (Blue Note LP LA 402; BST 84131; both OF) ‘Sister Sale Monty Alexander Hers Elis/ay Brown (Concord LP CJ-136) Dee Doe Bridgewater (Verve 314 511 895-2) Fay Brown (Contemporary 050-41 2/0.000-412.2) James Gay (Ailes CD 314510 7242) ‘Joey DeFrancesco (note: Francesco improvises on the bivs instead ofthe exiginal changes) (Columbia CD CK 48624) ‘Tory Gitbe/Buddy DeFranco (Contemporary C-14036/CCD-14096.2) Maceo Parker (Verve CD 511 068-2) Horace Siver (Ble Note CD CDP 7 46526 2; CDP 7 911432) ‘Sona For My Father George Benson (Verve CD 833 282-2; 840 035-2) Groove Holmes (Prestige LP OJC-329) Horace Siver (Blue Note CD CDP 7 84185; CDP 7 93206; B1-/82-82547; B1-/82-92471)(Emerald EMR-CD-1003) Shem Winston (Hoadrst A729-1/2) OTHER HORACE SILVER RECORDS Many of Horace Sitver's albums are no longer in print but may be found in used record stores or specialty shops. ‘The following is a list of Horace Silver's albums and many have become jazz classics. BN = Blue Note label. ‘6 Pieces OF Siver (BN 81535) Blowin’ The Blues Away (BN 84017) ‘Cape Verdean Bios (BN 16220) Doin The Thing At The Vilage Gate (BN 84076) Finger Poppin’ (BN 84008) Further Explorations (BN 81589) Guides To Growing Up (Siveto 101) Horace-Scope (BN 84042) Horace Siver & The Jazz Messengers (BN 1518) Horace Sivor Live-1964 (Emerald 1001) Horace Siver Re-issue Series (BN 402) In Pursut Of The 27th Man (BN 054-F) Phrase Three "AIT (BN 84420) ‘Senor Blues - rare tracks, Japan (BN 61006) ‘Serenade To A Sout Sitor (BN 84277) ‘Siver's Blue (Eple 16006) Sivors Somade (BN 84131) ‘iver in Brass (BN 406-6) Siver'n Wood (BN La 581-6) ‘iver and Percussion (BN LA474H2) ‘iver and Voices (BN LA 708-G) ‘Song For My Fathor (BN 84185) Spirtualizing The Senses (Siveto 102) Stoding Siver (BN LA 945-4) Stylings Of Siver (BN 81562), ‘That Healy Feelin (BN 84352) ‘The Best OF Horace Sver (BN 84328) ‘The Continuity Of Spr (Siveto 104) “The Jody Grind (BN 84250) ‘The Tio Sides (BN LA 474.42) ‘Tokyo Blues (BN 64110) ‘Total Response (BN 84368) ‘You Gotta Tako A Lite Love (BN 84300)