Presently pencils of steam begin coming out of the engine. In wwi africa, a ginswilling riverboat captain is persuaded by a straitlaced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. Horace silver piano woody shaw trumpet joe henderson tenor sax. The cape verdean blues titel musikdatenbank radio swiss jazz. Bogart later said, all i ate was baked beans, canned asparagus and scotch whiskey.
The style was an extension of bebop, with elements of rhythm and blues, gospel, and latinamerican music added. Horace silver by horace silver softcover with cd sheet. Horace silver september 2, 1928 june 18, 2014 was an american jazz pianist and composer. Horace silver the african queen 1965, vinyl discogs. For example, the outlaw, is vintage horace with its twists and turns containing all sorts of surprises due to its unusual structural form. The cape verdean blues is a 1966 album by a jazz quintet led by pianist horace silver.
Like ecaroh, another silver original, it employs both 44 straightahead and latininflected rhythmic passages, but the outlaw does so within an asymmetric construction that employs two sections of thirteen bars divided into. And you are my african queen, the girl of my dreams. Silver s father was born in the island nation of cape verde near west africa before emigrating to the united states, and thats the inspiration behind the cape verdean blues. Horace silver the cape verdean blues 1965 rvg edition. The horace silver quintet the african queen youtube. The cape verdean blues featured the added contribution of legendary bop trombonist j. Horace silver the cape verdean blues 19652014 official. These electronic resources include digitized oral histories, newspapers, maps, and. African american family histories and related works in the. Silver was influenced by a wide range of musical styles, notably gospel music, african music, and latin american music. Sign up for compositionarranging study program that may include a portion of this material as the course syllabus straight ahead up tempo ah.
The african queen est une composition du prolifique horace silver, inspire des musiques traditionnelles africaines. Provided to youtube by universal music group the african queen remastered horace silver the cape verdean blues. Close shot allnutt and rose he is at the tiller back to camera. Set deep in the african jungle with wwi about to break loose, prim and proper missionary rosie sayer and scruffy trader charlie allnut, an unlikely pair to say the least, escape down the ulanga river in his old beatup boat the african queen to escape the germans. The african queen the preacher out of the night came you soulville song for my father and a bonus chart on cookin at the continental. Jun 21, 2019 also noteworthy are the african queen, with its blend of emotional power and drifting hints of freedom, and pretty eyes, silver s first original waltz. To import the whole list at once use the jazz 50 sticky thread at the top of the jazz forum. Vinyl 7 horace silver the african queen 1965, vinyl discogs.
After the success of song for my father and its hit title cut, horace silver was moved to pay further tribute to his dad, not to mention connect with some of his roots. The african queen 1951 special restoration edition bluray the mightiest adventure ever filmed. His major discography consists of 36 studio albums, 3 live albums and 7 compilations. Johson, whom silver had wanted to work with for quite some time leading up to this album. The mission clearing on the bank, which they now approach, is unobserved by both of them. Horace silver, american jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, exemplary performer of what came to be called the hard bop style of the 1950s and 60s. The african queen as allnutt backs her out into the channel, then turns her nose downstream. The cape verdean blues hdtracks the worlds greatest.
The african queen the preacher out of the night came you soulville. African queen sheet music for flute, piano, baritone. This 1935 classic is a wonderful oldfashioned love story full of adventure and suspense. Best transcriptions sharepoint, interactive exercises to enhance musical expression, technique and creativity. C instruments, bb instruments, eb instruments sheet music book by horace silver. I have incredibly vivid memories of listening to this over and over again on repeat while walking home late at night on a humid summer day. The film is especially noted for humphrey bogarts performance, which earned him the only academy award of his career. The african queen, american adventure film, released in 1951, that was based on c. Vitus dance skinney minnie sighin and cryin pretty eyes the african queen bonita the jody. Silver was initially a sideman, first recording in 1950, then a leader of mainly small groups. Horace silver the african queen the cape verdean blues. This is a total of 18 complete quintet charts, transcribed from the original recordings complete with all the different outchorus stuff that other people rarely include in some of their hastilyprepared arrangements. Description, horace silver select is a collection of 38 intermediatelevel piano.
The album was inspired by silver s father, john tavares silva, who was born in cape verde. The african queen horace silver make sure everyone understands that the d eb figure in measures 5, 6, etc. Horace silver the preacher sheet music pdf notes, chords. With humphrey bogart, katharine hepburn, robert morley, peter bull. Ancient african queens who ruled the continent through the years. Cape verdean blues trio in mp3 by request enchantment. The quintet is augmented on the last three tracks on the album by trombonist j. Aug 23, 2016 provided to youtube by universal music group the african queen remastered horace silver the cape verdean blues. You take me where ive never been you make my heart go tingalingaling, oh ahh you are my african queen, the girl of my dreams and you remind me of a thing and that is the african beauty yahhh yahh ooo you are my african queen, oh lord, oo lord hmm out of a million you stand as one the. This is a discography of the recordings of horace silver september 2, 1928 june 18, 2014, an american hard bop jazz pianist. Shop our newest and most popular horace silver sheet music such as song for my father, peace and the preacher, or click the button above to browse all horace silver sheet music.
So, the belly dance, blue silver, bonita, brain wave, calcutta cutie. The the african queen community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you. Spoilers 3 sources claimed that everyone in the cast and crew got sick except humphrey bogart and john huston, who said they avoided illness by essentially living on imported scotch whiskey. Also make sure your drummer checks out roger humphries playing on the original, as his big changes in dynamics are in important part of pulling of this piece. So, the belly dance, blue silver, bonita, brain wave, calcutta cutie, the cape verdean blues, dimples, doin the thing. The beautiful descending riff played by the horns that begins the african queen, inspired by a folk tune from. Jun 19, 2017 the african queen from horace silvers 1965 lp, the cape verdean blues is one of my alltime favorite jazz cuts.
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