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Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty: The Autobiography of Horace Silver
by
Horace Silver
,
Phil Pastras
,
Joe Zawinul
Horace Silver is one of the last giants remaining from the incredible flowering and creative extension of bebop music that became known as "hard bop" in the 1950s. This freewheeling autobiography of the great composer, pianist, and bandleader takes us from his childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, through his rise to fame as a musician in New York, to his comfortable life “af
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Hardcover
,
282 pages
Published
March 15th 2006
by University of California Press
(first published 2006)
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This was a fun and fascinating autobiography of one of the jazz legends. Horace Silver really does get down to the nitty gritty in this book with his many anecdotes of growing up and living the jazz life. He introduces us to many of the jazz greats he worked with and gives us a view of many aspects of the music industry. This book also has a huge discography and and excellent afterward by Phil Pastras. Highly recommended to anyone interested in music and in jazz in particular.
So disappointing. Horace Silver is one of my favorite musicians, but this memoir is dull, dull, dull. A liberal sprinkling of good anecdotes can't quite compensate for the rambling, disorganized structure, repetitious style, and near-total lack of musical insight here. This book sat on my shelf for five years before I finally got around to it. I should have left it there.
Gets right to the nitty gritty of the life of jazz piano maestro Horace Silver--puts you right into the middle of the action as Silver helps establish "hard bop". The book loses a little steam when Silver talks about his rather crunchy granola personal philosophy, but his jazz anecdotes and descriptions of the New York jazz scene in the 1950's more than compensates.
...loaded with many insights into the era, music, and the NYC scene. Biggest Flaw; not one mention of bassist, Bob Cranshaw !?!
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