Horace Silver
Piano Solo on
Yeah!

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Horace Silver contributes two choruses on piano, the second of 3 solos on the recording. Taken at a blazing swing tempo of 294 BPM over the 56-bar AABA in E♭, the improvisation requires fleet execution and decisive melodic choices. Silver follows with two piano choruses that epitomize his approach: funky, blues-drenched, rhythmically propulsive, and built on short, catchy motifs that develop with percussive energy. Recorded for the album Horace-Scope in 1960, the performance captures Horace Silver at 31 to 32 years old. Junior Cook opens with two tenor saxophone choruses at a blazing tempo, his playing demonstrating the stamina and inventiveness that made him an ideal foil for Silver's compositions.

Horace Silver was 31 to 32 years old at the time.