Horace Silver Quotes
Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.
I will search for hidden talents that I didn't know I had and do my best to cultivate them. I am grateful for each day, and I will try to use each day as a stepping stone to greater achievements.
Musical composition should bring happiness and joy to people and make them forget their troubles.
We all have to open our minds, stretch forth, take chances and venture out musically to try and arrive at something new and different.
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music.
The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine arranging and orchestrating going on here, and the soloists perform at top level.
