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| Live at the Umbria Jazz Festival | 
| Actor: Horace Silver
Studio: Tdk DVD Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 67698
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Live, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 51 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: JHSQ
UPC: 824121000936
EAN: 0824121000936
ASIN: B0007ORE1M
Release Date: March 22, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: March 22, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 I want more of these Umbria concerts June 21, 2008
I pull this DVD out pretty often as the setting in a
courtyard in Umbria, inhances the performance of this
great pianist. This concert includes Song For My
Father, done so many years later, from the original demonstrates how master musicians embellish their creations making them even better than the original.
Burning Silver is Sterling April 11, 2008
Very creative outstanding approach. Bob Berg was electrifying and
Tom Harrell easy and precise. The music flowed
and spontaenity was "BURNIN'".
Horace is always at the source of creative
Jazz.
Yorke Brent-Harris
I listen not with my ears, but my soul November 5, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just beyond words. If you are a fan of late sixties "Hard Bop", as it is called. Just amazing.
 Horace at His Peak April 19, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Recorded at the 1976 Umbria Jazz Festival, this rare Silver footage features what many believe to be Horace's best front line (Harrell/Berg) and the leader at the peak of his form.
For Horace, the 70s were a decade of uncertainty and experimentation. Both Blue Note (his record label) and his family situation were going thru difficult phases. Horace had thrown in the towel on living in NYC a few years earlier after a disheartening burglary. Yet many (including me) view his mid-70s output as his best, combining new textures and harmonics with challenging and varied settings. Watch how he physically attacks the piano here and his unconventional fingering.
The performances are very fine (one wishes for many more than 52 minutes) and are representative of what happens at Umbria, based on my personal experience. Horace locks into Beskrone and Gladden in a powerful fashion and gives Berg some freedoms he rarely gave other tenors (some trimmings/noodlings here and there). Berg really walks the walk on this performance; you can see his brimming confidence. He'll be missed.
Technically, the images and audio are good. The audience cut-ins are amateurish, with repeated use of the same reaction clip. But it's fun to see Art Blakey (the Messengers would take the stage next; see elsewhere on Amazon) setting up his kit about 10 feet away right smack dab in the middle of Horace's performance. Wonder what Horace thought about that? Will someone ever figure out what happened between those two? For that matter, will someone begin a biography of Horace now, before we lose him? He's one of the last, you know.
Horace Silver Quintet 1976 April 3, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This excellent performance was filmed on July 20, 1976 at the Umbria Jazz Festival. The Quintet features Tom Harrell on trumpet, Bob Berg on tenor saxophone, Steve Beskrone on bass guitar and Eddie Gladden on drums. The group performs four Horace Silver originals in this 50 minute film, the third and fourth pieces being the highlights--In Pursuit of the 27th Man and Song for My Father. On these two songs in particular, the group is in top form (Harrell especially), and the viewer is rewarded with the experience of witnessing the unique way in which Mr. Silver attacks the piano, producing his wonderful and readily identifiable style, as well as hearing his nearly unmatched accompaniment to the other players. A highly recommended DVD.
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