Jazz Compositions» "The Jody Grind"

Jazz Compositions: "The Jody Grind"

"The Jody Grind" is a jazz composition by pianist/composer Horace Silver. It's the opening track of the album:
"Horace Silver Quintet/Sextet - The Jody Grind (recorded 1966)"
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It first recorded & appeared on this album also; as we learn from critic Leonard Feather's sentence in the liner notes:
"On the title number he (Horace Silver) composed for this set, ..."

Articles» Awards of "Horace Silver"

Awards of "Horace Silver"

Horace Silver (born: 1928) is a legendary pianist and composer in the jazz history. The way of his playing piano, his compositions that performed by many other jazz musicians also, the groups that he collected and performed with ─ always had been first-class.

Below; there's the list of awards of this legendary pianist/composer; obtained from his official website:

Albums: Horace Silver - Jazz... has... a Sense of Humor (1999)

Horace Silver - Jazz... has... a Sense of Humor 

Album review ~allmusic.com
In this set of nine originals, the Horace Silver touch is clearly evident: happy, strong melodies; groovin' beats; Silver's deft, deliberate, bluesy piano comping and boppin' leads; and the joyful playing of saxophonist Jimmy Greene and trumpeter Ryan Kisor, which seems to be more intense in the context of Silver's unmistakable compositions.

The CD's title is in reference to the album's content (and that the listener has to go along with Silver's adoration in a nonsexist way toward women). Some might be offended by the title "I Love Annie's Fanny," but it's just the name of a bouncy, mainstream jazz ditty that Silver is so well known for writing. There are some clichés that pop up in old Silver numbers that he seems to have rewritten. Phrases of "Cape Verdean Blues" creep into the urgent first movement of "The Mama Suite," and his typical groove waltz is extant in the opener "Satisfaction Guaranteed" and the closer "Where Do I Go From Here?" But his tunefully familiar, head-noddin' original funk is a vital as ever, and sounds pretty fresh compared to some of the trite neo-bop being reprocessed this past decade.

Silver's light, spare, soulful style -- particularly when he uses his left hand in tandem with John Webber's bass -- is a sound for sore ears, one that has a universal, timeless appeal, crossing generational and commercial barriers. This is well-played music, a specialty Silver has envisioned and realized through the bulk of his career. Highly recommended.

Videos: Horace Silver, "Song for My Father", 1976

Horace Silver - piano

Tom Harrell - trumpet

Bob Berg - tenor saxophone

Steve Beskrone - bass guitar

Eddie Gladden - drums

credits given by @robvig60, YouTube

Album: Horace Silver - The Jody Grind

Horace Silver - The Jody Grind

Album review ~allmusic.com
Following the subtly modern bent of much of The Cape Verdean Blues, Horace Silver recommitted himself to his trademark "funky jazz" sound on The Jody Grind. Yet he also consciously chose to keep a superbly advanced front line, with players like trumpeter Woody Shaw (retained from the Cape Verdean session), altoist/flutist James Spaulding, and tenor saxophonist Tyrone Washington. Thus, of all Silver's groove-centered records, The Jody Grind winds up as possibly the most challenging. It's also one of the most underappreciated; Silver's piano playing is at its rhythmic, funky best throughout, brimming over with confidence and good cheer, and evoking memories of the classic feel of his early-'60s quintet.

Biography:Horace Silver (~allAboutJazz)

Born: September 2, 1928 | Instrument: Piano

When Horace Silver once wrote out his rules for musical composition (in the liner notes to the 1968 record, Serenade to a Soul Sister), he expounded on the importance of “meaningful simplicity.” The pianist could have just as easily been describing his own life. For more than fifty years, Silver has simply written some of the most enduring tunes in jazz while performing them in a distinctively personal style. It's all been straight forward enough, while decades of incredible experiences have provided the meaning.

Silver was born in Norwalk, Connecticut on September 2, 1928. His father had immigrated to the United States from Cape Verde---and that island nation's Portuguese influences would play a big part in Silver's own music later on. When Silver was a teenager, he began playing both piano and saxophone while he listened to everything from boogie-woogie and blues to such modern musicians as Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk. As Silver's piano trio was working in Hartford, Connecticut, the group received saxophonist Stan Getz's attention in 1950. The saxophonist brought the band on the road and recorded three of Silver's compositions.

Horace Silver, Born: 1928, Pianist/Composer

Horace Silver's official website: ~www.horacesilver.com