HORACE SILVER AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS SELF-TITLED LP on BLUE NOTE RVG NICE

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Here is an EXCELLENT! copy of the SELF-TITLED LP from HORACE SILVER AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS. It is an US pressing on the BLUE NOTE label, catalog #BLP 1518 in MONO sound. This LP was originally released in 1955. The vinyl is in NEAR MINT MINUS / EXCELLENT PLUS! condition shiny and black, and should have excellent playback. It has RVG (Rudy Van Gelder) INITIALS IN DEADWAX! The original cardboard cover is in EXCELLENT MINUS! condition with some light cover wear, one and a half top edge seam split top right, one inch seam opening top left corner, edge and corner wear. It is an EXCELLENT! copy of this LP for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this LP! It’s a true gem for the HARD BOP JAZZ collector! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. SHIPPING IN THE US IS $5.00 for MEDIA MAIL (IT IS NOT $4.00). US BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!

Music Review from AllMusic.com by Rovi Staff

In 1954, pianist Horace Silver teamed with drummer Art Blakey to form a cooperative ensemble that would combine the dexterity and power of bebop with the midtempo, down-home grooves of blues and gospel music. The results are what would become known as hard bop, and the Jazz Messengers were one of the leading exponents of this significant era in jazz history. Before Silver's departure and Blakey's lifetime of leadership, this first major session by the original Jazz Messengers set the standard by which future incarnations of the group would be measured. The tunes here are all Silver's, save the bopping "Hankerin'" by tenor man Hank Mobley. Such cuts as the opening "Room 608," the bluesy "Creepin' In," and "Hippy" are excellent examples of both Silver's creative composing style and the Messengers' signature sound. Of course, the most remembered tunes from the session are the classic "The Preacher" and "Doodlin'," two quintessential hard bop standards. In all, this set is not only a stunning snapshot of one of the first groups of its kind, but the very definition of a style that dominated jazz in the 1950s and '60s.