Re: Horace Silver

Tony Reid (t-bird@salata.com)
27 May 96 06:00:58 -0800


el> Jim Ayson wrote:

> >Horace Silver is one of the guys that play that kind of soul jazz,
> >and I think he was a talented composer.
hey! horace is still alive & well in l.a., PLEASE don't speak of him in the
past tense! maybe i'm just feeling "superstitious"

> Steely Dan must've thought so ... they ripped off Horace Silver's bass line
> for "Song for my Father"for "Rikki Don't Lose that Number". :)
el> I also think Stevie Wonder might have ripped off part of the melody
el> line for "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing"!
i don't know how conscious that would have been (i'm just jealous, cuz i
didn't
notice it first!), but your ears are working great. he's even got that
triplet
thing going on...

t-bird

... mediocre musicians borrow, great musicians STEAL-chick corea