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Lounaskonsertti: UMO Helsinki Ensemble β Tribuutti Horace Silverille at Savoy-teatteri
Where
Savoy-teatteri
Kasarmikatu 46-48
Helsinki
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When
Tue, March 21, 2023
10:00
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Musicians
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
About
UMOβs trumpeter Tero Saarti has put together an interesting set of music by composer, jazz legend Horace Silver (1928β2014) for the UMO Helsinki Ensemble and Savoy lunch concert in March. The UMO Helsinki Ensemble is a one-off, ensemble-sized line-up formed by musicians known both from UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and numerous other jazz bands and projects.
Pianist and saxophonist Horace Silver was one of the pioneers of the Hard Bop. In 1953, he founded The Jazz Messenger with drummer Art Blakey. His partners in jazz also included e.g. Stan Getz, with whom he made his first recording in 1950, and Miles Davis, for whom he composed. Silver recorded on the Blue Note for decades before starting his own label....