Horace Silver's solo on "Silver's Serenade"

Another great solo from the album Retrospective by Horace Silver. "Silver's Serenade" is one of my favorite Silver tunes and his solo in this tune is just great. His solo is very idea oriented, he uses a lot of question and answer phrases and enjoys the space. 

This is another great solo to work on your swing, Horace play with a delicate touch but that doesn't stop him from swinging. He also uses a lot of patterns given the amount of minor chords involved. I would suggest taking any of his ideas and working them on different scales. 

                                     Horace Silver - Silver's Serenade

Junior Cook's solo on "Silver's Serenade"

Here I post a great Junior Cook solo. This solo on Silver's Serenade comes from Horace Silver's album "Retrospective". This is a great tune, Horace Silver composed wonderful music that could swing real hard but stay cool. Cook adapts to his music real well, his solo is simple and well structured. Ideas are developed but it never gets too busy. It is always good for guitarists to learn solos from other instruments, particularly winds and piano. It is a good way to learn how to swing and learn great ideas and then adapt them to the guitar. 



                                    Junior Cook - Silver's Serenade