"For instance, Cleveland is a dead town for jazz. It had two clubs, and the first time I played there with the Messengers, the response was great. The last few times, though, the turnouts haven't been good. I asked to find out if it was me or my group or hard times. I found out that the people just aren't coming out anymore."
- Horace Silver (1958 to Down Beat Magazine)
I guess he wasn't kidding. Horace Silver played in Cleveland in Dec./Jan. 1955/1956, Sept. 1956, Jan. 1957, May 1957 and Sept./Oct. 1957. After this interview, according to the Plain Dealer, Horace Silver did not return to Cleveland until May, 1961 to a different room out of the East Side.
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