1961 HORACE SILVER signed Blue Mitchell Gene Taylor Start Price USD 79.99 Current Price USD 79.99 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price USD 149.79 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 03, 2008 End Time Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Location North Hollywood See more about '1961 HORACE SILVER signed Blue Mitchell Gene Taylor' Description  ORIGINAL signed performance CONTRACT for Horace Silver (Quintet) Hand-Signed by Horace Silver (and Art D'Lugoff for the Village Gate)   This was the Quintet with players listed on back: Horace Silver, Gene Taylor, Roy Brooks, Juior Herman Cook, Richard (Blue) Mitchell, and John Harris, Jr. Dated April 17, 1961This contract was between Art D'Lugoff for THE VILLAGE GATE and Horace Silver Contract covered two weekends of May 12-13 and May 19-20, 1961 Silver was to be paid $650 per weekend   Cpntract has an edge tear and a couple of hard creases etc. This is the LAST Horace Silver Contract we have from the Village Gate archives!   Artist rider, affixed by stapled to contract as seen below, reads:    "The employer agrees to have a grand piano in first class condition and tuned to 440 pitch and completely satisfactory to the artist and the artist shall be the sole jugde of the condition of the piano. If the condition is such that the artist does not feel it is commensurate withi his requirements, then he shall not be forced to use the piano and the employer agrees to obtain another piano satisfactory to the artist or the contract is invalid."From the archives of the Village Gate in NYC. Please keep an eye on our other items for more from this wonderful collection. Please see our feedback and bid with great confidence. All of our items are guaranteed to be authentic and as described. We accept PayPal, Personal Checks, US Postal Money Orders, and any other reasonable payment methods as directed by eBay policies. REMEMBER, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS ITEM AND YOU SEE A "Buy It Now" price, you should either BID IMMEDIATELY, or make use of "Buy It Now." When you place a bid, the "Buy it Now" price will disappear. Conversely, if another bidder utilizes "Buy It Now," this item will no longer be available for bidding.   Place a Bid!