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Horace Silver: The Top 25 pearls in Jazz history
Horace Silver biography
From the perspective of the 21st century, it is clear that few jazz musicians had a greater impact on the contemporary mainstream than Horace Silver. The hard bop style that Silver pioneered in the ’50s is now dominant, played not only by holdovers from an earlier generation, but also by fuzzy-cheeked musicians who had yet to be born when the music fell out of critical favor in the ’60s and ’70s.
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Silver’s earliest musical influence was the Cape Verdean folk music he heard from his Portuguese-born father. Later, after he had begun playing piano and saxophone as a high schooler, Silver came under the spell of blues singers and boogie-woogie pianists, as well as boppers like Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.
In 1950, Stan Getz played a concert in Hartford, Connecticut, with a pickup rhythm section that included Silver, drummer Walter Bolden, and bassist Joe Calloway. So impressed was Getz, he hired the whole trio. Silver had been saving his money to move to New York anyway; his hiring by Getz sealed the deal.
Silver worked with Getz for a year, then began to freelance around the city with such big-time players as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Oscar Pettiford. In 1952, he recorded with Lou Donaldson for the Blue Note label; this date led him to his first recordings as a leader. In 1953, he joined forces with Art Blakey to form a cooperative under their joint leadership.

The band’s first album, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, was a milestone in the development of the genre that came to be known as hard bop. Many of the tunes penned by Silver for that record — “The Preacher,” “Doodlin’,” “Room 608” — became jazz classics.
By 1956, Silver had left the Messengers to record on his own. The series of Blue Note albums that followed established him for all time as one of jazz’s major composer/pianists. LPs like Blowin’ the Blues Away and Song for My Father (both recorded by an ensemble that included Silver’s longtime sidemen Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook) featured Silver’s harmonically sophisticated and formally distinctive compositions for small jazz ensemble.
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Silver’s piano style — terse, imaginative, and utterly funky — became a model for subsequent mainstream pianists to emulate. Some of the most influential horn players of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s first attained a measure of prominence with Silver — musicians like Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, Joe Henderson, Benny Golson, and the Brecker Brothers all played in Silver’s band at a point early in their careers. Silver has even affected members of the avant-garde; Cecil Taylor confesses a Silver influence, and trumpeter Dave Douglas played briefly in a Silver combo.
Silver recorded exclusively for Blue Note until that label’s eclipse in the late ’70s, whereupon he started his own label, Silveto. Horace Silver’s ’80s work was poorly distributed.
During that time he began writing lyrics to his compositions, and his work began to display a concern with music’s metaphysical powers, as exemplified by album titles like Music to Ease Your Disease and Spiritualizing the Senses. In the ’90s, Silver abandoned his label venture and began recording for Columbia.
With his re-emergence on a major label, Silver once again received a measure of the attention his contributions deserve. Certainly, no one ever contributed a larger and more vital body of original compositions to the jazz canon. Silver died in New York on June 18, 2014, at the age of 85.
He had a son, Gregory – now a rap musician under the name of G Wise – from his marriage to Barbara, which ended in divorce.
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver, pianist and composer, born 2 September 1928, died 18 June 2014.
Selected Discography
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, Blue Note, 1954
Blowin’ the Blues Away, Blue Note, 1959
Song For My Father, Blue Note, 1964
Cape Verdean Blues, Blue Note, 1965
The Hardbop Grandpop, GRP, 1996
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Horace Silver – Blowin The Blues Away
Personnel:
Horace Silver – piano
Blue Mitchell – trumpet
Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
Gene Taylor – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
from the album ‘BLOWIN’ THE BLUES AWAY’ (Blue Note Records)
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Berklee – Jazz Composition Theory And Practice (Book) |
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Berklee Basic Keyboard 1 William Davies |
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Berklee – William Leavitt Classical Studies For Pick Style Guitar |
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Berklee (Guitar method) William Leavitt – Melodic Rhythms for Guitar (pdf+AUDIO MP3) |
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Berklee Advanced Reading Studies For Guitar (William Leavitt) |
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Berklee Basic Guitar Phase 1 by William Leavitt |
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Berklee Ear Training 1 Workbook (2002) Book |
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Berklee Ear Training 1 Workbook (2013) 2nd Edition (BOOK) |
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Berklee Ear Training 2 Workbook (2013) (BOOK) |
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Berklee Ear Training 3 Workbook (2006) Book |
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Berklee Ear Training 4 Workbook (2007) Book |
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Berklee Guitar Jazz – Contemporary Jazz Guitar Solos by Michael Kaplan |
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Berklee Harmony 1 to 4 (4 theory books) |
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Berklee Instant Keyboard Method |
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Berklee Jazz Guitar Arrangements |
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Berklee Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionnary |
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Berklee Jazz Guitar Chord Dictionnary |
Berklee Jazz Piano Ray Santisi |
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Berklee jazz piano sheet music book |
Berklee Jazz Standards for Solo Piano (Christopherson, Robert) Piano Jazz |
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Berklee Modal Harmony Jazz |
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Berklee Music History Handbook |
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Berklee Music Theory Book 1 |
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Berklee Orchestration Handbook 1 Songwritting & Business for Film, TV & Video Games |
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Berklee – orchestration handbook |
Berklee Piano Handbook |
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Berklee Practice Method Guitar with Tablature |
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Berklee Practice Method Keyboard |
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Berklee Press – Ted Pease & Ken Pullig – Modern Jazz Voicings ( with MP3 tracks) |
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Modern Jazz voicings |
Berklee Reading Contemporary Electric Bass Guitar Technique (Rich Appleman) |
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Berklee School of Music – Arranging Music (complete course) |
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Berklee Shares – Melody – Some Basics | Book Theory | |
Berklee Shares – Songwriter’s Workshop – Writing A Chorus | Book Theory | |
Berklee Solo Jazz Piano CD (Neil Olmstead) with MP3 audio tracks to play along (Berklee Press) |
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Berklee Solo Jazz Piano CD (Neil Olmstead) with MP3 audio tracks to play along (Berklee Press) |
Berklee The Berklee Book Of Jazz Harmony |
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Berklee Workshop Jazz Guitar Techniques Modal Voicings Featuring Rick Peckham |
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Berlin – Take My Breath Away (Piano Vocal) |
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Bernard Herrmann Madeleine Theme from VERTIGO |
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Bernard Herrmann PSYCHO (Prelude) piano solo |
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Bernard Herrmann Psycho Prelude |
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Bernard Herrmann Scene D’amour from VERTIGO |
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Bernard Herrmann Taxi Driver |
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Bernard Lavilliers carnets De Bord songbook |
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Bernard Lavilliers carnets De Bord songbook Contenu — Bernard Lavilliers carnets De Bord songbook |
Bernat Vivancos Si l’amour |
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Bernat Vivancos El Cant Dels Ocells |
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Bert Kaempfert Piano Album |
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Bert Kaemfert piano album |
Bert McCracken – Sometimes I Just Go For It | ||
Bertini – 24 Etudes Op. 29 | Bertini etudes op 29 | |
Bertini – 25 Etudes Faciles Op.100 | Bertini op 100 | |
Besame mucho (Andrea Bocelli) | ||
Bésame Mucho (Bolero Violin Guitar And Lyrics) Guitarra Y Letra Consuelo Velázquez (Musescore File) Musescore File.mscz | ||
Bésame Mucho (Bolero – Guitar And Lyrics) Guitarra Y Letra Consuelo Velázquez (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Besame Mucho, Bolero by Consuelo Velázquez (Piano Solo partitura, sheet music, Noten, partition) |
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Bésame Mucho, Bolero by Consuelo Velázquez (Piano Solo partitura, sheet music, Noten, partition).mscz | ||
Best Acoustic Songs for Easy Guitar – sheet music with Tablature |
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Best Acoustic Songs for Easy Guitar – sheet music |
Best Of Guitar Classics 50 Famous Concert Pieces |
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Best Of Guitar Classics 50 Famous Concert Pieces |
Best Of Jazz Guitar (Guitar Songbook) with embebed audio MP3 (Signature Licks) ( by Wolf Marshall) (with Tablature) |
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Best Of Jazz Guitar (Guitar Songbook) |
Best Of Modern Rock For Guitar with Tablature |
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Best Of Modern Rock For Guitar |
Best Of Piano Classics 50 Famous Pieces For Piano |
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Best Of Russian Rock |
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Best Of Russian Rock |
Best Rock Songs 2000-2005 Piano-vocal-chords |
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Best Rock Songs 2000-2005 Piano-vocal-chords |
Best Smooth Jazz Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 50 21 selections |
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Best Smooth Jazz Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 50 21 selections |
Best Songs Ever – 7th edition (Piano Vocal Guitar sheet) |
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The Best Songs Ever Piano vocal guitar |
Best Songs Of Piano Bar Easy Piano |
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best songs of piano bar |
Bethena – A Concert Waltz – Scott Joplin – 1905.mscz | ||
Bette Midler – The Rose | ||
Bette Midler – The Wind Beneath My Wings | ||
Betty Carter Baby, It’s Cold Outside The New Real Book 2 | Betty Carter Baby, It’s Cold Outside The New Real Book 2 | |
Betty Carter Jazz Ain’t Nothin’ But Soul |
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Betty Carter Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most | Betty Carter Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most | |
Betty Carter Tight |
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Beverly Hills Cop – Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer | ||
Bewitched – by Rodgers & Hart |
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Beyer, Ferdinand Elementary Instruction for the Pianoforte Metodo de Instruccion Elemental (English – Español) |
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Beyonce – If I Were A Boy | ||
Beyonce B’day |
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Beyonce B’day |
Beyonce Dangerously In Love |
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Beyonce Dangerously In Love |
Beyonce Songbook – Beyonce sheet music Piano Vocal guitar |
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Beyonce Songbook – Beyonce sheet music |
Beyond And Before Progressive Rock Since The 1960s By Paul Hegarty, Martin Halliwell (Book) |
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Beyond Slonimsky Melodic Patterns For Guitar |
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Beyond The Art Of Finger Dexterity – Reassessing Carlo Czerny (Book) |
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Big Bang Theory TV Series Main Theme | Big Bang Theory sample | |
Big Book Of Classical Music 100 Of The World’s Favorite Pieces (Piano Solo, Sheet Music) |
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Big Book Of Classical Music 100 Of The World’s Favorite Pieces (Piano Solo, Sheet Music) |
Big Book Of Wedding Music, The ( Sheet Music) |
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Big Book Of Wedding Music, The ( Sheet Music) |
Big Fish Conductor’s Score The Musical Piano Vocal Score by Andrew Lippa |
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Big Fish Fight The Dragons Big Fish The Musical by Andrew Lippa |
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Big Fish The Musical Vocal Selections By Andrew Lippa |
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Big Fish The Musical Vocal Selections By Andrew Lippa |
Big My Secret Michael Nyman (From ‘the Piano’) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Biggest Pop Hits 1996 1997 Piano Vocal Guitar Chords |
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Biggest Pop Hits 1996 1997 Piano Vocal Guitar Chords |
Bigtime Piano Classics Level 4 Intermediate |
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Bigtime Piano Favorites Level 4 Sheet Music |
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Piano Favorites Bigtime Level 4 (Faber Nancy, Faber Randall.) Sheet Music |
Bigtime Piano Hits Level 4 Intermediate |
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Bigtime Piano Jazz & Blues Level 4 Intermediate |
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Bigtime Piano Jazz & Blues Level 4 Intermediate |
Bigtime Piano Popular Level 4 Intermediate |
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Bigtime Piano Popular Level 4 Intermediate |
Bigtime Piano Rock N Roll Level 4 Intermediate |
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Bigtime Piano Rock N Roll Level 4 Intermediate |
Bill Broonzy – Blues And Ragtime Guitar Big Bill Broonzy (sheet music and TAB) |
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Bill Broonzy – Blues And Ragtime Guitar Big Bill Broonzy (sheet music and TAB) |
Bill Dobbins – BLUES The Jazz Workshop Series |
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Bill Dobbins – BLUES The Jazz Workshop Series (Standards & Originals All Blues |
Bill Dobbins – Jazz Arranging and Composing |
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Jazz arranging and composing |
Bill Dobbins – The Contemporary Jazz Pianist V. 1 |
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Bill Dobbins – The Contemporary Jazz Pianist Vol.1 |
Bill Dobbins – The Contemporary Jazz Pianist V. 3 |
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contemporary jazz pianist vol 3 |
Bill Dobbins – The Contemporary Jazz Pianist Vol. 2 |
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Bill Dobbins – The Contemporary Jazz Pianist Vol.2 |
Bill Dobbins – The Contemporary Jazz Pianist Vol.4 |
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Bill Dobbins – The Contemporary Jazz Pianist Vol.4 |
Bill Dobbins Classic Standards Series Piano | Bill Dobbins Classic Standards Series Piano | |
Bill Dobbins The Jazz Workshop Series Vol 1 Modal Jazz |
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Bill Douglas Azure | Bill Douglas Azure Piano | |
Bill Douglas Golden Rain | Bill Douglas Golden Rain | |
Bill Douglas Hymn | Bill Douglas Hymn | |
Bill Evans Jazz Music For Classical Guitar |
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Bill Evans Jazz Music For Classical Guitar |
Bill Evans Alice In Wonderland |
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Bill Evans Autumn Leaves, Solo Transcription | Bill Evans Autumn Leaves, Solo Transcription | |
Bill Evans Autunm Leaves |
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Bill Evans Blue In Green |
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Bill Evans Interplay (Piano Solo Sheet Music Transcription) | Bill Evans Interplay (Piano Solo Sheet Music Transcription) | |
Bill Evans Laurie |
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Bill Evans Like Someone In Love Transcription From The Album Time Remembered (Sheet Music) | Bill Evans Like Someone In Love Transcription From The Album Time Remembered (Sheet Music) | |
Bill Evans Waltz For Debby (Complete Version) |
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Bill Evans When I Fall In Love Victor Young |
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Bill Evans – Time Remembered 14 Piano transcriptions |
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Bill Evans – Time Remembered 14 Piano transcriptions |
Bill Evans – Alfie (Piano transcription) |
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Bill Evans – Alice in Wonderland | Bill Evans – Alice in Wonderland | |
Bill Evans – Autumn Leaves | Bill Evans – Autunm Leaves | |
Bill Evans – Autunm Leaves (As Recorded by) | Bill Evans – Autunm Leaves (As Recorded by) | |
Bill Evans – B minor Waltz (for Ellaine) |
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Bill Evans – Blue in Green (Piano transcription) |
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Bill Evans – Danny Boy, by Frederic Weatherly (Bill Evans Jazz version) | Bill Evans – Danny Boy, by Frederic Weatherly (Bill Evans Jazz version) | |
Bill Evans – Emily Bass sheet music |
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Bill Evans – Ev’rything I Love (sheet music transcription) |
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Bill Evans – Everything Happens to me – a musical biography by Keith Shadwick (Book) |
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Bill Evans – Gone with the wind transcription |
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Bill Evans – In a Sentimental Mood – Piano solo transcription |
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Bill Evans – Midnight Mood by Joe Zawinul | Bill Evans – Midnight Mood by Joe Zawinul | |
Bill Evans – My Foolish Heart by Victor Young | Bill Evans – My Foolish Heart by Victor Young | |
Bill Evans – My Funny Valentine (Transcription) Jazz Standard sheet music |
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Bill Evans – Never Let Me Go (Piano transcription) |
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Bill Evans – Never Let Me Go (Piano Transcription) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Bill Evans – One for Helen | Bill Evans – One for Helen | |
Bill Evans – Only Child transcription |
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Bill Evans – Piano Solos |
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Bill Evans Piano solos |
Bill Evans – Rare Transcriptions 3 | Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol. 3 sheet music | |
Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol.1 | Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol.1 sheet music | |
Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol.2 | Bill Evans – Rare transcriptions vol. 2 sheet music | |
Bill Evans – Remembering The Rain.mscz | ||
Bill Evans – Santa Claus Is Coming To Town |
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Bill Evans – Signature Licks – Piano Transcriptions |
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Bill Evans – Signature Licks – Hal Leonard – Piano Transcriptions |
Bill Evans – Skating in Central Park (Solo) from Undercurrent with Jim Hall |
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Bill Evans – Someday My Prince Will Come from Portrait in Jazz sheet music Transcription | Bill Evans piano-solo-Someday my prince will come | |
Bill Evans – Star Eyes (melody transcription) from The Universal Mind of Bill Evans | Bill Evans – Star Eyes (melody transcription) from The Universal Mind of Bill Evans (first page sample) | |
Bill Evans – Star Eyes (melody transcription) from The Universal Mind of Bill Evans.mscz | ||
Bill Evans – The 70’S Solo Piano |
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Bill Evans – The 70’S, Solo Piano |
Bill Evans – The Artistry Of Bill Evans (Songs And Improvisation Transcriptions by Pascal Wetzel) |
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Bill Evans sheet music |
Bill Evans – The Artistry Of Bill Evans Volume 2 (transcriptions by Bob Hinz) |
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Bill Evans – The Artistry Of Bill Evans Volume 2 (transcriptions by Bob Hinz) |
Bill Evans – The Dolphin piano solo transcription | Bill Evans – The Dolphin piano solo transcription | |
Bill Evans – The Dolphin Transcription sheet music |
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