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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.
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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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Cançó de bres per a una princesa negra – Voice & Piano acc. |
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Candido Pej – Ave Maria | ||
Candlelight Beautiful Piano Solos Vol 1 Tom Roed |
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Candlelight Beautiful Piano Solos Vol 1 Tom Roed |
Candyman – Candyman Theme – Philip Glass | ||
Cannonball Adderley – Omnibook For E-Flat Instruments (Cannonball Adderley) |
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Cannonball Adderley – Omnibook For E-Flat Instruments (Cannonball Adderley) |
Cannonball Adderley Solo Transcriptions |
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Cannonball Adderley Solo Transcriptions |
Canon D Major Variation Thomas Andersen | ||
Canon in D – Pachelbel – Guitar Tabs |
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Canon In D – Pachelbel – Guitar Tabs (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Canon in D–Piano or Organ Solo (Sheet Music) – Johann Pachelbel & Marion Verhaalen |
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Canon Pachelbel D Major | Canon Pachelbel D Major | |
Cantique De Jean Racine – G. Fauré (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Canzone arrabbiata (Nino Rota) | ||
Canzone per Donatella – Quando l’amore è sensualità OST (Ennio Morricone ) | ||
Canzone per la Sera (La Piovra 4) Ennio Morricone | ||
Canzone per te (Sergio Endrigo) | ||
Canzonetta (Violin concerto 2nd mov.) P. I. Tchaikovsky | ||
Captain America March by Alan Silvestri Piano Solo arr. |
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Caravan (Chocolat OST) Rachel Portman | ||
Caravan Jazz Standard Duke Ellngton Juan Tizol arr. Carsten Gerlitz |
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Careless whisper (George Michael) | ||
Carillon – For a few dollars more (Ennio Morricone) | ||
Carl Czerny – 100 Progressive Studies Op. 139 No. 26 To No. 30 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Carl Czerny – Selected Studies For The Piano – An Anthology | Carl Czerny – Selected Studies For The Piano – An Anthology | Carl Czerny – Selected Studies For The Piano |
Carl Czerny – 100 Progressive Studies Op.139 No. 16 To No. 20 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Carl Davis Pride And Prejudice Main Theme Piano Solo Sheet Music |
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Carl Orff – Carmina Burana – Voice & Piano (Arr Piano Solo Erik Chumachenco) |
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Carl Orff – Carmina Burana – Full Score | Carmina Burana (complete score) | |
Carl Tausig Study 91 For Piano |
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Carla Bley by Amy C Beal (Book) |
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Carla Bley More Lead Sheets Songbook | Carla Bley More Lead Sheets Songbook | |
Carla Bley Songbook (20 LEAD SHEETS Carla Bley favorite works) |
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Carla Bley Songbook (20 LEAD SHEETS Carla Bley favorite works) |
Carlos Gardel -Por una cabeza (guitar) |
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Carlos Gardel -Por una cabeza (piano) |
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Carlos Gardel Tangos Guitar |
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Carlos Gardel Tangos |
Carlos Guastavino Tres Romances Argentinos for two pianos |
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Carlos Santana – In Session with Carlos Santana with audio MP3 |
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In Session with Carlos Santana with audio MP3 |
Carlos Santana – Jam with Playback Guitar with audio MP3 |
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Jam with Carlos Santana |
Carlos Santana – Supernatural |
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Carlos Santana – Supernatural |
Carlos Santana Shaman Guitar Songbook |
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Carlos Santana Shaman |
Carly Comando Everyday |
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Carly Simon – Anthology (Piano Vocal Guitar Artist Songbook) |
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Carly Simon – Anthology (Piano Vocal Guitar Artist Songbook) |
Carol Of The Bells – M.D. Leontovych (Ucranian Christmas Carol Easy Piano) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Carole King – Beautiful – sheet music The Musical |
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Carole King – Beautiful – sheet music The Musical |
Carole King – Best of Carole King (Songbook) |
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Carole King – Best of Carole King (Songbook) |
Carole King Beautiful sheet music |
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Carole King The Best Of Song Book |
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Carole King The Best Of Song Book |
Carousel A Musical Play Piano Conductor by Rodgers and Hammerstein 2nd |
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Carousel Waltz – from the Musical Carousel by Richard Rodgers.mscz | ||
Carousel Waltz – Prologue from the Musical Carousel by Richard Rodgers (Piano Solo) |
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Carpenters Anthology |
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Carpenters Anthology |
Carpenters I Need To Be In Love Piano Vocal guitar |
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Carpenters The – (They Long to Be) Close To You Another ver. | Carpenters, The – (They Long to Be) Close To You | |
Carpenters – (They Long To Be) Close To You Piano, guitar & vocal (2 versions) | Carpenters – (They Long To Be) Close To You |
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Carpenters – Close To You | ||
Carpenters – Crystal Lullaby | ||
Carpenters – For All We Know |
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Carpenters – Hurting Each Other |
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Carpenters – I Won’t Last a Day Without You |
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Carpenters – It’s easy to play Carpenters |
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Carpenters – It’s easy to play Carpenters |
Carpenters – Rainy Days & Mondays |
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Carpenters – Sing (from Sesame Street) |
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Carpenters – Superstar |
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Carpenters – There’s Kind of a Hush |
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Carpenters – Top Of The World |
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Carpenters – We’ve Only Just Begun |
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Carpenters – Yesterday Once More |
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Carpenters The – Love Songs |
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Carpenters |
Carpenters The Musical Legacy (Book) by Mike Cidoni Lennox & Chris May |
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Carrie Underwood – Ill Stand By You | ||
Carrillo Isolina Dos Gardenias |
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Carroll, Walter Forest Fantasies |
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CARS (Disney) Our Town – James Taylor |
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Carsten Gerlitz – Best of Bar Piano |
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Best of bar piano |
Carsten Gerlitz – Chanson d’Amour 16 Famous French Pop songs |
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Carsten Gerlitz – Chanson d’Amour 16 Famous French Pop songs contents |
Carsten Gerlitz – Christmas Time (25 Famous Christmas songs) |
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Carsten Gerlitz Christmas Time contents |
Carsten Gerlitz – Jazz Ballads |
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Jazz Ballads |
Carsten Gerlitz – Latin Classics |
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Latin Classics |
Carsten Gerlitz – Musical Favourites |
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Carsten Gerlitz musical favourite songs contents |
Carsten Gerlitz – Pop Ballads |
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Carsten Gerlitz – Pop Ballads 2 |
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Carsten Gerlitz – Rock Ballads |
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Carsten Gerlitz – Rock Ballads songs contents |
Carsten Gerlitz Swing Standards |
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Swing Standards |
Carsten Gerlitz- Movie Classics |
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Carsten Gerlitz movie classics songs contents |
Cartel – Save Us | ||
Caruso (Andrea Bocelli) | ||
Casablanca As Time Goes By |
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Cascada – Everytime We Touch | ||
Casey Stratton – All The Things You Are – Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II (Solo Piano) |
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Casper – One Last Wish – James Horner | ||
Casper’s Lullaby (James Horner) | ||
Casting Crowns – Who Am I | ||
Castlevania – Circle Of The Moon – Catacombs |
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Castlevania Bloodlines – Bloody Tears | ||
Castlevania Bloodlines – Iron Blue Intention | ||
Cat Stevens – Moon Shadow |
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Cat Stevens – Lady D’Arbanville |
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Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken |
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Cat Stevens – Father And Son |
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Cat Stevens – Moon Shadow | Cat Stevens – Moon Shadow | |
Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken | Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken | |
Cat Stevens – Morning has broken (Easy Piano with lyrics) |
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Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken (Piano Solo) |
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Cat Stevens – Play Acoustic Guitar With – Guitar Play Along with MP3 audio – Six Of His Greatest Hits with Tablature |
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Cat Stevens – Play Acoustic Guitar With – Guitar Play Along with MP3 audio Six Of His Greatest Hits |
Cat Stevens – Sad Lisa | ||
Cat Stevens – Songbook |
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Cat Stevens Songbook |
Cat Stevens – The Great Songs |
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Cat Stevens – The Great Songs |
Cat Stevens – The Very Best of Cat Stevens Easy arrangements for Piano (arr. by Hans-Günter Heumann) |
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Cat Stevens – The Very Best of Cat Stevens Easy arrangements for Piano |
Cat Stevens – Wild World |
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Catch Me If You Can Music By Mark Shaiman And Scott Wittman Piano Vocal Score (Musical) |
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Catherine et Jim (Jules et Jim OST) Georges Delerue | ||
Catherine Rollin – Jazz Gems (Piano Solos) |
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Catherine Rollin – Jazz Gems (Piano Solos) |
Catherine Rollin – Lyric Moments Book 1 (Piano) |
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Catherine Rollin – Lyric Moments Book 1 (Piano) |
Catherine Rollin – Lyric Moments Book 2 |
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Catherine Rollin – Lyric Moments Book 3 |
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Catherine Rollin – Preludes For Piano Book 2 |
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Catherine Rollin – Summer’s Dream (from Lyrics Moments Book 1) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Catherine Rollin – The Best Of Catherine Rollin Book 1 |
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Catherine Rollin – The Best Of Catherine Rollin Book 1 |
Catherine Rollin – The Best Of Catherine Rollin Book 2 |
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Catherine Rollin – The Best Of Catherine Rollin Book 2 |
Cats – Memory – Andrew Lloyd Webber | Memory (from Cats) Andrew Lloyd Webber |