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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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Charles Mingus, the life and music of – Myself When I Am Real (by Gene Santoro) Book |
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Charles Trenet – Grands Interprètes |
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Charles Trenet – Grands Interpretes |
Charles Trenet – La Mer (Beyond The Sea) Piano Vocal |
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Charles Trenet 41 Chansons Piano Vocal Paroles |
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Charles Trenet 41 Chansons Piano Vocal Paroles |
Charles Trenet Boum Piano Vocal |
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Charles Trenet En Avril A Paris (April In Paris) Arr. By A. Weissenberg |
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Charles Trenet En Avril A Paris Piano Vocal Guitar Chrods Vintage Sheet Music |
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Charles Trenet La Mer Easy Piano |
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Charles Trenet Songbook |
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Charles Trenet Songbook 1950 |
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory – Verucasalt – Danny Elfman | ||
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Danny Elfman |
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Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Danny Elfman |
Charlie Brown Favorites 15 Selections Arranged By Phillip Keveren Piano Solo |
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Charlie Brown Favorites 15 Selections Arranged By Phillip Keveren Piano Solo |
Charlie Brown Songbook |
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Charlie Chaplin – Smile (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Charlie Chaplin Modern Times for violin and piano arr. by Claus Ogermann of Smile (Theme) | Charlie Chaplin Modern Times for violin and piano arr. by Claus Ogermann of Smile (Theme) | |
Charlie Christian Guitar Method |
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Charlie Christian How To Play Jazz Guitar In The Style Of Charlie Christian |
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Charlie Christian The Charlie Christian Method Jazz Guitar Improvisation with TAB |
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Charlie Christian The Definitive Collection Guitar TAB |
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Charlie Christian The Definitive Collection Guitar TAB |
Charlie Haden Silence |
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Charlie Parker – In Session With Charlie Parker |
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Charlie Parker – In Session With Charlie Parker |
Charlie Parker – Yardbird Suite (arr. for piano) | Charlie Parker – Yardbird Suite (arr. for piano) | |
Charlie Parker Ballade Transcription Alto Sax |
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Charlie Parker Collection Alto Saxophone |
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Charlie Parker Collection Alto Saxophone |
Charlie Parker Essential Jazz Lines for Guitar |
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Charlie Parker Essential Jazz Lines for Guitar |
Charlie Parker For Guitar Note For Note Transcriptions And Detailed Performance Notes For 18 Bebop Classics with TAB |
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Charlie Parker For Guitar Note For Note Transcriptions And Detailed Performance Notes For 18 Bebop Classics |
Charlie Parker For Piano |
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Charlie Parker For Piano |
Charlie Parker Jazz Masters 14 solos for all C instruments |
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Charlie Parker Jazz Masters 14 solos for all C instruments |
Charlie Parker Omnibook For C Instruments |
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Charlie Parker Omnibook For C Instruments |
Charlie Parker Omnibook For Eb E Flat Instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
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Charlie Parker Omnibook For E Flat Instruments |
Charlie Parker Omnibook Transposed for Bb B Flat instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
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Charlie Parker Omnibook Transposed for B Flat instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
Charlie Parker Omnibook Volume 2 For Bb B Flat Instruments |
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Charlie Parker Omnibook Volume 2 For B Flat Instruments |
Charlie Parker Omnibook Volume 2 For C instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
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Charlie Parker Omnibook Volume 2 For C instruments Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos |
Charlie Parker Omnibook Volume 2 For Eb E Flat Instruments |
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Charlie Parker Omnibook For E Flat Instruments |
Charlie Parker The Life And Music Of Charlie Parker bird by Chuck Haddix (Book) Biography |
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Charlie Parker What Is This Thing Called Love Eb transcription |
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Charlie Puth – Attention Piano and Lyrics Sheet Music |
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Charlie Puth – Attention Piano Solo Sheet Music |
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Charlie Rich – The Most Beautiful Girl | ||
Charly García Eiti Leda Serú Girán Piano Voice |
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Charly Garcia Para Piano |
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Charly Garcia Para Piano |
Charly García transcriptiones para piano (Sui Generis, La Máquina, Serú Girám, Charly Solista) |
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Charms (W.E. soundtrack) Abel Korzeniowski | ||
Chart Hits Of 2014 2015 Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Chart Hits Of 2014 2015 Piano Vocal Guitar |
Chart Hits Of 2015 2016 Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Chart Hits Of 2015 2016 Piano Vocal Guitar |
Chart Hits Of 2016 2017 Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Chart Hits Of 2016 2017 Piano Vocal Guitar |
Chart Hits Of 2017 2018 Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Chart Hits Of 2017 2018 Piano Vocal Guitar |
Chart Hits Of 2018 2019 Easy Piano |
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Chart Hits Of 2019 2020 18 Top Singles Easy Piano |
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Chart Hits Of 2020 2021 20 Top Singles |
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Chart Hits Of 2021 2022 Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Chart Hits Of 2021 2022 Piano Vocal Guitar |
Cher – Believe | ||
Cher – If I Could Turn Back Time | ||
Cher – Strong Enough | ||
Cher Greatest Hits So far Songbook |
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Cher Greatest Hits So far Songbook |
Chere Amie (Marc Lavoine & Francoise Hardy) | ||
Chet Atkins The Streets Of Laredo (Guitar) Traditional |
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Chet Atkins Vintage Classics – Pickin Like Chet (Pat Kirtley) Guitar (with Tablature) |
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Chet Atkins – Birth Of The Blues (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | Chet Atkins – Birth Of The Blues (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | |
Chet Atkins – Blowin In The Wind by Bob Dylan (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | Chet Atkins – Blowin In The Wind by Bob Dylan (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | |
Chet Atkins – Cheek To Cheek Jazz Standard (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | Chet Atkins – Cheek To Cheek Jazz Standard (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | |
Chet Atkins – La Vie en Rose Guitar Tablature TABs |
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Chet Atkins – Mr. Sandman Guitar Tablature TABs |
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Chet Atkins – Yesterdays Jazz Standard (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | Chet Atkins – Yesterdays Jazz Standard (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | |
Chet Atkins Almost Alone Guitar Tab Book |
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Chet Atkins Almost Alone Tab Book |
Chet Atkins Vintage Fingerstyle – Guitar |
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Chet Atkins Vintage Guitar Fingerstyle |
Chet Baker Autumn Leaves Transcription |
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Chet Baker But Not For Me By Gershwin (Trumpet Solo) |
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Chet Baker – All the Things You Are Solo Transcription Jazz Standard |
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Chet Baker Deep In A Dream The Long Night Of Chet Baker By James Gavin (Book Biography) |
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Chet Baker II-V-I Licks in 12 Keys Treble and Bass Clef 4 books (Easy, Major And Minor Licks) |
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Chet Baker In Milan Transcriptions |
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Chet Baker In Milan Transcriptions |
Chet Baker It could happen to you (James Van Heusen) | it could happen to you1 | |
Chet Baker It could happen to you (solo transcription) | Chet-baker It-could-happen-to-you–solo | |
Chet Baker Just Friends(Solo transcription) | Chet Baker Solo-transcription-Just-Friends-Chet-Baker | |
Chet Baker Scat Solos transcriptions by Jim Bastian |
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Chet Baker Scat Solos transcriptions |
Chet Baker Solos – transcriptions by Thorsten Wollmann |
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Chet Baker solos 1 |
Chet Baker Solos Vol 2 |
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Chet Baker solos |
Chet Baker, Paul Desmond Solos On Concierto De Aranjuez (Joaquin Rodrigo, Jim Hall) Transcription From The Concierto Album |
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Chevaliers de Sangreal (Hans Zimmer) | ||
Chez Chanel (Coco avant Chanel OST) Alexandre Desplat | ||
Chi mai (Le Professionnel OST) Ennio Morricone | ||
Chiaraluce (Giorgia) | ||
Chicago – Colour My World |
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Chicago – Best Selection (Band score) |
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Chicago – Best Selection (Band score) |
Chicago – Colour My World | ||
Chicago – Hard To Say Im Sorry | ||
Chicago – I Cant Do It Alone | ||
Chicago – If You Leave Me Now | ||
Chicago – You’re The Inspiration |
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Chicago (Movie vocal Selections) |
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Chicago Movie |
Chicago Blues Guitar |
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Chicago Blues Guitar |
Chicago Blues Rhythm Guitar Tablature with MP3 audio tracks to play along |
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Chicago Blues Rhythm Guitar |
Chicago The Musical – Music by John Kander |
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Chicago The Musical |
Chicagoland A Intermediate Piano Duets by Robert D Vandall |
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Chicagoland A Intermediate Piano Duets by Robert D Vandall |
Chick Corea 20 Children Songs For Piano Book sheet music |
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Chick Corea – 6 Pieces For Solo Guitar transcriptions | Chick Corea – 6 Pieces For Solo Guitar transcriptions | |
Chick Corea – A Work In Progress …On being a Musician |
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Chick Corea – Eternal Child |
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Chick Corea – Keyboard Workshop |
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Chick Corea Keyboard Workshop |
Chick Corea – Lifeline |
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Chick Corea – Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (album, piano) |
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Chick Corea – Now He Sings, Now He Sobs (album, piano)2 |
Chick Corea – Origin Songs For Piano |
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Chick Corea – Origin Songs For Piano |
Chick Corea – Pastime Paradise (Stevie Wonder) Performed Live At Jazz In Marciac 2015 | Chick Corea – Pastime Paradise (Stevie Wonder) Performed Live At Jazz In Marciac 2015 | |
Chick Corea – Pastime Paradise (Stevie Wonder) Performed LIVE at Jazz in Marciac 2015.mscz | ||
Chick Corea – Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin) Piano transcription | Chick Corea – Someone To Watch Over Me (Gershwin) Piano transcription | |
Chick Corea – Spain |
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Chick Corea – Spain ( Yohan Kim ver.) | Chick Corea – Spain ( Yohan Kim ver.) | Classics to jazz Mozart by Robbins Jonathon |
Chick Corea – Spain Akoustic Band – Chick’s Solo |
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Chick Corea – Waltz for Dave |
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Chick Corea & Gary Burton Armando’s Rhumba (Live In Burghausen 2011) Transcription | Chick Corea & Gary Burton Armando’s Rhumba (Live In Burghausen 2011) Transcription | |
Chick Corea Amnesia | Chick Corea Amnesia | |
Chick Corea And Gary Burton Armando’s Rhumba (Live In Burghausen 2011) Transcription | Chick Corea And Gary Burton Armando’s Rhumba (Live In Burghausen 2011) Transcription | |
Chick Corea And Return To Forever Musicmagic (Free Transcription For Piano Solo) | Chick Corea And Return To Forever Musicmagic (Free Transcription For Piano Solo) | |
Chick Corea and Return to Forever – Musicmagic (free transcription for Piano Solo).mscz | ||
Chick Corea Armando’s Rumba and Blue Miles |
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Chick Corea Armando’s Rumba and Blue Miles |
Chick Corea Classics The Jazz Workshop Series Transcriptions and text by Bill Dobbins |
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Chick Corea Classics The Jazz Workshop Series |
Chick Corea Collection Songbook |
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Chick Corea collection |
Chick Corea for piano solo vol 1 (originals by Chick Corea) |
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Chick Corea Got A Match Solo (jazz sheet music transcripton) | Chick Corea Got A Match Solo (jazz sheet music transcripton) | |
Chick Corea Jazz Improvisation |
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Chick Corea Jazz Improvisation |
Chick Corea Jazz Piano Collection |
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Chick Corea Jazz Piano Collection |
Chick Corea La Fiesta | Chick Corea La Fiesta | |
Chick Corea Music Poetry |
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Chick Corea No Mystery (piano improvisation) Return To Forever | Chick Corea No Mystery (piano improvisation) Return To Forever | |
Chick Corea Original Transcriptions Arranged By The Same Composer (Spain And Others) |
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Chick Corea Original Transcriptions Arranged By The Same Composer (Spain And Others) |
Chick Corea Piano Transcriptions |
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Chick Corea Piano Transcriptions |
Chick Corea Play Along Collection for Bb Instruments |
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Chick Corea Play Along Collection for Bb Instruments |
Chick Corea Plays Standards | Chick Corea Plays Standards | |
Chick Corea solo transcription on Pannonica |
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Chick Corea Spain For Piano Solo |
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Chick Corea styles |
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Chick Corea styles |
Chick Corea The Essential Book |
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Chick Corea The Jazz Solos Of Chick Corea Transcribed By Peter Sprague For All Instruments |
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Chick Corea The Jazz Solos Of Chick Corea Transcribed By Peter Sprague For All Instruments |
Chicken Skin Slide Play Slide Guitar RY Cooder Style by Rick Payne |
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Chicken Soup For The Soul Piano Songbook 40 Inspirational And Heartwarming Songs |
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Chicken Soup For The Soul Piano Songbook 40 Inspirational And Heartwarming Songs |
Chico Buarque – O Que Sera (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | Chico Buarque – O Que Sera (Guitar arr. sheet music with TABs) | |
Chico Buarque De Volta Ao Samba (Guitar) | Chico Buarque De Volta Ao Samba (Guitar) | |
Chico Buarque Guitar Songbook 1 |
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Chico Buarque Guitar Songbook |
Chico Buarque Guitar Songbook 3 |
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Chico Buarque Guitar Songbook |
Chico Buarque Guitar Songbook 4 |
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Chico Buarque Guitar Songbook |
Chico Buarque songbook 2 Almir Chediak |
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Chico Buarque Guitar Songbook |
Chico Buarque Songbook Guitar | Chico Buarque Songbook Guitar | |
Children of Eden – Stephen Schwartz (Full score) |
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Chinese Favourite piano solos |
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chinese piano solos |
Chinese folk songs |
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Chinese folk songs |
Chinese Music (1944) Book |
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Chiquilin de Bachin (The little beggar boy) Astor Piazzolla | ||
Chocolat – Main Theme By Rachel Portman (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chocolat – Main Theme by Rachel Portman (Piano Solo) |
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