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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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Chocolat Rachel Portman (Main Titles) by Rachel Portman |
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Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 3 Tristesse Arr. Guitar | Chopin Etude Op. 10 No. 3 Tristesse Arr. Guitar | |
Chopin Grande Polonaise Brilliante Preceded by an Andante Spianato. Op.22 | Chopin, Grande Polonaise Brilliante | |
Chopin – Nocturne No. 20 Opus Phostume in C sharp minor |
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Chopin – 21 Nocturnes Op. 9 & Op. 15 | Chopin 21 Nocturnes | |
Chopin – Anatole Leikin – The Mystery of Chopin’s Préludes (Book) |
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Chopin – Andante Spianato Op. 22 | Chopin 21 Nocturnes | |
Chopin – Ballade No 1 In G Minor Op 23 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin – Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 Iii – Rondo (Vivace ) 2 Piano Arr. (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin – Etude op. 10 no. 3 Tristesse arr. guitar.mscz | ||
Chopin – Etudes op 10 1 – 4 | ||
Chopin – Godowsky – Etudes Complete |
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Chopin – Lettres de Chopin et George Sand 1836-1839 Recueil (Book in French, français) |
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Chopin – Nocturne No 20 In C Sharp Minor Op Posth (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin – Nocturne Op 9 No 2 E Flat Major (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin – Nocturne Op.9 No.2 Guitar TABs ( arr. F. Tàrrega and K. Minami with the original) |
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Chopin – Nocturne Op.9 No.2 Guitar TABs ( arr. F. Tàrrega and K. Minami).mscz | ||
Chopin – OP 10 3 Tristesse | Chopin – OP10 3 Tristesse | |
Chopin – Opus 9 (Cortot) French |
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Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor 1st Mov. – Allegro Maestoso (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor Ii – Larghetto Romance (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin – Romance from Piano Concerto E minor Piano solo transcription |
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Chopin – Valse Opus 69 No. 1 (Posthumous) Waltz In A♭ Major (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin – Variations on La Ci Darem la Mano Op 2 | ||
Chopin . Préludes, Op 28 No. 15 arr. for Guitar.mscz | ||
Chopin 10 Selected Nocturnes For Piano |
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Chopin 10 Selected Nocturnes For Piano |
Chopin 12 Etudes op 25 | Chopin Etudes op 25 | |
Chopin 12 Études Op. 10 (complete) Cortot Edition |
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Chopin 2 Polonaises Op 26 1 | ||
Chopin 51 Mazurkas (Complete) |
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Chopin Album of selected compositions |
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Chopin Balade 1 (Alfred Cortot edition) |
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Chopin Ballade No 1 in G Op 23 |
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Chopin Ballade No. 4 (Piano) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin Ballades Op 23 |
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Chopin Complete Etudes Schirmer Friedheim |
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Chopin Complete Preludes Nocturnes Waltzes Schirmer Library Of Classics |
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Chopin Etudes Henle Urtext |
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Chopin Études Op. 10 (complete) |
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Chopin Etudes op.10 – Cortot French | Chopin Etudes op.10 – Cortot | |
Chopin Frédéric. The Complete Ballades, Impromptus, Scherzi & The Fantaisie Op. 49 |
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Chopin Impressions – Erroll Garner (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin Jazz Waltz No.7 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin Klavierwerke Op. 10 Ed. Peters | ||
Chopin Nocturne In E Minor Op 72 No 1 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Chopin Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor Op. Posth. | Chopin Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. | |
Chopin Nocturne op 27 2 | ||
Chopin Nocturne op. 72 n. 1 | Chopin Nocturne 72 1 | |
Chopin Nocturnes Op. 9 |
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Chopin Nocturnes Op 55 | Chopin Nocturnes op. 55 | |
Chopin Nocturnes Op. 48 | ||
Chopin Nocturnes – Complete Piano Scores |
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Chopin Nocturnes complete |
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Chopin Nocturnes complete |
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Solo Arr. |
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Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Solo arr..mscz | ||
Chopin Preludes Op. 28 (complete) | Chopin Preludes, Op.28 | |
Chopin Selected Preludes Lower Intermediate To Intermediate Level |
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Chopin Selected Preludes Lower Intermediate To Intermediate Level |
Chopin Sonata 3 OP 58 | Chopin Sonata 3 | |
Chopin Technic, The (1908) Book by Henry Levey |
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Chopin The Teacher (Book) University of North Dakota |
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Chopin Transcriptions For Classical Guitar Solo with TABs Volume 1 |
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Chopin Transcriptions For Classical Guitar Solo with TABs Volume 1 |
Chopin Transcriptions For Classical Guitar Solo with TABs Volume 2 |
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Chopin Transcriptions For Classical Guitar Solo with TABs Volume 2 |
Chopin Valses Edition Cortot |
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Chopin Valzer n. 10 (arranged by Mercuzio) | ||
Chopin Waltz (2024) Piano solo | Chopin Waltz (2024) Piano solo | |
Chopin Waltzes Performance Commentary by Ekier & Kaminski | Chopin Waltzes Peerformance Commentary by Ekier & Kaminski | |
Chopin_Nocturne_Op.9_No.2_for_Solo_Guitar by F. Tàrrega.mscz | ||
Chopin, Frederic Andantino Wiosna (Piano Version Of Song Op. 74 No. 2) |
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Chopin. 12 Etudes Op. 10 et 12 Etudes Op. 25 | Chopin. 12 Etudes Op.10 et 12 Etudes Op.25 | |
Chopin. The Man and His Music James Huneker (Book) |
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Chopsticks from Shadow of the Moon Simple Jazz Ver. For Piano By Kim Kwang Min |
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Chord And Songwriting Cheat Sheet C Dave Tran |
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Chord Changes For The Best Known Songs |
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chord changes best known songs |
Chord Chemistry by Ted Greene (Guitar) |
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Chord Time Piano Hits Level 2B (Piano) |
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Chord Time Piano Hits Level 2B (Piano) |
Chord Tone Soloing For Jazz Guitar Master Arpeggio-Based Soloing For Jazz Guitar (Alexander Joseph) |
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Chord-Melody Guitar – Bruce Buckingham |
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Chords & Progressions for Acoustic Guitar by Artie Traum |
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Chords And Progressions For Jazz And Popular Guitar Arnie Berle |
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Chords, Scales And Arpegios For The Guitarist by Al Politano |
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Chords Scales And Arpegios For The Guitarist by Al Politano |
Choro Brasileiro – O Melhor do Vol 1 Guitar |
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Choro Brasileiro – O Melhor do Vol 1 Guitar |
Choro Brasileiro – Songbook Vol 1 Guitar by Almir Chediak |
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Choro Chediak Vol 1 – Songbook (Guitar) |
Choro Brasileiro – Songbook Vol 2 Guitar by Almir Chediak |
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Choro Brasileiro – O Melhor do Vol 2 Guitar |
Chris Brown – Say Goodbye | ||
Chris Brown – With You | ||
Chris De Burgh – The Lady In Red | ||
Chris De Burgh Lady In Red Piano Solo |
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Chris DeBurgh -The Lady In Red |
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Chris Issak – Wicked Game |
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Chris Potter Jazz Styles By Olegario Diaz |
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Chris Rea Anthology |
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Chris Rea Anthology |
Chris Rea Driving home for Christmas (piano solo arr.) |
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Chris Zoupa Shred Guitar Soloing Collection Book + Audio Mp3 Tracks To Play Along |
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Christina Aguilera – Beautiful | ||
Christina Aguilera – Beauty And The Beast | ||
Christina Aguilera – Fighter | ||
Christina Aguilera – Hurt | ||
Christina Aguilera – I Turn To You | ||
Christina Aguilera – Impossible | ||
Christina Aguilera – Reflection | ||
Christina Aguilera – Something Beautiful | ||
Christina Aguilera – Something There | ||
Christina Aguilera – Stripped (Songbook) Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Christina Aguilera – Stripped (Songbook) Piano Vocal Guitar |
Christina Aguilera – The Voice Within | ||
Christina Aguilera – Underappreciated | ||
Christina Aguilera Back To Basics |
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Christina Aguilera Back To Basics |
Christina Aguilera Songbook | Christina Aguilera Christina Aguilera songbook | |
Christina Perri A Thousand Years (Easy Piano Sheet Music) From The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 |
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Christina Perri – A Thousand Years (Sheet Music) from the Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 piano Vocal guitar |
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Christina Perri – Head or Heart Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Christina Perri – Head or Heart Piano Vocal Guitar |
Christina Perri – lovestrong (Songbook) Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Christina Perri – lovestrong (Songbook) Piano Vocal Guitar |
Christina Perri A Thousand Years Theme from the Twilight Saga breaking dawn Part 2 Piano Solo |
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Christmas – Angels We Have Heard On High Sheet Music |
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Christmas – It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Sheet Music |
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Christmas – We Are The Reason Sheet Music |
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Christmas – A Swingin’ Christmas |
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Christmas – A Swingin’ Christmas |
Christmas – Favourites collection |
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Christmas At The Piano Easy Piano Solo 23 seasonal selections Piano Solo |
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Christmas At The Piano Easy Piano Solo 23 seasonal selections Piano Solo |
Christmas Bock’s S Best 25 Outstanding Christmas Piano Arrangements Vol 3 |
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Christmas Bock’s S Best 25 Outstanding Christmas Piano Arrangements Vol 3 |
Christmas Carol – Jingle Bell Rock Sheet Music |
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Christmas Carol – Jingle Bell Rock Sheet Music Easy Piano |
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Christmas Carols All Jazzed Up |
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Christmas Carols All Jazzed Up |
Christmas Chris Rice The Living Room Sessions |
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Christmas Chris Rice The Living Room Sessions |
Christmas Classics Jazz Piano Solos Series Vol 61 |
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Christmas classics |
Christmas Cocktail Jazz Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 65 |
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Christmas Cocktail Jazz Jazz Piano Solos Series Volume 65 |
Christmas Easy Piano (Klimper Spass 3 Poppige Weihnachten! |
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Christmas Easy Piano (Klimper Spass 3 Poppige Weihnachten! |
Christmas Edition 40 Greatest Hits Easy Piano Brimhall Easy Piano Vocal Guitar Chords |
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Christmas Edition 40 Greatest Hits Easy Piano Brimhall Easy Piano Vocal Guitar Chords |
Christmas Fake Book, The Ultimate – 275 Songs Sheet Music Piano Vocal Guitar |
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The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book 275 Songs Sheet Music Piano Vocal Guitar |
Christmas Guitar Solos arr. for Intermadiate guitar with TABs by Edward Wright |
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Christmas Guitar Solos arr. for Intermediate guitar with TABs by Edward Wright |
Christmas Hits Easy Guitar With Notes Tab |
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Christmas Hits Easy Guitar With Notes Tab |
Christmas Hits Singer Piano Guitar 31 Songs |
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Christmas Hits Singer Piano Guitar 31 Songs |
Christmas Jazz (Carol of the Bells, Jingle Bells, We wish you a Merry Christmas) (arr. by Kirby Shaw) |
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Christmas Jazz |
Christmas Jazz Cafe by Jacob Koller Piano and guitar Chords songbook |
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Christmas Jazz Cafe by Jacob Koller Piano and guitar Chords songbook |
Christmas Jazz For Piano |
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Christmas Jazz For Piano |
Christmas Jazz It Up! Christmas – 2nd Edition12 traditional Christmas favorites by Eric Baumgartner |
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Christmas Jazz It Up! Christmas – 2nd Edition12 traditional Christmas favorites by Eric Baumgartner |
Christmas Jazz It Up! Christmas – Six Traditional Carols for the Mid-Intermediater Pianist by Eric Baumgartner |
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Christmas Jazz It Up! |
Christmas Medley Special Kyle Landry |
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Christmas Medleys for Piano Solo by Jason Lyle Black |
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Christmas Medleys for Piano Solo by Jason Lyle Black |
Christmas Meets Jazz 15 Famous Christmas Songs For Piano |
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Christmas Meets Jazz 15 Famous Christmas Songs For Piano |
Christmas Mellow Seasonal Favorites for Piano, A Smooth Jazz (Roger House) |
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Christmas Mellow Seasonal Favorites for Piano, A Smooth Jazz (Roger House) |
Christmas Piano Solos John Thompsons Modern Course For The Piano |
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Christmas Piano Solos John Thompsons Modern Course For The Piano |
Christmas Pop Favorites For Piano Solo Intermediate To Advanced Level |
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Christmas Pop Favorites For Piano Solo Intermediate To Advanced Level |
Christmas Presence. Sound Of The Season |
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Christmas Presence. Sound Of The Season |
Christmas Professional Singers Christmas Fake Book 120 songs |
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Christmas Professional Singers Christmas Fake Book 120 songs |
Christmas Recital For Piano |
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Christmas Recital For Piano |
Christmas Song For Play In First-Class Restaurant Piano Solo |
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Christmas Song For Play In First-Class Restaurant Piano Solo |
Christmas Song, The – Mel Tormé & Wells Bob Merry Christmas to You Easy Piano Solo.mscz | ||
Christmas Song, The – Mel Tormé & Wells Bob Merry Christmas to You Easy Piano Solo |
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Christmas Songbook The Readers Digest Merry Christmas Songbook (William L. Simon, Dan Fox) Vintage sheet music |
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Christmas Songbook The Readers Digest Merry Christmas Songbook (William L. Simon, Dan Fox) |
Christmas Songs All Jazzed Up |
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Christmas Songs All Jazzed Up |