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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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Hyman Etudes for Jazz Piano |
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Hyman Etudes for Jazz Piano |
Hymn Fake Book, The – Melody, Lyrics, Chords A Colletion of over 1000 multi-denominational Hymns |
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Hymn Variations For Piano Transcribed by William Stickles (1946) Rare book |
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Hymn Variations For Piano Transcribed by William Stickles (1946) Rare book |
Hymns for piano, Vol. 47 |
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Hymns for piano Vol 47 |
I am Legend – I am listening by James Newton Howard |
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I Am Moana (Song Of The Ancestors) Lin Manuel Miranda (Easy Piano With Lyrics) |
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I Clowns (Nino Rota) | ||
I Could Write A Book Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart Jazz Standard (Vintage sheet music) | I Could Write A Book Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart Jazz Standard (Vintage sheet music) | |
I Fall In Love Too Easily Jule Styne & Sammy Cahn From The Film “anchors Aweigh” 1944 Jazz Standard (Vintage sheet music) |
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I giardini di Marzo (Battisti) | ||
I guess I loved you (Lara Fabian) | ||
I Hear A Rhapsody 1940 George Fragos, Jack Baker And Dick Gasparre Jazz Standard (Vintage sheet music) |
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I just want you (Castle OST) Robert Duncan | ||
I Know Where I’ve Been from Hairspray Musical |
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I Left My Heart in San Francisco (lead sheet for play along) Words by Douglas Cross Music by George Cory |
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I Left My Heart in San Francisco |
I Love You Porgy (Musescore File).mscz | ||
I Love you For Sentimental Reasons Vintage Jazz Standard 1945 by William Best and Deek Watson |
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I see you – Avatar (Leona Lewis) | ||
I Should Care Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, And Paul Weston From The 1944 Film “thrill Of A Romance” Jazz Standard (Vintage sheet music) |
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I Talk To The Wind By King Crimson (Musescore File).mscz | ||
I Vitelloni (Nino Rota) | ||
I Will Survive Voice Piano – Gloria Glaynor |
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I Wish I Knew Robert E. Spencer, Frank Anderson, & Harry Bryant 1922 Jazz Standard (Vintage sheet music) |
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I’ll Be Home For Christmas (Musescore File).mscz | ||
I’ll Be There For You (Friends Theme) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
I’m a fool to want you (Billie Holiday) | ||
I’ve Never Been In Love Before by Frank Loesser Jazz Standard |
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Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen – Gustav Mahler (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Icons of Rock Elvis Presley Ray Charles Chuck Berry Buddy Holly The Beach Boys James Brown The Beatles Bob Dylan… (Scott Schinder, Andy Schwartz) |
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Icons of Rock Elvis Presley Ray Charles Chuck Berry Buddy Holly The Beach Boys James Brown The Beatles Bob Dylan… (Scott Schinder, Andy Schwartz) |
If I Were A Rich Man piano & voice arr. |
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If You Leave Me Now – Chicago (Musescore File).mscz | ||
If You Leave Me Now – Chicago.mscz | ||
If you want me (Marketa Irglova & Glen Hansard) | ||
Il Charleston di Giulietta (Giulietta degli Spiriti OST) Nino R | ||
Il cielo in una stanza (Gino Paoli) | ||
Il corvo (Mina) | ||
Il Divo Ancora – Piano, Vocal & Guitar songbook(lyrics in Spanish) |
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Il Divo – Ancora (Songbook) Piano Vocal Guitar |
Il genio del bene (Mina) | ||
Il Maestro e Margherita (Ennio Morricone) | ||
Il Marchese del Grillo (Nicola Piovani) | ||
Il n’y a pas d’amour heureux (8 Femmes OST) Danielle Darrieux | ||
Il ne manquait que toi (Lara Fabian) | ||
Il Postino – Mi Mancherai – Luis Bacalov | Il Postino – Mi Mancherai – Luis Bacalov | |
Il Postino (Luis Bacalov) |
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Il Postino Mi Mancherai Luis Bacalov | Il Postino Mi Mancherai Luis Bacalov | |
Il suonatore Jones (Fabrizio De Andrè) | ||
Il tema della Fata (Nicola Piovani) | ||
Il Triello (Ennio Morricone) | ||
Ilia’s Theme (Star Trek – The Motion Picture) Jerry Goldsmith | ||
Ilya Beshevli Beautiful Image | Ilya Beshevli Beautiful Image | |
Imagine John Lennon By Chet Atkins And Mark Knopfler (Arr. For Two Guitars) |
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Imagine John Lennon By Chet Atkins And Mark Knopfler (Arr. For Two Guitars) |
Imagine (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Imagine By Chet Atkins And Mark Knopfler (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Imagine By John Lennon arr. by Chet Atkins for Guitar solo TAB |
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Imagine Dragons – Believer |
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Imagine Dragons – Believer Piano Vocal Guitar Chords |
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Imagine Dragons – Bones (Piano Solo Arr. Sheet Music) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Imagine Dragons – Bones Sheet Music |
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Imagine Dragons – Demons |
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Imagine Dragons – Thunder |
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Imagine Dragons – Thunder Piano Vocal Guitar chords Sheet Music |
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Imagine Dragons – Thunder Sheet Music – sheet music |
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Imagine Dragons The Best Piano Sheet Music Book – Piano Book – Piano Music – Keyboard Piano Book – Music Piano – Sheet Music… (Jim Curtis [Curtis Jim]) |
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Imagine Dragons The Best Piano Sheet Music Book – Piano Book – Piano Music – Keyboard Piano Book – Music Piano – Sheet Music… (Jim Curtis [Curtis Jim]) |
Imagine John Lennon Voice Piano Sheet Music |
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Imagine John Lennon Voice Piano Sheet Music |
Imogen Heap – Cant Take It In | ||
Impelliteri – Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Impellitteri Somewhere Over The Rainbow TABS |
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Impromptu D 935 O.P. 142 No 2 – F. Schubert (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Improve Your Piano Playing John Meffen (Book) |
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Improve Your Sight Reading Piano Level 1 to 8 (Complete) Paul Harris A progressive, interactive approach to sight-reading |
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Improvisation For Saxophone Oliver Nelson |
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Improvisation Made Easier – Frank Gambale (Guitar Lessons & Technique) Book and audio MP3 with Tablature |
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Frank Gambale – Improvising Made Easier |
Improvisational Patterns The Bebop Era 1 – David Baker |
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Improvising Jazz by Jerry Coker |
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In A Sentimental Mood (Duke Ellington) Easy Jazz Piano Solo arr. sheet music |
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In A Sentimental Mood (Musescore File).mscz | ||
In a Sentimental Mood Duke Ellington |
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In the mood Glenn Miller Guitar arr..mscz | ||
In your belief (Asuras Wrath OST) | ||
Indiana Jones Main Theme |
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Indiana Jones Selection for Band (Full score) |
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Indie Pop Piano Music 小清新,弹钢琴 60首清新歌曲改编的钢琴曲集 (Collection Of 60 Adapted Fresh Songs ) |
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Indie Rock Sheet Music Collection sheet music |
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Indie Rock Sheet Music Collection sheet music |
Infanzia e maturità (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso OST) Ennio Morricone | ||
Ingrid Michaelson – Breakable | ||
Innocence (Avril Lavigne) | ||
Innocent – Joe Hisaishi | Innocent – Joe Hisaishi | |
Insensatez (How Insensitive) A. C. Jobim | ||
Inside out a personal history of Pink Floyd – Mason, Nick (book) |
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Insieme (Battisti – Mina) | ||
Inspector Gadget Easy Piano Sheet Music |
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Inter-City Stomp – Christopher Norton From Microjazz Collection Abrsm Grade 2 (Sheet Music) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Intermediate Jazz Guitar The Complete Jazz Guitar Method by Jody Fisher (with audio MP3 audio tracks and Tablature)) |
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Vol.2 – Intermediate Jazz Guitar |
Intermediate Jazz Improvisation by George Bouchard |
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Intermezzo – Cavalleria Rusticana Mascagni Piano Solo (Musescore File).mscz | ||
International Dictionary Of Music Therapy Ed. by Kevin Kirkland (Book) |
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Interpreting Bach At The Keyboard (Oxford University Press 1993) Book |
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Interpreting Mozart On The Keyboard (Eva And Paul Badura Skoda 1962) Book |
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Interpreting Music – Lawrence Kramer |
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Interstellar Main Theme |
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Interstellar- First Step – Kyle Landry |
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Intervalic Improvisation by Walt Weiskopf The Modern Sound A step beyond Linear Improvisation |
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Intervalic Improvisation by Walt Weiskopf The Modern Sound A step beyond Linear Improvisation |
Intimamente (La Piovra 4) Ennio Morricone | ||
Into The Woods Edition Songbook – Stephen Sondheim (Piano Vocal) |
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Into The Woods Edition Songbook – Stephen Sondheim (Piano Vocal) |
Into the Woods Moments In The Woods Musical Piano Vocal |
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Introducing The Mixoldyan Mode (Einhorn P) Guitar TAB |
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Introduction To Stride Piano by Judy Carmichael |
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Introduction To The Interpretation Of The Beethoven Piano Works (By Adolf Bernhard Marx) (1895) | Introduction To The Interpretation Of The Beethoven Piano Works (By Adolf Bernhard Marx) (1895) | |
Inuyasha – Dearest | ||
Inuyasha – Kikyos Theme | ||
Inuyasha – Sango Theme | ||
INVENTIONS AND SINFONIAS BWV 772-801.mscz | ||
Invierno Porteño (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Invitation to the Waltz Webber op 65( Invitation to the Dance) | Weber op 65 Invitation to the Dance | |
Io e te da soli (Battisti) | ||
Io vivrò senza te (Battisti) | ||
Io vorrei, non vorrei, ma se vuoi (Battisti) | ||
Ireland, John – Declarations |
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Ireland, John – Chelsea Reach |
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Ireland, John – Ragamuffin |
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