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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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Paul Mccartney – Silly Love Songs | ||
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Paul McCartney Best (band score) |
Paul McCArtney Ebony and Ivory |
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Paul McCartney Guitar Chord Songbook 60 Songs With Lyrics |
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Paul McCartney I Dont Know (Guitar & Piano arr.) |
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Paul Mccartney I Dont Know (Guitar & Piano Arr.) Musescore File.mscz | ||
Paul Mehling – Gypsy Jazz Guitar (Django Style) |
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Paul Motian Vol 1 The Compositions of 1973-1989 |
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Paul Motian Vol 1 The Compositions of 1973-1989 |
Paul Motian Vol 2 The Compositions of 1990-2011 |
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Paul Motian Vol 2 The Compositions of 1990-2011 |
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Paul Simon – The Sound Of Silence Guitar arr. with TABs |
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Paul Simon – Transcribed for Guitar with Tablature (Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel) |
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Paul Simon – Transcribed for Guitar with Tablature (Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel) |
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Paul Simon Anthology |
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Paul Simon For Classical Guitar |
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Paul Simon The Sound Of Silence For Ukulele |
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Paul Young – Everytime You Go Away (Daryl Hall) | Paul Young – Everytime You Go Away (Daryl Hall) | |
Paul Young – Wherever I Lay My Hat (Bass Transcription And Bass Tab) by Pino Palladino |
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Paul Young Love Of The Common People |
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Paulinho Nogueira Bachianinha No 2 Guitar Tablature Tabs |
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Peaceful Jazz Piano Solos A collection of 30 pieces |
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Peaceful Piano Solos A Collection Of 30 Pieces |
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Peaceful Piano Solos A Collection Of 30 Pieces |
Peaceful Piano Solos Soundtracks (Easy) |
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Peaceful Piano Solos Soundtracks (Easy) |
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Pearl Jam – Ten (Guitar TABs) |
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Pearl Jam Ten Guitar Songbook with Tablature |
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Pecetti Sonata No. 6 In C Minor 3rd Movt. Abrsm Piano Grade 4 Musescore File.mscz | ||
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Penderecki De Natura Sonoris No 1 Full Score |
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Penderecki De Natura Sonoris No 2 |
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Penderecki, Krzysztof – Prelude Solo Clarinet Part Free |
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Pensieri e parole (Battisti) | ||
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Pentatonix Anthology Songbook Piano Vocal Guitar Chords |
Pentatonix Thats Christmas To Me Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Pentatonix Thats Christmas To Me Piano Vocal Guitar |
Per le antiche scale – III interludio (Ennio Morricone) | ||
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Perfect day (Miriam Stockley) | ||
Perfect World Fushigi Yuugi |
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Perfidia – Alberto Domínguez (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Perfidia (Bolero) – Alberto Domínguez |
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Pergolesi – Stabat Mater Piano | ||
Perry Como Meredith Wilson Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Piano Solo Vintage Sheet Music (1951) | Perry Como Meredith Wilson Its Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Piano Solo Vintage Sheet Music (1951) | |
Persona 4 – Backside of the TV |
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Persona 4 – Corner of Memories |
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Persona 4 – Corridor |
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Persona 4 – Heaven |
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Persona 4 – Heaven (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Persona 4 – I’ll Face Myself (Public Ver.) |
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Persona 4 – It’s Show Time |
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Persona 4 – Long Way |
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Persona 4 – Never More |
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Persona 4 – Reverie (Public Ver.n) |
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Persona 4 – Shadow World |
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Persona 4 – Who’s There |
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Persona 5 – Alleycat |
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Persona 5 – Behind the Mask -instrumental- |
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Persona 5 – Interrogation Room |
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Persona 5 – King, Queen and Slaves |
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Persona 5 – Life Will Change |
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Persona 5 – Memories of a Summer Day |
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Persona 5 – Price |
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Persona 5 – With the Stars and Us -piano ver- (Public Ver) |
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Persona 5 Life Will Change (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Pet Shop Boys – Its A Sin | ||
Pete Seeger – We Shall Overcome (Arr. For Quartet With Lirycs And Guitar Chords) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Pete Seeger Reader, The (Book) |
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Pete Thomas – Musical Theory – Composition Orchestration & Arranging | Book Theory | |
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Peter Eotvos PSY | Peter Eotvos PSY | |
Peter Eotvos The Gliding Of The Eagle In The Skies for Orchestra (ver. 2012) | Peter Eotvos The Gliding Of The Eagle In The Skies for Orchestra (ver. 2012) | |
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Peter Frampton Best Of Piano Vocal Guitar Chords |
Peter Frampton Breaking All The Rules |
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Peter Gabriel – Here Comes The Flood |
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Peter Gabriel Collection |
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Peter Gabriel Collection |
Peter Gabriel From Genesis To Growing Up (Book) |
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Peter Gabriel The Book Of Love |
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Peter Green Guitar Tab Book | Pearl Jam – Ten (Guitar TABs) | |
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Peter Green In Session With Guitar TABs |
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Peter Pan – The Second Star To The Right (From the film Peter Pan) Sammy Fain |
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Peter Pan (Broadway Musical) Piano Conductor Score Morris Charlap and Carolyn Leigh | Peter Pan (Broadway Musical) Piano Conductor Score Morris Charlap and Carolyn Leigh | |
Peter Pan (The Musical) Piano Vocal Score |
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Peter Pan Overture (Broadway Musical) Piano Solo |
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Peter Paul And Mary I Dig Rock And Roll Music |
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Peter Sandberg Dismantle |
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Peter Sandberg Got That Feeling |
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Peter Sandberg Morning Spring |
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Peter Sandberg Remove The Complexities |
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Peter Sandberg Who Killed Markiplier Final Scene |
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Peter Skellern Love Is The Sweetest Thing By Ray Noble Piano Vocal |
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Peter Stickland – Jazz Songs and drawings |
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Peter Vogl Let’s Jam Blues & Rock 16 Jam Play Along tracks for musicians of all levels |
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Pēteris Vasks Baltā Ainava Whie Scenery (Winter) (Gadalaiki I) |
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Petite Marie (Francis Cabrel) | ||
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Phantom Of Opera – Music Of The Night | ||
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Phil Collins – Against All Odds | ||
Phil Collins – Another Day In Paradise | ||
Phil Collins – Anthology (Songbook) |
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Phil Collins – Cant Stop Loving You | ||
Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight | ||
Phil Collins – Not Dead Yet – The Memoir (Book) |
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Phil Collins – True Colours | ||
Phil Collins – Two Worlds | ||
Phil Collins – You’ll Be In My Heart | ||
Phil Collins – Youll Be In My Heart | ||
Phil Collins Against All Odds |
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Phil Collins But Seriously |
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Phil Collins But Seriously |
Phil Collins Greatest Hits |
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Phil Collins Greatest Hits |
Phil Collins Serious Hits… Live! |
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Phil Collins Serious Hits… Live! |
Phil Woods – Cherokee (Solo by Phil Woods) |
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Phil Woods – Improvised Saxophone Solos |
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Phil Woods – Solo Transcriptions (Sax) |
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Phil Woods – Sonata for alto Sax and Piano (sheet music) |
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Phil Woods Au Privave transcription |
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Phil Woods Round Midnight transcription |
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Philadelphia – Streets Of Philadelphia (sheet music) | Philadelphia-Streets Of Philadelphia | |
Philadelphia Music From The Film Piano Vocal Chords (Bruce Springsteen And Others) |
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Philadelphia Music From The Film Piano Vocal Chords (Bruce Springsteen And Others) |
Phildel Qi |
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Philip Glass Façades (Glassworks V) Piano Solo Sheet Music |
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Philip Glass Four Movements For Two Pianos |
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Philip Glass Islands (from Glassworks) |
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Philip Glass – Hymn To The Sun From Akhnaten (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Philip Glass – Hymn To The Sun From Akhnaten (Piano and vocal score) |
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Philip Glass – 10 Etudes for Piano |
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Philip Glass – Façades (Glassworks V) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Philip Glass – Façades V (Musescore File).mscz | ||
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Philip Glass – In The Upper Room #5 (Glassworks) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Philip Glass – In The Upper Room #6 (Glassworks) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
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Philip Glass – Islands (from Glassworks).mscz | ||
Philip Glass – Islands (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Philip Glass – Opening from Glassworks | Philip Glass Openng sheet music | |
Philip Glass – Rubric (Glassworks) Sheet Music (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Philip Glass – Solo Piano-Metamorphosis Books 1 to 5 |
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Philip Glass – The Hours (book) |
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Philip Glass The Hours |
Philip Glass A Memoir Words Without Music (Book Biography) |
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Philip Glass Akhnaten Prelude | Philip Glass Akhnaten Prelude |