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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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Samba Fake Book (Vocal & Guitar) |
Sammy Kahn – I Fall In Love Too Easily (Jazz) |
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Samuel Adler – El Estudio de la Orquestación (Spanish-Español) |
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Samuel Adler The Study of Orchestration 2nd.ed |
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Sandy Feldstein – Practical Music Theory Complete |
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Sangah Noona 251 II-V-I In Five Forms Sangah Noona |
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Sangah Noona Autumn Leaves Piano By Sangah Noona |
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Sangah Noona Get Back Cover |
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Sangah Noona Still Got The Blues |
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Sans toi (Cleo from 5 to 7) Michel Legrand | ||
Santana – Smooth | ||
Sanz Suite Española Canarios arr. for Piano (Noten für Klavier) by Wilfried Wachter |
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Sara Bareilles – Manhattan Sheet Music |
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Sara Bareilles Amidst The Chaos Piano Vocal Guitar | Sara Bareilles Amidst The Chaos Piano Vocal Guitar | |
Sara Bareilles Kaleidoscope Heart Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Sara Bareilles Kaleidoscope Heart Piano Vocal Guitar |
Sara Bareilles Little Voice Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Sara Bareilles Little Voice Piano Vocal Guitar |
Sara Bareilles Once Upon Another Time Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Sara Bareilles Once Upon Another Time Piano Vocal Guitar |
Sara Bareilles The Blessed Unrest Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Sara Bareilles The Blessed Unrest Piano Vocal Guitar |
Sara Bareilles Whats Inside Songs From Waitress Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Sara Bareilles Whats Inside Songs From Waitress Piano Vocal Guitar |
Sarabande (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Sarah Brightman – Time to Say Goodbye (Sheet Music) |
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Sarah Brightman NELLA FANTASIA | Sarah Brightman NELLA FANTASIA | |
Sarah Mclachlan – Adia | ||
Sarah Mclachlan – Angel | ||
Sarah Mclachlan – Fallen | ||
Sarah Mclachlan – I Will Remember You | ||
Sarah Mclachlan – Last Dance | ||
Sarah Mclachlan – Surfacing Piano Guitar Vocal |
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Sarah Mclachlan – Surfacing Piano Guitar Vocal |
Sarah Mclachlan – When She Loved Me – Toy Story 2 | ||
Sarah McLachlan Afterglow |
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Sarah Vaughan – Queen of Bebop – Elaine M. Hayes (Book) THe Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan (Book) |
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Sarah Vaughan Original Keys For Singers Piano Vocal |
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Sarah Vaughan Original Keys For Singers Piano Vocal |
Sartori, Francesco – Time To Say Goodby (Con Té Partiró) |
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Satellite (Lena Meyer-Landrut) | ||
Satie – Pièces Froides Danses De Travers No. 1 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Satie – 1st Gymnopédie (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Satie – Gnossienne No. 1 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
SATIE – Gnossienne No. 1-6 | SATIE – Gnossienne No. 1-6 | |
Satie – Je Te Veux (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Satie – Je te veux (Sheet music for piano) | Satie – Je te veux (Sheet music for piano) | |
Satie 6 Gnossiennes Mandozzi Piano seul |
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Satie Erik Satie Music, Art And Literature By Caroline Potter (Book) |
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Satie Gnossienne 1 Guitar |
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Satie Gnossienne 5 |
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Satie Gymnopedies And Gnossiennes Piano With Online Audio Of Performances Schirmer Performance Edit |
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Satie Gymnopedies Gnossiennes And Other Works For Piano |
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Satie Gymnopedies Gnossiennes And Other Works For Piano |
Satie Selected Piano Works |
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Satie Selected Piano Works |
Satie, Erik 3 Nocturnes |
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Satie, Erik – Cinema – Complete Sheet Music (Full score) | ||
Satie, Erik 3 Gymnopédies pour Piano | Satie-Erik-3-Gymnopédies-pour-Piano | |
Satie, Erik Guitar Transcriptions By Francis Kleynjans |
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Satin Doll (Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Satoshi Takebe From Up On Poppy Hill Reminiscence |
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Satoshi Takebe From Up On Poppy Hill Reminiscence |
SAU – Boig Per Tu |
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SAU Boig per tu (original) | SAU Boig per tu (original) | |
Savage Garden – I Knew I Loved You | ||
Savage Garden – Truly Madly Deeply | ||
Savage Garden – Two Beds And A Coffee Machine | ||
Savatage – Bleed | ||
Save Room Medley Resident Evil Piano Solo |
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Saxophone Training Daily Exercises For Beginners And Advanced Players |
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Saxophone Voicing by Donald J Sinta |
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Scale Skills Bykeith Snell Scales Arpeggios Chords Finger Exercises for Guitar |
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Scales And Arpeggios Learn How To Play Piano or Keyboard By Martin Woodward |
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Scales And Arpegios For Piano by Donald Gray (for exams of ABRSM, Trinity and The Gguildhall School of Music) |
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Scales And Modes For The Jazz Pianist by Larry Agovino |
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Scales Chords Arpeggios By James Bastien |
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Scales Chords Arpeggios By James Bastien |
Scales For Jazz By Jeff Lewis |
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Scales For Jazz Improvisation | Scales For Jazz Improvisation | |
Scales Patterns And Improvs Book 1 Improvisations Five Finger Patterns I V7 I Chords And Arpeggios By Fred Kern, Barbara Kreader, Phillip Keveren and Mona Rejino |
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Scales Patterns And Improvs Book 2 Improvisations Scales I Iv V7 Chords And Arpeggios By Fred Kern, Barbara Kreader, Phillip Keveren and Mona Rejino |
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Scandinavian Piano Music, Album Of Forty One Pieces In Two Volumes |
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Scandinavian Piano Music, Album Of Forty One Pieces In Two Volumes |
Scarborough Fair Canticle Simon And Garfunkel (Piano, Lyrics, Guitar Chords) |
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Scarlatti, Domenico – Complete Sonatas for Piano |
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Scat Omnibook for Vocalists and C Instruments Trancribed exactly from the original recordings |
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Scat Omnibook for Vocalists and C Instruments Trancribed exactly from the original recordings |
Schafer Epitaph For Moonlight | Schafer Epitaph For Moonlight | |
Schindler’s List – John Williams (Piano Solos) |
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Schindler’s List – John Williams |
Schindler’s list (John Williams) Piano Solo Main Theme | ||
Schmitt – Preparatory Exercises, op 16 | ||
Schnittke, Alfred – Two pieces for organ (music score) |
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Schoenberg Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke Op 19 |
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Schoenberg Drei Klavierstüke Op 11 (Three piano pieces) |
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Schoenberg Ejercicios Preliminares De Contrapunto (Spanish-Español) | Book Theory | |
Schoenberg Master Musicians Series (eBook) Biography |
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Schoenberg’s Twelve-Tone Music by Jack Boss Symmetry and Musical Idea (Book) |
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Schönberg – I Dreamed A Dream (From Les Misérables) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Schönberg – I Dreamed A Dream (From Les Misérables) Piano Solo arr | Schönberg – I Dreamed A Dream (From Les Misérables) Piano Solo arr | |
Schostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 Solo Piano (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Schubert Franz 30 Melodies Choisies – Collection Litolff | Schubert 30 melodies | |
Schubert – 4 Impromptus Op 90 |
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Schubert – 4 Impromptus Op 142 | Schubert – 4 Impromptus, Op 142 | |
Schubert – 6 Moments Musicaux D780 | ||
Schubert – Allegretto In C Minor D.915 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Schubert – Ave Maria (D 839) Piano Solo Arr. Ellens Gesang Iii D. 839 Op. 52 No. 6 (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Schubert – Ave Maria (D 839) Piano Solo arr. Ellens Gesang III D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6 | Schubert – Ave Maria (D 839) Piano Solo arr. Ellens Gesang III D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6 | |
Schubert – Ave Maria (Musescore File).mscz | ||
Schubert – Ave Maria D.839 Easy Piano Solo arr. (sheet music, Noten, partitura, partition) |
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Schubert – Ave Maria D.839 Piano Solo arr. (sheet music, Noten, partitura, partition).mscx | ||
Schubert – Ave Maria D839 Solo_Piano_Arr |
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Schubert – Ave Maria Easy Piano Solo arr. (sheet music, Noten, partitura, partition).mscz | ||
Schubert – Piano Sonata in A D 664 | ||
Schubert – Piano Trio Eb D.929 Andante (2h piano arr. by Ehrmann) |
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Schubert – Piano Trio Eb D.929 Op. 100 (piano solo arr.) | ||
Schubert – Schwanengesang 14 Lieder arr. for piano solo by A. Horn (incl. Ständchen) | Schbert Schwanengesang | |
SCHUBERT – The Complete Piano Sonatas For Piano Solo |
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Schubert – Winterreise Op. 89 (voice and piano) | Schubert Winterreise | |
Schubert Allegretto C Minor |
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Schubert D310 Sehnsucht (voice & piano) | ||
Schubert D693 Der Fluss Voice & Piano |
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Schubert Klavier Trio Op. 100 D. 929 2 Mov. Andante Easy Intermediate Piano Solo arr. | Schubert Klavier Trio Op. 100 D. 929 2 Mov. Andante Easy Intermediate Piano Solo arr. | |
Schubert Klavier Trio Op. 100 D. 929 2 Mov. Andante Easy Intermediate Piano Solo arr..mxl | ||
Schubert Lied der Mignon op. 62 no. 4 | ||
Schubert Lieder Band II |
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Schubert Lieder Tief Muellerin |
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Schubert Piano Sonatas Vol 1 Henle Urtext |
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Schubert Piano Sonatas Vol 2 Henle Urtext |
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Schubert Piano Sonatas Vol 3 Henle Urtext Includes 3 Last Sonatas |
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Schubert Piano Sonatas Vol 4 Henle Urtext |
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Schubert Piano Sonatas Vol 5 And Anhang Henle Urtext |
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Schubert Serenade Standchen Arr. By Lizst |
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Schubert Sonata in A major, D. 959 (Henle) |
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Schubert Song Transcriptions For Solo Piano |
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Schubert Song Transcriptions For Solo Piano (Franz Liszt) |
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Schubert Song Transcriptions For Solo Piano (Franz Liszt) |
Schubert Werke Breitkopf Serie 11 No 120 D 946 | ||
Schubert-Liszt – Erlkönig (Schubert famous Lied Erlkönig (S. 558-4).mscz | ||
Schulz – Scales and Chords | ||
Schumann Piano Concerto Op. 54 Theme From 1st Mov. Piano Solo Reduction |
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Schumann – Dichterliebe Op. 48 voice and piano | Schumann Dichterliebe Op. 48 | |
Schumann – Kinderszenen No.10 Fast Zu Ernst.mscz | ||
Schumann – Piano Concerto Op. 54 Theme from 1st Mov. Piano Solo reduction.mscz | ||
Schumann – Traumerei | Schumann – Traumerei | |
Schumann – Waldscenen Op 82 | ||
Schumann Fantasy op12 n1 | ||
Schumann For Guitar 30 Transcriptions |
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Schumann For Guitar 30 Transcriptions |
Schumann Kinderscenen Op 15 Scenes from Chilhood | Schumann Kinderscenen, Op 15 | |
Schumann op. 56 1 piano 4 hands | ||
Schumann Piano concerto Intermezzo (arr. for piano solo) | ||
Schumann, Clara (Wieck) Op.6 – Soireés Musicales | ||
Schumann, Robert – Pieces For Piano Solo (Op.26 And Beyond) |
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Schwandt – Dream A Little Dream Of Me | Schwandt Dream-A-Little-Dream-Of-Me | |
Schweitzer, Albert – J. S. bach volume 1 |
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Schweitzer, Albert – J. S. bach volume 2 |
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Sciarrino, Salvatore – Perduto in una citta d’acqua per pianoforte |
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Score A Film Music Documentary The Interviews (Feat. Hans Zimmer, Bear Mccreary, James Cameron, Brian Tyler And More) (Matt Schrader) Book |
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Scorpions Anthology (Piano, guitar and voice) |
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Scorpions Anthology |
Scorpions Guitar Songbook Best Of with Tablature |
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Scorpions Guitar Songbook Best Of |
Scot Ranneys Jazz Piano Notebook Volume 2 Latinesque Jazz Piano Exercises Etudes And Tricks Of The Trade You Can Use Today |
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Scott Alan – Always Sheet Music |
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Scott D Davis Solo Piano |
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Scott D Davis Solo Piano |
Scott English Richard Kerr – Mandy (piano sheet music) | Scott English Richard Kerr – Mandy (piano sheet music) |