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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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| Seal Songbook Piano Vocal Guitar |
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Seal Songbook Piano Vocal Guitar |
| Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls | ||
| Secret Door (Evanescence) | ||
| Secret Garden – You Raise Me Up |
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| Secret Garden – Adagio | Secret garden – Adagio 1st page | |
| Secret Garden – Appassionata Piano Violin from White Stones album |
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| Secret Garden – Awakening from Once in a Red Moon album Rolf Lovland Guitar |
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| Secret Garden – Heartstrings | Secret Garden- Heartstrings | |
| Secret Garden – Le Cose Che Sei Per Me (The Things You Are To Me) | Secret Garden – Le Cose Che Sei Per Me (The Things You Are To Me) | |
| Secret Garden – Passacaglia | ||
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Secret Garden Songbook Piano-vocal-guitar |
| Secret Garden – Songs from a Secret Garden Piano-vocal-guitar | Secret Garden songbook | Secret Garden – Songs from a Secret Garden |
| Secret Garden – You Raise Me Up Guitar from Once in a Red Moon album Rolf Lovland |
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| Secret Garden Always There | Secret Garden Always There | |
| Secret Garden Apassionata Violin and Piano | Secret Garden Apassionata Violin and Piano | |
| Secret Garden Elegie | Secret Garden Elegie | |
| Secret Garden Fields Of Fortune | Secret Garden Fields Of Fortune | |
| Secret Garden Half A World Away | Secret Garden Half A World Away | |
| Secret Garden Hymn To Hope |
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| Secret Garden Lotus | Secret Garden Lotus | |
| Secret Garden Nocturne Rolf Lovland Arr. By Petter Skavlan For Violin And Piano | Secret Garden Nocturne Rolf Lovland Arr. By Petter Skavlan For Violin And Piano | |
| Secret Garden Once In A Red Moon | Secret Garden Once In A Red Moon | |
| Secret Garden Rolf Lovland Sleepsong For Violin And Piano | Secret Garden Rolf Lovland Sleepsong For Violin And Piano | |
| Secret Garden Rolf Lovland Song From A Secret Garden For Flute And Piano | Secret Garden Rolf Lovland Song From A Secret Garden For Flute And Piano | |
| Secret Garden Rolf Lovland Song From A Secret Garden For Violin And Piano | Secret Garden Rolf Lovland Song From A Secret Garden For Violin And Piano | |
| Secret Garden Silence Speaks | Secret Garden Silence Speaks | |
| Secret Garden White Stones Sheet Music Songbook |
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Secret Garden White Stones Sheet Music Songbook |
| Secret Of Mana – Kind Memories – Kikutahiroki | ||
| Secret Of Mana – Tell A Strange Tale – Kikutahiroki | ||
| Secret Of Mana – Tell A Strange Tale – Kikutahiroki |
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| Secret-Garden – Celebration Guitar |
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| Seether Amy Lee – Broken | ||
| Selections From MTVs 100 Greatest Pop Songs |
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Selections From MTVs 100 Greatest Pop Songs |
| Selena – Dreaming Of You | ||
| Self Learning Jazz Harmony by Patrick Kim |
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| Sentencia China (piano) Pedro Simón Gus Colón & Wilfredo Mullings | Sentencia China (piano) Pedro Simón Gus Colón & Wilfredo Mullings | |
| Senza fine (Gino Paoli) | ||
| Sepultura – Just The Riffs (Guitar with TABs) |
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Sepultura – Just The Riffs (Guitar with TABs) |
| Sepultura Arise Guitar Songbook with Tablature and guitar chords |
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| Sepultura Chaos Songbook Guitar Tab |
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| Seras-tu là (Lara Fabian & Pascal Obispo) | ||
| Serge Gainsbourg – Je T’aime Moi Non Plus (Organ and Piano) | Serge Gainsbourg – Je T’aime Moi Non Plus (Organ and Piano) | |
| Serge Gainsbourg partitions 5 livres en 1 Piano signature |
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Serge Gainsbourg partitions 5 livres en 1 Piano signature |
| Serge Reggiani Recueil 16 Grands Succès (Partitions) |
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Serge Reggiani Recueil 16 Grands Succès (Partitions) |
| Sergio Assad Sonata for guitar solo |
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| Sergio Caputo Le più belle canzoni (spartiti musicali) |
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Sergio Caputo Le più belle canzoni (spartiti musicali) |
| Sergio Mendes Bridges |
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| Sergio Mendes Más que Nada SATB vocal and Piano (by Jorge Ben) |
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| Serrat, Joan Manuel – Partituras Antologia |
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Serrat, Joan Manuel – Partituras Antologia |
| Seru Giran Seminare |
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| Seven Medieval Songs |
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| Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks Band score |
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Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks Band score |
| Shaggy – Angel | ||
| Shakatak – Super Best – songbook Full Band Score |
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Shakatak – Super Best – songbook Full Band Score |
| Shakespeare on the movies The sheet music 20 film themes arr. solo piano | Shakespeare on the movies The sheet music 20 film themes arr. solo piano_compressed | |
| Shakira – Estoyaqui | ||
| Shakira – Objection | ||
| Shakira – Underneath Your Clothes | ||
| Shakira – Whenever Wherever | ||
| Shakira Oral Fixation Vol.2 |
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Shakira Oral Fixation Vol.2 |
| Shania Twain – From This Moment On | ||
| Shania Twain – Greatest Hits (Piano, Vocal, Guitar) |
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Shania Twain – Greatest Hits (Piano, Vocal, Guitar) |
| Shania Twain – Man I Feel Like A Woman | ||
| Shania Twain – You Are Still The One | ||
| Shania Twain – Youve Got A Way | ||
| Shawn Mendes – It’ll Be Okay |
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| Shawn Mendes – When You’re Gone Sheet Music |
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| Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – Senorita Sheet Music |
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| Shawn Mendes Illuminate | Shawn Mendes Illuminate | |
| Shawn Mendes Piano Vocal guitar songbook |
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Shawn Mendes Piano Vocal guitar songbook |
| Shawn Mendes Wonder Piano Vocal guitar songbook |
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Shawn Mendes Wonder Piano Vocal guitar songbook |
| Shche Ne Vmerla Ukrainy National Anthem Of Ukraine | Shche-ne-vmerla-Ukrainy-National-Anthem-of-Ukraine | |
| Shche Ne Vmerla Ukrainy – National Anthem Of Ukraine (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| She – Herbert Kretzmer – Charles Aznavour (Piano Solo) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| She’s out of my life (Michael Jackson) | ||
| Sheila Jordan Anthropology Jazz Standards Transcription Sheet Music Charlie Parker | Sheila Jordan Anthropology Jazz Standards Transcription Sheet Music Charlie Parker | |
| Sherlock Main Theme Watson Heroes Theme by David Arnold & Michael Price arr. for piano solo |
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| Sherlock Solo Themes From – Solo Piano by David Arnold & Michael Price |
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| Sheryl Crow – All I Wanna Do | ||
| Sheryl Crow – Everyday Is A Winding Road | ||
| Sheryl Crow – The First Cut Is The Deepest | ||
| Sheryl Crow The Very Best Of (Guitar Tablature Tabs) |
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Sheryl Crow The Very Best Of (Guitar Tablature Tabs) |
| Shigeru Umebayashi – In The Mood For Love |
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| Shigeru Umebayashi Yumeji’s Theme From In the mood for love Piano Solo Sheet Music |
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| Shigeru Umebayashi Yumeji’s Theme From In The Mood For Love Piano Solo Sheet Music.mscz | ||
| Shostakovich 24 Preludes Op 34 |
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| Shostakovich From Jewish Folk Poetry Op. 79 No. 7 |
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| Shostakovich Op 69 Six Children’s Pieces For Piano |
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| Shostakovich Walzer Nr. 2 Second Waltz (piano solo arr.) |
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| Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 Solo Piano Arr. (Complete) (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Shostakovich – 24 Preludes and Fugues Op 87 (Complete) |
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Shostakovich. 24 Preludes And Fugues In All Keys (Piano Music Score)Op 87 Complete |
| Shostakovich – Concerto No. 1 and No. 2 Concertino Tarantella arr. for 2 pianos by the composer | Shostakovich – Concerto No. 1 and No. 2 Concertino Tarantella arr. for 2 pianos by the composer | |
| Shostakovich – Five Pieces For Two Violins And Piano (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Shostakovich – Inicidental Music to Films (Score, Collected works vol 42) | Shostakovich – Inicidental Music to Films (Score, Collected works vol 42) | |
| Shostakovich – Kinderalbum Op. 69 Nr. 2 Walzer (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Shostakovich – Music For Silenced Voices and His Fifteen Quartets |
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| Shostakovich – Piano Album | Shostakovich – Piano Album | |
| Shostakovich – Prelude and Fugue in D Op. 87 No. 5.mscz | ||
| Shostakovich – Prelude Op 34 No 1.mscz | ||
| Shostakovich – Second Waltz (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Shostakovich – Symphony No. 7 Leningrad (arr. for piano solo) | Shostakovich – Symphony No. 7 Leningrad (arr. for piano solo) | |
| Shostakovich – Trio no. 1 Op. 8 |
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| Shostakovich – Trio no. 2 Op. 67 |
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| Shostakovich – Walzer Nr. 2 Second Waltz (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Shostakovich – Works for Piano (Collected works vol 39) | Shostakovich – Works for Piano (Collected works vol 39) | |
| Shostakovich – Works For Piano Children’s Notebook, Three Pieces and Easy Pieces | Shostakovich – Works For Piano Children’s Notebook, Three Pieces and Easy Pieces | |
| Shostakovich A Coded Life In Music By Brian Morton (Book Biography) |
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| Shostakovich A Life In Film (Book) By John Riley |
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| Shostakovich Album Stücke Violin And Piano Incl Gadfly Romance |
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Shostakovich Album Stücke Violin And Piano Incl Gadfly Romance |
| Shostakovich and Stalin The Extraordinary Relationship by Solomon Volkov (Book) |
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| Shostakovich Easy pieces for Piano No. 1 |
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| Shostakovich Fantasty | Shostakovic fantasy piano trio | |
| Shostakovich Piano Concerto 2 First Movement (2 pianos) |
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| Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2, Op 102, 3 Allegro (2 Pianos) |
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| Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 (Complete) Op. 102 Arr. For 2 Pianos |
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| Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2 arr. for solo piano (Musescore file).mscz | Musescore File | |
| Shostakovich Romance from Gadfly Piano Solo Op. 97a | Shostakovich Romance from Gadfly Piano Solo Op. 97a | |
| Shostakovich Romance from Gadfly Piano Solo Op. 97a (Musescore file).mscz | Musescore File | |
| Shostakovich Romance from Gadfly Advanced Piano Solo Op. 97a | Shostakovich Romance from Gadfly Advanced Piano Solo Op. 97a | |
| Shostakovich Romance From The Suite The Gadfly Arr Viola Y Piano |
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| Shostakovich Spanish Dance From The Gadfly |
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| Shostakovich Studies 2 Edited By Pauline Fairclough |
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Shostakovich Studies 2 Edited By Pauline Fairclough |
| Shostakovich Symphony No. 7 Piano Solo (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Shostakovich Waltz No. 2 Suite For Variety Orchestra No. 1 Piano Solo | Shostakovich Waltz No. 2 Suite For Variety Orchestra No. 1 Piano Solo | |
| Shostakovich Waltz No. 2 Suite For Variety Orchestra No. 1 Piano Solo (Musescore file).mscz | Musescore File | |
| Shostakovich, Dmitri – Melancholy Ditty Lidochka’s Song From The Opera Moscow Cheryomushki (Sheet Music) | Shostakovich, Dmitri – Melancholy Ditty Lidochka’s Song From The Opera Moscow Cheryomushki (Sheet Music) | |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry – Romance (music from the film Gadfly Piano Solo arr.) |
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| Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2 (full) arr. for solo piano | Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2 (full) for solo piano | |
| Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2 (full) for solo piano (Musescore file).mscz | ||
| Shostakovich’s Music for Piano Solo Interpretation and Performance ( Book ) Sofia Moshevich |
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Shostakovich’s Music For Piano Solo Interpretation And Performance (BOOK) |
| Shostakovitch The Cambridge Companion (Book) |
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| Shout For Joy – Albert Ammons (Musescore File).mscz | ||
| Shrek – Accidently In Love | Shrek – Accidently In Love | |
| Shrek – Fairytale – Harry Gregson Williams | Shrek-Fairytale-Harry-Gregson-Williams | |
| Shrek – Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen Piano & vocal |
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| SHREK 2 Music from the original motion picture Piano-vocal-guitar |
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Shrek 2 Sheet Music |
| SHREK Music from the original motion picture Piano-vocal-guitar |
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SHREK Book Music Sheet |
| SHREK The Musical Piano Vocal Score Music by David Lindsay-Abaire |
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SHREK The Musical Piano Vocal Score |
| Sia California Dreamin |
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| Sia – Chandelier Piano sheet music | Sia – Chandelier Piano sheet music | |
| Sia – Cheap Thrills Sheet Music |
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| SIA Chandelier Piano Vocal guitar |
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| Sia Feat. Kendrick Lamar The Greatest | Sia Feat. Kendrick Lamar The Greatest | |
| Sibelius – Five Pieces For Piano, Op 75 The Trees |
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| Sibelius – Le Sapin Op.75 No. 5 | ||
| Sibelius – Valse triste from Kuolema Op.44 trans. Sibelius – piano |
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