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Horace Silver

Musician

American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014), a leading figure of hard bop known for memorable melodies, tight arrangements and a distinctive, funky piano touch.

Key recordings praised in the reviews include Song For My Father, Blowin' the Blues Away and Silver's Serenade. Reviews note his Cape Verdean-rooted melodies, strong compositional focus, and collaborative quintet work with musicians such as Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook and Joe Henderson.

DeBaser reviews praise Horace Silver as a master of hard bop with a distinctive, melodic piano touch and strong compositional gifts. Key albums highlighted are Song For My Father, Blowin' the Blues Away and Silver's Serenade. Reviewers note Cape Verdean influences, tight ensemble playing and memorable melodies.

For:Listeners of classic jazz, hard bop fans, piano aficionados

 Silver is a very attentive and precise musician.

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 Horace Silver pulls out of the hat a masterpiece of good old Hard Bop to drool over created between 1963 and 1964 partly with the band he was disbanding and partly with the one he was forming (which included Joe Henderson and Carmell Jones).

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 This is truly great jazz, modern (1959 but how fresh it sounds!), advanced yet seemingly simple.

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