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Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver [note 1] (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
Jun 19, 2014 · Horace Silver, a pianist, composer and bandleader who was one of the most popular and influential jazz musicians of the 1950s and ’60s, died on Wednesday at his home in New Rochelle, N.Y....
Jun 19, 2014 · Horace Silver, a pianist, composer and band leader with a tireless inventiveness who influenced generations of jazzmen with his distinctive hard bop sound, has died. He was 85. Silver died Wednesday in New Rochelle, New York, according to the Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office, which had no other information.
Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928, Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.—died June 18, 2014, New Rochelle, New York) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, exemplary performer of what came to be called the hard bop style of the 1950s and ’60s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 18, 2014 · Pianist Horace Silver, whose potent and catchy combination of blues, funk and Latin sounds shifted the jazz landscape in the 1950s and '60s, died Wednesday morning at his home in New Rochelle,...
- Walter Ray Watson
Jun 18, 2014 · 1995 NEA Jazz Master Horace Silver was the heart of the hard bop era, helping to form the influential Jazz Messengers and composing many blues and gospel-flavored songs that have become part of the jazz canon.
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Jun 18, 2014 · Horace Silver. One of the leading composers and pioneers of hard bop, plus a pianist who blended vintage R&B, gospel, blues, and Caribbean elements into jazz. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1940s - 2000s. Born. September 2, 1928 in Norwalk, CT. Died.
