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Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (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. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at school in Connecticut, Silver got his break on piano when his trio was recruited by Stan Getz in 1950 ...
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 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 style was an extension of bebop, with elements of rhythm and blues, gospel, and Latin-American music added.
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 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,...
Jun 19, 2014 · The pianist and composer Horace Silver, who has died aged 85, took the genre in the latter direction, and pioneered "hard bop" in the 1950s and 60s. A supreme craftsman, Silver was a member...
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.
Jun 18, 2014 · Horace Silver, the prolific jazz pianist and composer who cofounded the legendary Jazz Messengers, pioneered the genre known as hard bop and mentored scores of musicians, has died. He was...
Jun 19, 2014 · Horace Silver: the perfect musician for the jazz averse. The pianist, who died on Wednesday aged 85, was one of the most accessible and exuberant of jazz's bebop artists, writes John Fordham,...
Jun 20, 2014 · Horace Silver, the innovative and prolific jazz pianist best known for such pieces as “Song for My Father” and “The Preacher,” has died. He was 85.
