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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. 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 ...
Apr 8, 2024 · 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.
- 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, N.Y ...
- Walter Ray Watson
Jun 19, 2014 · Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver was born on Sept. 2, 1928, in Norwalk, Conn. His father, who was born John Silva but changed the family name to the more American-sounding Silver after ...
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 of the ...
- Ronald Atkins
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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. The pianist was something of a prodigy and moved to New York at the ...
Sep 2, 2022 · Learn about the life and legacy of Horace Silver, a jazz pianist and composer who co-founded The Jazz Messengers and wrote many standards. Explore his career, influences, and albums from Blue Note and other labels.
