Horace Silver
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Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
Silver in 1989; portrait by Dmitri Savitski
Silver c. 1965
Silver at Keystone Korner, San Francisco, in 1978
Silver in Berkeley, California, 1983
Song for My Father (album)
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Song for My Father is a 1965 album by the Horace Silver Quintet, released on the Blue Note label in 1965. The album was inspired by a trip that Silver had made to Brazil. The cover artwork features a
Horace Silver
…performances and frequent recordings for Blue Note Records increased Silver's popularity, even through changes of personnel. His most successful album was Song for My Father, made with two iterations of the quintet in 1963 and 1964. Several changes occurred in the early 1970s: Silver disbanded his group to spend more time…
RVG edition
Song for My Father