Song For My Father; African Queen; The Natives Are Restless Tonight; Que Pasa; African Queen; Tokyo Blues; Señor Blues. Carmell Jones: trumpet (1, 3, 4, 6, 7); Woody ...
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. The Westchester County ...
Horace Silver has two huge claims to fame in the jazz pantheon. He cemented the components of hard bop - once known as the "funky" style - into the jazz mainstream and gave it a repertoire in the form ...
The opening bars to his "Song for My Father" was used by Steely Dan for their hit, "Rikki Don’t Lost That Number." By Phil Gallo Horace Silver Obit - P 2014 Jazz pianist Horace Silver, a progenitor of ...
From his first recordings with the Jazz Messengers in 1954, Horace Silver's values as pianist, bandleader and composer have been clearly evident: buoyant swing propelled by strong riffs and ensemble ...
As time goes by, we're seeing a lot more discs like this--new discs distinguished by the excellence of their notes rather than the music within. Before this month is out, drummer Louis Hayes will ...
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. The Westchester County ...