Horace Silver was a succinct and calm voice amongst the sturm and drang that often informed the bop community. His approach was distilled and erudite, and he was one of my favorite voices of his generation. He was on the first record I ever bought, and I went on to record some of his material such a Senor Blues, on my Swingin'Affair release @ http://myiesstore.com/gabrieljazz/
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The Jazz Wire
June 20, 2014
Horace Silver Dies at 85
News By Jeff Tamarkin
NEA Jazz Master Horace Silver, an extraordinarily creative pianist and composer who brought soulfulness, a rhythmic spring and what he called a “meaningful simplicity” to hard bop, died of natural causes June 18 at his home in New Rochelle, N.Y. Silver was 85. A mainstay of the Blue Note Records label throughout the label’s heyday—the early ’50s until 1980—Silver leaves behind a sizable and highly cherished body of work, highlighted by his 1965 album (and its evocative title track, now a jazz standard) Song for My Father, which continues to turn up on lists of essential jazz recordings nearly a half century after its release..
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