Horace Silver dies at 85; pioneering jazz pianist and composer

The Los Angeles Times ^ | June 18, 2014 | Jocelyn Y. Stewart

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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 85.

Silver died Wednesday at his home in New Rochelle, N.Y., of natural causes, according to his son, Gregory.

Through classic compositions such as “Song for My Father,” “Nica's Dream” and “Señor Blues,” Silver influenced generations of musicians with a style that encompassed all his musical loves: gospel, blues, Latin rhythm. It was music that, in Silver's words, “cooked” and “burned.”

[Lurking Libertarian]

One of the giants of American music. RIP.

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Here is Silver live in 1968 performing Song for My Father.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Sorry, I searched for “Horace Silver” and didn’t find that.

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When I was in Vietnam (heh, WIWIV) I knew a white guy who’d gotten in cool with a lot of blacks, and during stand-downs they’d be cool with me...as long as I was with him.

‘Listened to Horace Silver, Coltrane, The Four Tops....

‘Kinda like Seinfeld’s “Witchy Woman” dream states.

RIP Horace Silver, and thanks for the memories.