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Horace Silver -- young and old
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Biography Horace Silver
Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928), born Horace Ward Martin Tavares
Silver in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer.
His father was from Cape Verde and his mother was born in New Canaan,
Connecticut and is of Irish-African descent. He is known for his
distinctive humorous and funky playing style and for his pioneering
contributions to hard bop. Silver was influenced by a wide range of musical
styles, notably gospel music, African music, and Latin American music and
sometimes ventured into the soul jazz genre.
Silver began his career as a tenor saxophonist but later switched to
piano. His tenor saxophone playing was highly influenced by Lester Young,
and his piano style by Bud Powell. Silver was discovered in the Sundown
Club in Hartford, Connecticut in 1950 by saxophonist Stan Getz. Getz was
playing at the club with Silver?s trio backing him up. Getz liked Silver?s
band and brought them on the road, eventually re
