Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva

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bandleader composer human jazz musician pianist recording artist

Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva, better known as Horace Silver, was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader who helped define the hard bop style.

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Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bandleader ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ pianist ⓘ recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1940s ⓘ
associatedAct	Art Blakey ⓘ Blue Mitchell ⓘ Clifford Brown ⓘ Hank Mobley ⓘ Joe Henderson ⓘ Junior Cook ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Stan Getz ⓘ Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ surface form: The Jazz Messengers
birthDate	1928-09-02 ⓘ
birthPlace	Norwalk, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2014-06-18 ⓘ
deathPlace	New Rochelle, New York ⓘ surface form: New Rochelle, New York, United States
ethnicOrigin	Cape Verdean people ⓘ surface form: Cape Verdean
familyName	Silva ⓘ
genre	hard bop ⓘ jazz ⓘ soul jazz ⓘ
givenName	Horace ⓘ
helpedDefine	hard bop style ⓘ
instrument	piano ⓘ
knownFor	blues-based jazz compositions ⓘ funk-influenced jazz ⓘ strong gospel influences in jazz ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
movement	hard bop ⓘ
notableAlbum	Blowin' the Blues Away ⓘ Finger Poppin' with the Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ Horace-Scope ⓘ Song for My Father ⓘ
notableWork	Nica's Dream ⓘ Opus de Funk ⓘ Peace ⓘ Señor Blues ⓘ Song for My Father ⓘ The Preacher ⓘ
occupation	bandleader ⓘ jazz composer ⓘ jazz pianist ⓘ
recordLabel	Blue Note Records ⓘ
stageName	Horace Silver ⓘ

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Horace Silver → fullName → Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva ⓘ