Horace Silver

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bandleader composer human jazz musician pianist

Horace Silver was an influential American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader known for helping define the hard bop style with blues- and gospel-infused compositions.

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Horace Silver canonical 54

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Art Blakey ⓘ
Blue Mitchell ⓘ
Clifford Brown ⓘ
Donald Byrd ⓘ
Hank Mobley ⓘ
Junior Cook ⓘ
Louis Hayes ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Stan Getz ⓘ
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
surface form: The Jazz Messengers
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-09-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2014-06-18 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Cape Verdean American ⓘ
fullName Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva ⓘ
genre hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
soul jazz ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
knownFor blues-influenced jazz compositions ⓘ
gospel-influenced jazz compositions ⓘ
helping define the hard bop style ⓘ
languageOfWork instrumental music ⓘ
movement hard bop ⓘ
notableAlbum Blowin' the Blues Away ⓘ
Finger Poppin' ⓘ
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers ⓘ
surface form: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

Six Pieces of Silver ⓘ
Song for My Father ⓘ
The Tokyo Blues ⓘ
notableWork Blowin' the Blues Away ⓘ
Nica's Dream ⓘ
Opus de Funk ⓘ
Señor Blues ⓘ
Song for My Father ⓘ
The Preacher ⓘ
occupation bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Norwalk, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath New Rochelle, New York ⓘ
surface form: New Rochelle, New York, United States
recordLabel Blue Note Records ⓘ
stageName Horace Silver self-link ⓘ
styleCharacteristic funky, rhythmic piano comping ⓘ
strong, catchy melodies ⓘ
use of blues-based riffs ⓘ
use of gospel-inspired harmonies ⓘ

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Horace → hasNotableBearer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Horace Silver → stageName → Horace Silver self-link ⓘ
Dee Dee Bridgewater → influencedBy → Horace Silver ⓘ
Blue Note Records → notableArtist → Horace Silver ⓘ
Ron Carter → collaboratedWith → Horace Silver ⓘ
Art Farmer → collaboratedWith → Horace Silver ⓘ
Michael Brecker → associatedAct → Horace Silver ⓘ
Cecil Taylor → influencedBy → Horace Silver ⓘ
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva → stageName → Horace Silver ⓘ
Song for My Father → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Song for My Father → artist → Horace Silver ⓘ
subject surface form: Song for My Father (album)
Song for My Father → featuresMusician → Horace Silver ⓘ
subject surface form: Song for My Father (album)
Señor Blues → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Señor Blues → performer → Horace Silver ⓘ
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The Preacher → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
The Preacher → firstPerformer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Nica's Dream → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
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Nica's Dream → associatedPerformer → Horace Silver ⓘ
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Opus de Funk → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
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Blowin' the Blues Away → artist → Horace Silver ⓘ
Blowin' the Blues Away → performer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Blowin' the Blues Away → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Six Pieces of Silver → artist → Horace Silver ⓘ
Six Pieces of Silver → performer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Six Pieces of Silver → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Six Pieces of Silver → notableWorkOf → Horace Silver ⓘ
Finger Poppin' → artist → Horace Silver ⓘ
Finger Poppin' → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
Finger Poppin' → mainPerformer → Horace Silver ⓘ
The Tokyo Blues → artist → Horace Silver ⓘ
The Tokyo Blues → performer → Horace Silver ⓘ
The Tokyo Blues → composer → Horace Silver ⓘ
The Tokyo Blues → personnel → Horace Silver ⓘ
Junior Cook → collaboratedWith → Horace Silver ⓘ
hard bop → notableArtist → Horace Silver ⓘ
Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers → notableMember → Horace Silver ⓘ
Blue Mitchell → associatedAct → Horace Silver ⓘ
Art Blakey → associatedAct → Horace Silver ⓘ
Hank Mobley → associatedAct → Horace Silver ⓘ
Louis Hayes → associatedAct → Horace Silver ⓘ
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subject surface form: Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver