Horace Silver Quintet

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hard bop group jazz ensemble

The Horace Silver Quintet was a seminal hard bop jazz group led by pianist and composer Horace Silver, known for its soulful, blues-inflected style and influential recordings in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hard bop group ⓘ jazz ensemble ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	1960s ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1950s ⓘ
associatedAct	Art Blakey NERFINISHED ⓘ Jazz Messengers NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Blue Note Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	post-bop era ⓘ
genre	hard bop ⓘ jazz ⓘ
hasFormerMember	Art Farmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Gene Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Junior Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Hayes NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedGenre	modern hard bop ⓘ soul jazz ⓘ
instrumentation	bass ⓘ drums ⓘ piano ⓘ tenor saxophone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ
leader	Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAlbum	Blowin' the Blues Away NERFINISHED ⓘ Finger Poppin' NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Pieces of Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ Song for My Father (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	catchy melodic hooks ⓘ gospel-inspired harmonies ⓘ strong blues influence ⓘ
notableFor	influential small-group jazz arrangements ⓘ seminal hard bop recordings ⓘ
notableWork	Doodlin' NERFINISHED ⓘ Opus de Funk NERFINISHED ⓘ Señor Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ Song for My Father NERFINISHED ⓘ The Preacher NERFINISHED ⓘ
performanceContext	club performances ⓘ studio recordings ⓘ
primaryComposer	Horace Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Blue Note Records ⓘ
style	blues-inflected ⓘ soulful ⓘ
typicalEnsembleSize	5 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Art Farmer → memberOf → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

Song for My Father → recordedBy → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

Señor Blues → associatedAct → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

The Preacher → associatedAct → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

The Preacher → keyPerformer → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

Nica's Dream → firstRecordingEnsemble → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

Opus de Funk → associatedWith → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

Six Pieces of Silver → follows → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

Six Pieces of Silver → precededBy → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

Finger Poppin' → performer → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

Junior Cook → memberOf → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ

Blue Mitchell → memberOf → Horace Silver Quintet ⓘ