“Song for My Father,” however, is just one of many illustrious musical chapters in the long and storied career of Silver. He’s one of the most influential pianists and composers of his time. Among jazz fans, he’s perhaps best known as the founding father of the genre known as hard...
Silver's father was born in Cape Verde and the folk music of that island nation was always part of his influences. An innately funky player with a keen sense of style, he also incorporated the blues and gospel into his compositions, modernizing jazz at the same time those sounds were trans...
Preview Performing Artists Horace Silver Piano Gene Taylor Bass, Bass Louis Smith Trumpet Junior Cook Tenor Saxophone Louis Hayes Drums Composition & Lyrics Horace Silver Composer Doin' the Thing: The Horace Silver Quintet At the Village Gate
His most successful album was Song for My Father, made with two iterations of the quintet in 1963 and 1964. Several changes occurred in the early 1970s: Silver disbanded his group to spend more time with his wife and to concentrate on composing; he included lyrics in his recordings; and ...