Horace Silver
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- 81%Count Basie
- 59%Charlie Parker
- 58%Benny Goodman
- 53%Thelonious Monk
- 50%Coleman Hawkins
- 49%Lionel Hampton
- 48%Charles Mingus
- 48%Lester Young
- 47%Miles Davis
- 46%Fats Waller
Biography
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva, 2 September 1928, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. Silver studied piano and tenor saxophone at school, settling on the former instrument for his professional career. Early influences included Portuguese folk music (from his father), blues and bop. He formed a trio for local gigs which included backing visiting musicians. One such visitor, Stan Getz, was sufficiently impressed to take the trio on the road with him in 1950. The following year Silver settled in New... Read more
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