Horace Silver
- MatchHorace Silver
- 100%Count Basie
- 62%Earl Hines
- 62%Fats Waller
- 61%Charlie Parker
- 59%Charlie Mingus
- 58%Miles Davis
- 58%Thelonious Monk
- 56%Coleman Hawkins
- 54%Lionel Hampton
- 53%John Coltrane
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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jazz
swing
big band
piano
blues
jazz
swing
big band
piano
blues
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