horace silver has died

I have most of his Blue Note LPs. His early days on tenor sax were great but I absolutely love his "hard bop" piano.

He lived a long life and left a great musical legacy.

Frogman

Albert, I am intrigued by your comment re tenor sax. I am not aware of Silver playing saxophone; would love to hear that.

Ghasley

he never played sax but featured it often in his band

(From WIkipedia)

Silver was born on September 2, 1928, in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. His father, John Tavares Silva, was from the island of Maio in Cape Verde while his mother was born in New Canaan, Connecticut, and was of Irish-African descent. His father taught him the folk music of Cape Verde.[5]

Silver began his career as a tenor saxophonist but later switched to piano. His tenor saxophone playing was highly influenced by Lester Young, and his piano style by Bud Powell. Silver's big break came in 1950 backing saxophonist Stan Getz at The Sundown Club in Hartford, Connecticut.[6] Getz liked Silver's band and took them on the road, eventually recording three of Silver's compositions. It was with Getz that Silver made his recording debut. His first recording was for the 1950 Stan Getz Quartet album, which featured Getz and Silver with Joe Calloway on bass and Walter Bolden on drums.
(End of Wikipedia quote)

HIs father's influence of Cape Verde Folk Music comes through with plenty of emotion and heart in the 1965 Blue Note tital, "Cape Verdean Blues."

I don't have the original but the 45 RPM reissue from Music Matters Jazz is stunning. An amazing artist.

Ghasley
Salted crow here please.

What's important is the body of work Horace Silver left behind, not what one of us happened to recall. I miss things all the time.

I am a big fan and had looked up his data more than once. There's an iPad on the coffee table so everyone has access to lyrics and bio while listening.

It's amazing how much use it gets, especially on Tuesday nights when there's a crowd. This afternoon I had to make a trip to the grocery and the Jazz channel on Sirius XM was playing a live version of "Cape Verdean Blues."

On the trip home they were still paying tribute to Horace Silver, setting aside part of today's programming to honor him.

I can't confirm but this looks like it "might" be the Stan Getz album that Horace Silver plays on. Not sure it's worth chasing down even though it's available on CD.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/stan-getz-vol-2-1950-1952-mw0001424659