Horace Silver

 

Artist:  Horace Silver
Born:  September 2, 1928.  Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Died:  June 18, 2014 (Aged 85).  New Rochelle, New York, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Straight-Ahead Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Arranger
Instruments:  Piano

Horace Silver was an American Jazz Pianist, Composer and Arranger.  He was the one of the pioneer in the Hard Bop Style in the 1950s.  He played with Stan Getz in 1950, with the Jazz Messengers, co-led by Art Blakey.  His most successful album was Song For My Father.

Artist:  Horace Silver Quintet 

Title:  6 Pieces Of Silver (Blue Note Classic Series) (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop, Piano Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Straight-Ahead Jazz

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Cool Eyes (5:55)

 2.  Shirl (4:16)

 3.  Camouflage (4:25)

 4.  Enchantment (6:22)

Side B:

 1.  Senor Blues (7:01)

 2.  Virgo (5:49)

 3.  For Heaven's Sake (5:09)

Personnel:

Horace Silver:  Piano

Donald Byrd:  Trumpet

Hank Mobley:  Tenor Saxophone 

Doug Watkins:  Bass

Louis Hayes:  Drums

6 Pieces Of Silver is an album by Horace Silver Quintet, originally released on January 1957 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on November 19, 2021 by Blue Note Records, featuring Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes.