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:  Song For My Father (Blue Note Classic Series Edition) (2026)
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 One:

 1.  Song For My Father  (7:17)
 2.  The Natives Are Restless Tonight  (6:09)
 3.  Calcutta Cutie  (8:31)

Side Two:

 1.  Que Pasa  (7:47)
 2.  The Kicker (feat. Joe Henderson)  (5:26)
 3.  Lonely Woman  (7:02)


Personnel:

Tracks:  1/1, 2, 2/1, 2


Horace Silver:  Piano
Carmell Jones:  Trumpet
Joe Henderson:  Tenor Saxophone
Teddy Smith:  Bass
Roger Humphries:  Drums

Tracks:  1/3, 2/3

Horace Silver:  Piano
Blue Mitchell:  Trumpet
Junior Cook:  Tenor Saxophone
Gene Taylor:  Bass
Roy Brooks:  Drums

Song For My Father is the successful album by Horace Silver Quintet, original released on January 1965 by Blue Note Records, and remastered and reissued on July 17, 2026 by Blue Note Records.  140 Gram Vinyl.