Horace Silver Transcriptions

Birth name: Horace Silver
Born: September 2, 1928, Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.
Died: June 18, 2014 (aged 85), New Rochelle, New York, U.S.

Horace Silver was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at school in Connecticut, Silver got his break on piano when his trio was recruited by Stan Getz in 1950. Silver soon moved to New York City, where he developed a reputation as a composer and for his bluesy playing.