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Horace Silver

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Aliases
The Horace Silver Quintet
Horace Silver Quintet
The Horace Silver Quintet / Sextet
The Horace Silver Trio
Real name
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva
Born
September 2, 1928
Died
June 18, 2014
Country
United States
IPI
00028730093 89 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Jazz pianist and composer. He was born on the island of Maio, one of the Cape Verde Islands. His mother was of Irish and Negro descent, his father of Portuguese origin.
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
i March 1975 Dave Rasmussen Jazz Orchestra
i 1962 (2 artists)
i 1955 (126 artists)
i March 1975 (14 artists)
i November 1959 (18 artists)
i March 1967 (2 artists)
i 1955 (51 artists)
i November 1959 Jack Wilkins
i 1954 The Mastersounds
i 1965 (5 artists)
i 1959 (12 artists)
i 1959 (19 artists)
i 1957 (3 artists)
i May 1955 (4 artists)
i May 1955 (76 artists)
i 1955 (99 artists)
i March 1953 (26 artists)
i 1956 (10 artists)
i 1961 (29 artists)
Sampled by US3
i 1959 (2 artists)
i March 1967 Dalton Jazz Ensemble
i 1973 (8 artists)
i 1955 (3 artists)
i 1957 (6 artists)
i 1960 (7 artists)
1977 Matt Michaels Trio
i In Pursuit Of The 27th Man Horace Silver 1973 Unverified
i 1969 (2 artists)
i 1959 (23 artists)
i 1961 (3 artists)
i March 1953 Ran Blake
i 1963 Joey DeFrancesco
i 1965 (31 artists)
i 1970 (5 artists)
i 1960 (4 artists)
i 1957 (2 artists)
i 1965 (4 artists)
1977 (2 artists)
i May 1958 (14 artists)
i Mysticism Horace Silver March 1975 Unverified
1977 (3 artists)
i 1957 (7 artists)
i 1965 (24 artists)
i 1955 (176 artists)
i 1953 (45 artists)
1977 (6 artists)
i November 1959 (184 artists)
i 1965 (3 artists)
i June 1968 (10 artists)
i May 1958 (2 artists)
i March 1953 (17 artists)
i May 1955 (17 artists)
listen on Internet Archive i March 1953 (3 artists)
i 1962 (5 artists)
i 1957 (61 artists)
i 1957 (2 artists)
i 1963 (30 artists)
i November 1959 (84 artists)
i 1965 (138 artists)
Sampled by US3
i 1957 (7 artists)
i May 1955 Rolf Kühn
i 1973 (3 artists)
i 1960 (75 artists)
i 1973 (20 artists)
i 1959 (3 artists)
i 1963 Mike LeDonne
i 1959 (8 artists)
i 1965 (4 artists)
i 1957 (4 artists)
i The Baghdad Blues Horace Silver Quintet November 1959 Unverified
i 1965 (19 artists)
i March 1967 (30 artists)
i  REL 1965 (22 artists)
Originally by Bobby Hutcherson REC
i 1996 (2 artists)
i 1978 (3 artists)
i May 1958 (6 artists)
i 1955 (106 artists)
i November 1959 (10 artists)
i 1962 (11 artists)
i 1955 Dmitry Baevsky
i 1957 (4 artists)
i 1960 Tito Puente featuring Maynard Ferguson
i Yeah The Horace Silver Trio March 1953 Unverified

Covers by Horace Silver

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i   1955 Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF
i 1954 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
i 1957 Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Fran Warren
i 1957 Donald Byrd
i   1954 Judy Garland with Orchestra under direction of David Rose REC,REL, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney BRD
i 1957 Bobbe Arnst
i 1957 Robert Alda & Isabel Bigley
i May 1958 Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt
i   1954 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Bob Eberly REC, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell and Chorus with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i 1973 Weldon Irvine
i 1957 Vic Damone and Music by Camarata
i 1960 The Jazz Messengers
1970 Horace Silver Quintet
Covered by (27 artists)
i March 1953 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
1958 The Horace Silver Quintet
Covered by (22 artists)
June 8, 1993 The Horace Silver Quintet
i 1957 Buddy Clark - Orchestra under the direction of Dick Jones
listen on Internet Archive i   March 1953 Broadway Nitelites - Vocal Chorus by Franklyn Baur REC,REL, William Gaxton & Constance Carpenter PRF
i 1955 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 1955 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra

Sampled songs

Songs written by Horace Silver

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Adjustment Horace Silver Horace Silver January 10, 1975 Covered by Dave Rasmussen Jazz Orchestra
Ah! So Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1962 Covered by (2 artists)
Barbara Horace Silver Horace Silver January 10, 1975 Covered by (14 artists)
Blowin' the Blues Away Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet August 29, 1959 Covered by (18 artists)
Blue Silver Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet / Sextet March 1967 Covered by (2 artists)
Break City Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet August 30, 1959 Covered by Jack Wilkins
Buhaina Horace Silver Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey - Sabu 1954 Covered by The Mastersounds
Calcutta Cutie Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1965 Covered by (5 artists)
Come on Home Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1959 Covered by (12 artists)
Cookin at the Continental Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1959 Covered by (19 artists)
Cool Eyes Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet November 10, 1956 Covered by (3 artists)
Creepin' In Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet May 1955 Covered by (4 artists)
Doodlin' Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet November 13, 1954 Covered by (76 artists)
Ecaroh Horace Silver The Horace Silver Trio October 20, 1952 Covered by (26 artists)
Eleven Long Years Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Geoff Wilkinson, Mel Simpson, Tukka Yoot US3 1993
Enchantment Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet 1956 Covered by (10 artists)
Filthy McNasty Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet May 19, 1961 Covered by (29 artists)
Finger Poppin' Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1959 Covered by (2 artists)
Grease Piece Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet / Sextet March 1967 Covered by Dalton Jazz Ensemble
Gregory Is Here Horace Silver Horace Silver 1973 Covered by (8 artists)
Hippy Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet 1955 Covered by (3 artists)
Home Cookin' Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet May 8, 1957 Covered by (6 artists)
Horace-Scope Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1960 Covered by (7 artists)
Incentive Horace Silver Horace Silver 1976 Covered by Matt Michaels Trio
In Pursuit Of The 27th Man Horace Silver Horace Silver 1973 Unverified
It's Time Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet January 17, 1969 Covered by (2 artists)
Juicy Lucy Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet February 1, 1959 Covered by (23 artists)
Kiss Me Right Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet May 20, 1961 Covered by (3 artists)
Knowledge Box Horace Silver The Horace Silver Trio October 20, 1952 Covered by Ran Blake
Let's Get to the Nitty Gritty Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet May 8, 1963 Covered by Joey DeFrancesco
Lonely Woman Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet October 31, 1963 Covered by (31 artists)
Love Vibrations Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet 1970 Covered by (5 artists)
Make Tracks Horace Silver, Duke Pearson, Geoff Wilkinson, Mel Simpson, Kobie Powell US3 1993
Mayreh Horace Silver Covered by (3 artists)
Me and My Baby Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1960 Covered by (4 artists)
Metamorphosis Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet May 8, 1957 Covered by (2 artists)
Mood for Maude Horace Silver Horace Silver 1976 Covered by (2 artists)
Moon Rays Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet January 13, 1958 Covered by (14 artists)
Mysticism Horace Silver Horace Silver March 1975 Unverified
New York Lament Horace Silver Horace Silver 1976 Covered by (3 artists)
Nica's Dream Horace Silver The Jazz Messengers April 15, 1956 Covered by (141 artists)
No Smoking Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet 1957 Covered by (7 artists)
Nutville Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet plus J.J. Johnson October 22, 1965 Covered by (24 artists)
Opus de Funk Horace Silver The Horace Silver Trio November 23, 1953 Covered by (45 artists)
Out of the Night Came You Horace Silver Horace Silver 1976 Covered by (6 artists)
Peace Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet August 30, 1959 Covered by (184 artists)
Pretty Eyes Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet plus J.J. Johnson 1965 Covered by (3 artists)
Psychedelic Sally Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet featuring Stanley Turrentine June 1968 Covered by (10 artists)
Pyramid Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet January 13, 1958 Covered by (2 artists)
Quicksilver Horace Silver The Horace Silver Trio October 20, 1952 Covered by (17 artists)
Roccus Horace Silver Lou Donaldson 1952 Covered by Lee Morgan [US1]
Room 608 Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet May 1955 Covered by (17 artists)
Safari Horace Silver The Horace Silver Trio October 9, 1952 Covered by (3 artists)
Sayonara Blues Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1962 Covered by (5 artists)
Señor Blues Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet November 10, 1956 Covered by (61 artists)
Shirl Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet November 10, 1956 Covered by (2 artists)
Silver's Serenade Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet May 7, 1963 Covered by (30 artists)
Sister Sadie Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet August 30, 1959 Covered by (84 artists)
Song for My Father Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet October 26, 1964 Covered by (138 artists)
Soulville Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet 1957 Covered by (7 artists)
Speculation Horace Silver Gigi Gryce Orchestra 1955 Covered by (5 artists)
Split Kick Horace Silver Stan Getz 1954 Covered by (8 artists)
Stop Time Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet May 1955 Covered by Rolf Kühn
Strange Vibes Horace Silver Horace Silver 1973 Covered by (3 artists)
Strollin' Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1960 Covered by (75 artists)
Summer in Central Park Horace Silver Horace Silver October 6, 1972 Covered by (20 artists)
Sweet Stuff Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1959 Covered by (3 artists)
Sweet Sweetie Dee Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet May 8, 1963 Covered by Mike LeDonne
Swingin' the Samba Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1959 Covered by (8 artists)
The African Queen Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet plus J.J. Johnson 1965 Covered by (4 artists)
The Back Beat Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet 1957 Covered by (4 artists)
The Baghdad Blues Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet November 1959 Unverified
The Cape Verdean Blues Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet plus J.J. Johnson 1965 Covered by (19 artists)
The Jody Grind Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet / Sextet March 1967 Covered by (30 artists)
The Lady from Johannesburg Horace Silver Horace Silver 1996 Covered by (2 artists)
The Mohican and the Great Spirit Horace Silver Horace Silver 1978 Covered by (3 artists)
The Natives Are Restless Tonight Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet October 26, 1964
The Outlaw Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet January 13, 1958 Covered by (6 artists)
The Preacher Horace Silver, Babs Gonzales Horace Silver Quintet February 6, 1955 Covered by (106 artists)
The St. Vitus Dance Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet September 13, 1959 Covered by (10 artists)
The Tokyo Blues Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1962 Covered by (11 artists)
To Whom It May Concern Horace Silver Horace Silver Quintet 1955 Covered by Dmitry Baevsky
Virgo Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet November 10, 1956 Covered by (4 artists)
Where You At? Horace Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1960 Covered by Tito Puente featuring Maynard Ferguson
Yeah Horace Silver The Horace Silver Trio March 1953 Unverified

Adapted songs

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
6 Pieces of Silver The Horace Silver Quintet 1957 Blue Note
Blowin' the Blues Away Horace Silver Quintet November 1959 Blue Note
Bohemia After Dark Kenny Clarke, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Donald Byrd, Nat Adderley, Jerome Richardson, Paul Chambers 1955 Savoy Records
Doin' the Thing - At the Village Gate The Horace Silver Quintet 1961 Blue Note
Finger Poppin' with The Horace Silver Quintet The Horace Silver Quintet 1959 Blue Note
Further Explorations of the Horace Silver Quintet Horace Silver Quintet May 1958 Blue Note
Horace-Scope The Horace Silver Quintet 1960 Blue Note
Horace Silver Quintet - Volume 3 Horace Silver Quintet May 1955 Blue Note
Horace Silver Quintet Volume 4 Horace Silver Quintet 1955 Blue Note
Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey Volume 2 Horace Silver Trio and Art Blakey - Sabu 1954 Blue Note
In Pursuit of the 27th Man Horace Silver 1973 Blue Note
It's Got to Be Funky Horace Silver June 8, 1993 Columbia [US]
Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke 1955 Prestige [US]
New Faces, New Sounds The Horace Silver Trio March 1953 Blue Note
Serenade to a Soul Sister The Horace Silver Quintet featuring Stanley Turrentine June 1968 Blue Note
Silver 'n Brass Horace Silver March 1975 Blue Note
Silver 'n Percussion Horace Silver 1978 Blue Note
Silver 'n Voices Horace Silver 1977 Blue Note
Silver's Blue The Horace Silver Quintet 1957 Epic
Silver's Serenade The Horace Silver Quintet 1963 Blue Note
Song for My Father (Cantiga para meu pai) The Horace Silver Quintet 1965 Blue Note
That Healin' Feelin' Horace Silver Quintet 1970 Blue Note
The Cape Verdean Blues The Horace Silver Quintet plus J.J. Johnson 1965 Blue Note
The Hardbop Grandpop Horace Silver 1996 Impulse!
The Jody Grind The Horace Silver Quintet / Sextet March 1967 Blue Note
The Stylings of Silver Horace Silver Quintet 1957 Blue Note
The Tokyo Blues The Horace Silver Quintet 1962 Blue Note
You Gotta Take a Little Love The Horace Silver Quintet 1969 Blue Note

Performances also appear on

Tributes

Title Performer Release date Label
A Night at Svenskt Papper - Paper Poppin' with The Silver Blade Quintet The Silver Blade Quintet 1996 (self-released)
Finger Poppin' - Celebrating the Music of Horace Silver Joey DeFrancesco 2009 Doodlin' Records
Goldie Meets Silver - A Tribute to Horace Silver Ilja Reijngoud Quartet featuring Rob Van Bavel 2015 Joarec
Hideo Shiraki Plays Horace Silver Hideo Shiraki 1962 King Records [JP]
Horace Hello Oddbjørn Blindheim Trio 1999 Gemini Records [NO]
Horace Is Here Greg Abate Quintet 2005 Koko Jazz Records
Joyful Noise - The Music of Horace Silver The Chuck Israels Jazz Orchestra 2015 Soulpatch Music Productions
Live 2010 - 7th Annual Concert Tour - The Works of Horace Silver plus New Compositions SFJazz Collective 2010 SFJAZZ Records
Love and Peace - A Tribute to Horace Silver Dee Dee Bridgewater 1995 Verve Records
Rob van Bavel Trio Tribute to Horace Silver Rob van Bavel Trio May 18, 2022 Timeless Records [NL]
Senor Blues David Hazeltine Trio 2001 Venus Records
Serenade to Horace Louis Hayes May 2017 Blue Note
Serenade to Silver - A Tribute to Horace Silver Andy LaVerne 1996 SteepleChase
Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver Shirley Scott 1962 Prestige [US]
Silver in the Bronx The Bronx Horns 1998 Timeless Records [NL]
The Good Book, Chapter One - The Book of Foster, The Book of Silver Vincent Gardner April 10, 2007 SteepleChase
The Mastersounds Play Compositions by Horace Silver The Mastersounds 1960 World Pacific
The Music of Horace Silver Yves Brouqui 2011 Elabeth
The Silver Messengers Carmen Souza October 25, 2019 Galileo Music Communication
Tray of Silver Archie Shepp October 1979 Denon
Van Sant / Palmer Jazz Duo Play the Music of Horace Silver Van Sant / Palmer Jazz Duo 2008 Lei'Zure Records
Yeah! Alan Barnes May 16, 2005 Specific Jazz

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