Brian Morton's sleeve note for Live New York Revisited is spot-on in its analysis of Silver's importance within the development of jazz. Here is Morton's general thesis: "Long before his death in 2014 ...

Horace Silver, a pianist, composer and band leader with a tireless inventiveness who influenced generations of jazzmen with his distinctive hard bop sound, has died. He was 85. The Westchester Coun… ...

Silver, born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in 1928 in Norwalk, Conn., moved to Los Angeles later in his career. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1995 for his album "Hard Bop Grandpop" and ...

This post was updated at 5:40 p.m. ET. Pianist and composer Horace Silver, who created a rhythmic jazz known as "hard bop" that combined R&B and gospel to go along with his eclectic style of piano ...

PREVIEW: SUNDAY, SEPT 6 THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER THE NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT 114 1st Avenue South 8:00pm Reservations: 206-622-2563 Trumpeter Thomas Marriott leads an all-star lineup of musicians in ...

NEW YORK — Horace Silver — a pianist, composer, and band leader with a tireless inventiveness who influenced generations of jazzmen with his distinctive hard bop sound — has died. He was 85.

Pianist Horace Silver, whose potent and catchy combination of blues, funk and Latin sounds shifted the jazz landscape in the 1950s and '60s, died Wednesday morning at his home in New Rochelle, N.Y ...

Born in Norwalk in 1928 as Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva, Silver died in New Rochelle, New York on Wednesday at age 85. Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

Horace Silver, a trailblazing pianist and composer who was a primary developer in the 1950s and 1960s of the style of jazz known as hard bop, marked by catchy melodies and relentless rhythms, died ...

Horace Silver, the prolific jazz ... Silver died Wednesday at his home in New Rochelle, N.Y., ... On occasion he ditched school and hopped a train to New York to indulge in the city’s music scene.