Jazz pianist Horace Silver is a founding father of hardbop and soul jazz and one of the most renowned figures of the post-World War II jazz scene. Many of his compositions, such as “Opus de Funk ...

Without You; Horace-Scope; Yeah!; Me And My Baby; Nica's Dream; Personnel Horace Silver piano View details at Discogs.com Tags Recording Señor Blues The Best Of The Early Years 1953-1960 Horace Silver ...

The genius of Horace Silver can be found in compositions like "Nica's Dream," "Moon Rays," "Strollin,'" "Ecarole," and this album's "To Beat or Not to Beat." And his best recordings are the ones that ...

For Senor Blues: A Horace Silver Tribute Silver's soulful, Latin-tinged hard bop tunes implanted themselves into the heads of jazz fans everywhere. So bassist Christian McBride drew together many ...

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 ...

In "Nica's Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness," David Kastin tells the story of Pannonica Rothschild, an adventuress, baron's wife and fabulously wealthy member of the Rothschild clan ...

“Nica’s Dream” will appeal not just to lovers of jazz but to anyone who appreciates a well-told story about interesting if decidedly eccentric people.

Horace Silver is a piano-playing, pencil-packing papa whose songs showcase a family of jazz characters such as "Sister Sadie" and "Senor Blues." His music filled Dee Dee Bridgewater's album Love ...