Many of his compositions, such as "Opus de Funk," "The Preacher," "Nica‘s Dream," and "Peace" have become jazz standards heard frequently today. Sports or music Silver was born in Norwalk ...

Jazz album: “Señor Blues The Best Of The Early Years 1953-1960” by Horace Silver, released in 2011 on The Intense Media. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All About Jazz ...

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 ...

Silver's soulful, Latin-tinged hard bop tunes implanted themselves into the heads of jazz fans everywhere. So bassist Christian McBride drew together many of Silver's former colleagues and a ...

NICA’S DREAM: THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF THE JAZZ BARONESS By David Kastin Norton, $26.95, 272 pages Late at night in Manhattan many years ago, while I was stopped at a light, a Rolls-Royce pulled ...

Horace Silver is a piano-playing, pencil-packing papa whose songs showcase a family of jazz characters such as "Sister Sadie" and "Senor Blues." ... "Nica's Dream" with Harrell and Lovano ...