Horace Silver has two huge claims to fame in the jazz pantheon. He cemented the components of hard bop - once known as the "funky" style - into the jazz mainstream and gave it a repertoire in the ...

Horace Silver, the prolific jazz pianist and composer who cofounded the legendary Jazz Messengers, pioneered the genre known as hard bop and mentored scores of musicians, has died. He was 85.

Louis Hayes, “Serenade for Horace” (Blue Note). As time goes by, we’re seeing a lot more discs like this–new discs distinguished by the excellence of their notes rather than the ...

"I mean, he's one of those kind of guys where he sounded so great on all those Horace Silver records, but he moved back to Pittsburgh over 30 years ago. And, you know, he just stopped traveling.

One of my favorite albums by Silver is The Stylings of Silver, recorded in May 1957. And one of my favorite songs on the LP is The Back Beat. it's a mid-tempo ballad that lets you hear all of Silver's ...

Sad news from the world of music -- jazz pianist Horace Silver died Wednesday at the age of 85. ... Here's a quick look back at a couple of notable songs from the influential artist.

Horace Silver's life story is very entertaining. The pianist and composer, who has pretty much retired from performing due to back problems, pulls few punches in discussing his life, illustrating it ...

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 ...

And this quality is glimpsed in the titles of some of his albums and compositions – Silver’s Blue, Ecaroh, 6 Pieces of Silver, Horace-Scope. A contemporary of Miles Davis, Silver was born in 1928.

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 ...

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 ...