Jazz musician Horace Silver died this week. I would not count myself as a jazz expert by any stretch of the imagination but I always found his music to be universally brilliant. So many great albums and he seemed to make the sort of music that even people who don't normally go for jazz can enjoy.

Andy

Yes, RIP, not a jazz expert either, but his "Song For My Father" is one of my preferred musical themes, for those who haven't heard it:





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American jazz pianist Horace Silver performs at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Netherlands, in 1988.

Nice article here:
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Songs for my father is top 10 in my book

A great talent. In fact, he is one of the few artists who have made genuine changes to jazz.

He certainly left us some beautiful music for us to remember him.

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Jazz musician Horace Silver died this week. I would not count myself as a jazz expert by any stretch of the imagination but I always found his music to be universally brilliant. So many great albums and he seemed to make the sort of music that even people who don't normally go for jazz can enjoy.

Andy

He had a good run. Age 85. He played with the 50s greats. Back when jazz really mattered. Heck. Rock barely matters today. The Stones are an artifact. Rock surfed the post war baby bulge which is no more...no more young that is

RIP Horace

early Horace Silver...hardbop 1954-55...Song For My Father is essential...another major jazz talent gone...R.I.P.