Horace Silver

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Aliases: The Horace Silver Quintet
Horace Silver Quintet
The Horace Silver Quintet / Sextet
The Horace Silver Trio
Personal name: Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva
Born: September 2, 1928
Died: June 18, 2014
Country: United States
IPI: 00028730093 91 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Jazz pianist and composer. He was born on the island of Maio, one of the Cape Verde Islands. His mother was of Irish and Negro descent, his father of Portuguese origin.
Related: The Jazz Messengers
Ranking: 222nd most covered composer/author
97th most covered performer

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Popular Originals

Peace

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Released on Blowin' the Blues Away (1959)

Covered by (192 artists)

Oleo

Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke

Released on Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke (1955)

Covered by (178 artists)

Song for My Father

Song for My Father (Cantiga para meu pai)

Released on Song for My Father (Cantiga para meu pai) (1965)

Covered by (142 artists)

Airegin

Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke

Released on Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke (1955)

Covered by (126 artists)

Popular Covers by Horace Silver

Peace

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Originally by Horace Silver Quintet

Released on That Healin' Feelin' (1970)

Señor Blues

Señor Blues

Originally by The Horace Silver Quintet

Released on Señor Blues (1958)

Nica's Dream

Horace-Scope

Originally by The Jazz Messengers

Released on Horace-Scope (1960)

But Not for Me

Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke

Originally by Eddie Quillan and Arline Judge REC,BRD, Ginger Rogers and Willie Howard PRF

Released on Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke (1955)