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Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014), better known by his stage name Horace Silver, was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was known for his humorous and funky style, and his pioneering contributions to hard bop. Silver was the son of a Cape Verdean father (himself of Portuguese-African descent) and a mother of Irish-African descent, and was influenced by a wide range of musical styles such as gospel music, African music and Latin American music. He began his career as a saxophonist, but later switched to the piano. His way of playing was heavily influenced by Bud Powell's style. He was discovered in a club in Hartford, Connecticut, by saxophonist Stan Getz and he also recorded his debut album with Getz. He moved to New York, where he started a band with Art Blakey. In 1952 and 1953 he recorded three sessions with his own trio, which consisted of Art Blakey on drums and Gene Ramey, Curly Russell and Percy Heath on double bass.
The Silver-Blakey alliance lasted for four years. During this period, recordings were made at Birdland (A Night at Birdland, with Clifford Brown and Lou Donaldson), Bohemia (with Kenny Dorham and Hank Mobley), and in various studios. From this moment on, Silver made recordings for the Blue Note label. He became friends with label boss Alfred Lion, who gave him a lot of say in the production of his albums for the time. During the collaboration with Blakey, Silver rarely recorded as a bandleader, but after the split in 1956 he formed his own hard bop quintet. In the beginning, this band had the same line-up as Blakey's Jazz Messengers, albeit with the 18-year-old Louis Hayes as a replacement for Blakey.
In the second line-up, Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook were also part of the band. In 1963, Silver formed a new band with Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone and Carmell Jones on trumpet. With this band, Silver recorded most of his most famous album Song for My Father. When Jones left the group to settle in Europe, he was replaced by Woody Shaw. Tyrone Washington replaced Henderson. Silver's compositions, catchy and very harmonious, became more popular, while his band gradually switched more towards funk and soul. This change of course was not appreciated by many fans of the first hour. Opinions among fans are also divided about the quality of the albums from this period. Many of these later albums featured interesting musicians. Silver was the last musician to sign with Blue Note in the 70s, before the label suspended its activities. In 1981 he founded his own label Silveto, which was short-live.
