Horace Silver -

Horace Silver (Sept. 2, 1928 — June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader.

He was born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver on September 2, 1928, in Norwalk, Conn.

Horace Silver Quintet discography:

New Faces – New Sounds (1953 • Horace Silver Trio)
Horace Silver Trio, Vol. 2 / Art Blakey With Sabu (1954 • Horace Silver Trio)
Horace Silver Quintet (1955)
Horace Silver Quintet, Vol. 2 (1955)
6 Pieces of Silver (1957)
Silver’s Blue (1957)
The Stylings of Silver (1957)
Further Explorations by the Horace Silver Quintet (1958)
Finger Poppin’ With the Horace Silver Quintet (1959)
Blowin’ the Blues Away (1959 • The Horace Silver Quintet & Trio)
Horace-Scope (1960)
Doin’ the Thing: The Horace Silver Quintet at the Village Gate (1961)
The Tokyo Blues (1962)
Silver’s Serenade (1963)
Song for My Father (1965)
The Cape Verdean Blues (1966 • The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J. J. Johnson)
The Jody Grind (1967 • Horace Silver Quintet / Sextet)
Serenade to a Soul Sister (1968)
You Gotta Take a Little Love (1969)
The United States of Mind Phase I: That Healin’ Feelin’ (1970 • Horace Silver Quintet With Vocals)
The United States of Mind Phase II: Total Response (1972 • Horace Silver Quintet/Sextet With Vocals)
The United States of Mind Phase III: All (1972 • Horace Silver Quintet/Sextet With Vocals)

Horace Silver discography:

In Pursuit of the 27th Man (1973)
Silver ‘n Brass (1975)
Silver ‘n Wood (1976)
Silver ‘n Voices (1977)
Silver ‘n Percussion (1978)
Silver ‘n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres (1980)
Guides to Growing Up (1981)
Spiritualizing the Senses (1983)
There’s No Need to Struggle (1983)
The Continuity of Spirit (1985)
Music to Ease Your Disease (1988)
It’s Got to Be Funky (1993)
Pencil Packin’ Papa (1994)
The Hardbop Grandpop (1996)
A Prescription for the Blues (1997)
Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (1999)
Rockin’ With Rachmaninoff (2003)
Prelude to a Kiss (archival, 2007)
Bohemia After Dark (2017 • Kenny Clarke, “Cannonball” Adderley, Horace Silver)