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Horace Silver

1928 - 2014

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Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at school in Connecticut, Silver got his break on piano when his trio was recruited by Stan Getz in 1950. Silver soon moved to New York City, where he developed a reputation as a composer and for his bluesy playing. Frequent sideman recordings in the mid-1950s helped further, but it was his work with the Jazz Messengers, co-led by Art Blakey, that brought both his writing and playing most attention. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horace Silver is the 789th most popular musician (down from 727th in 2019), the 4,323rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,675th in 2019) and the 255th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Horace Silver ranks 789 out of 3,175. Before him are Vinnie Vincent, Lee Morgan, Allan Holdsworth, Brian Robertson, Andrew Hill, and Eddie Vedder. After him are Oliver Riedel, Carl Palmer, Richard Galliano, John Michael Talbot, Stephen Heller, and Ira Gershwin.

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Among people born in 1928, Horace Silver ranks 240. Before him are Robert Indiana, Adrian Frutiger, Anthony Franciosa, Tom Sharpe, Alejandro de Tomaso, and Clifford Edmund Bosworth. After him are Orson Bean, Warren Oates, Pal Benko, Alexander Gomelsky, Natalie Zemon Davis, and Saw Maung. Among people deceased in 2014, Horace Silver ranks 178. Before him are Alexander Imich, Lorna Wing, Juan Gelman, Pierre Bec, James Rebhorn, and Stefanie Zweig. After him are Michael Sata, Rudolph Rummel, Viscera, Edward Clancy, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, and Bernard Agré.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horace Silver ranks 4,323 out of 20,380. Before him are Seth Rollins (1986), Bruce Sterling (1954), Patti Page (1927), Ellen Church (1904), R. A. Salvatore (1959), and Henry Hazlitt (1894). After him are Claire Trevor (1910), John C. McGinley (1959), Stanley Schachter (1922), Robert Stack (1919), Victoria Nuland (1961), and Tony Musante (1936).

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Among musicians born in United States, Horace Silver ranks 255. Before him are Moondog (1916), Bob Seger (1945), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Lee Morgan (1938), Andrew Hill (1931), and Eddie Vedder (1964). After him are John Michael Talbot (1954), Ira Gershwin (1896), Kenny G (1956), Huey Lewis (1950), Scotty Moore (1931), and Sammy Hagar (1947).

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