During the mid-’60s, his writing began to incorporate a clear gospel influence, contributing to a groove-oriented soul jazz that reached its pinnacle on 1965’s Song for My Father. For the rest of the decade and into the early 1960s, he made a series of acclaimed recordings codifying the sound of hard bop, which cooled the relentless tempo of bebop with a more graceful, measured rhythmic attack.
As the Jazz Messengers, they recorded several albums between 19, after which Silver went on to lead his own bands. In 1952, he began his 28-year relationship with Blue Note Records with a trio session featuring drummer Art Blakey. In 1950, his working trio landed a gig behind saxophonist Stan Getz in its wake, he became an ubiquitous sideman for the likes of Coleman Hawkins, Lou Donaldson, Miles Davis, and Milt Jackson. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1928, pianist Horace Silver was an important figure in the development of hard bop and soul jazz, emerging in the early 1950s and maintaining widespread appeal until his death in 2014 at age 85.
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