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Jun192014
Horace Silver 1928-2014
Share Article Horace Silver, a pianist, composer and bandleader has passed.
"His piano playing, like his compositions, was not that easily characterized. Deftly improvising ingenious figures with his right hand while punching out rumbling bass lines with his left, he managed to evoke boogie-woogie pianists like Meade Lux Lewis and beboppers like Bud Powell simultaneously."
