Horace Silver

American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader (born September 2, 1928, in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, died June 18, 2014, aged 85, in New Rochelle, New York, USA). Pioneer of the hard bop style of jazz in the 1950s. Received big break backing in 1950 during a club date in Hartford, Connecticut. Soon relocated to New York, and made recording debut for in 1952. In 1953, with Art Blakey established a cooperative smal…