Horace Silver Song For My Father

My mother was of irish and negro descent my father of portuguese origin silver recalls in the liner.

Horace silver song for my father. Horace silver piano carmell jones trumpet joe henderson tenor. The original six tracks of horace silver s beautiful song for my father using a sometimes stately trumpet tenor sax motif fiery but never overlong solos and silver s self effacing piano all of it concluding with a long sublime epilogue of memory and bittersweet notes suggests a formal structure that hovers over the proceedings without. One of blue note s greatest mainstream hard bop dates song for my father is horace silver s signature lp and the peak of a discography already studded with classics. Horace silver quintet song for my father original hq 1964 from the album song for my father blue note records song for my father is just one of the great.

Song for my father is a 1965 album by the horace silver quintet released on the blue note label in 1965. Song for my father 1964 written by. Song for my father lyrics. Song for my father is a composition by horace silver.

The original version on the album of the same title by silver s quintet was recorded on october 26 1964. First chorus this little song for my father does things that no other can do as i sing it to you it has a rhythm and rhyme that will fasten his memory in. Silver was always a master at balancing jumping rhythms with complex harmonies for a unique blend of earthiness and sophistication and song for my father has perhaps the most sophisticated air of all his albums. Blue note 46548 blue note st 46548 blue note 0777 7 46578 1 4.

The album was inspired by a trip that silver had made to brazil. The horace silver quintet song for my father label. The cover artwork features a photograph of silver s father john tavares silver to whom the title song was dedicated. Song for my father album.