Trumpeter Thomas Marriott leads an all-star lineup of musicians in a musical tribute to pianist and composer Horace Silver on Sunday, September 6th, 2009 at the New Orleans Creole Restaurant, one of ...

Horace Silver, a pianist, composer and band leader with a tireless inventiveness who influenced generations of jazzmen with his distinctive hard bop sound, has died. He was 85.

Everyone has a favorite Horace Silver album. Mine is Horace-Scope. Recorded in July 1960, the album has a hair-raising lineup of tracks and a superb mix of Silver's grumbling bass lines, high-energy ...

This undated image released by the National Endowment for the Arts shows musician Horace Silver. Silver, a pianist, composer and band leader with a tireless inventiveness who influenced generations of ...