album · January 1, 2019
Song For My Father (Cantiga Para Meu Pai)
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This 1965 Blue Note classic, "Song for My Father," is a cornerstone of jazz piano trio recordings, blending Latin rhythms with hard bop sensibilities. It remains a definitive work in Horace Silver's discography.
- The title track, "Song for My Father (Cantiga Para Meu Pai)," was inspired by Silver's father, John Tavares Silva, a native of the Cape Verde islands.
- The album reached number 29 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.
- This recording features what many consider the classic Horace Silver Quintet lineup of the mid-1960s.
Horace Silver was a Portuguese-American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. He was a leading figure in the development of jazz-funk.
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