This is a discography of the recordings of

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sch ...

(September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014), an American

hard bop Hard bop is a subgenre of jazz that is an extension of bebop (or "bop") music. Journalists and record companies began using the term in the mid-1950s to describe a new current within jazz that incorporated influences from rhythm and blues, gospe ...

jazz pianist. His major discography consists of 36 studio albums, 3 live albums and 7 compilations. Silver was initially a sideman, first recording in 1950, then a leader of mainly small groups. He was a founding member of

The Jazz Messengers The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990. Blakey led or co-led the group from the o ...

, originally run cooperatively, later by drummer

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...

alone. After leaving the Messengers, Silver led a five-piece combo into the 1980s. The vast majority of Silver's recordings as a leader were for the

Blue Note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical co ...

label.

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Singles (78s and 45s)

Albums recorded with The Jazz Messengers

In addition to ''

Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers ''Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers'' is a 1956 repackage of 1955 10” LPs by jazz pianist Horace Silver with drummer Art Blakey and featuring Hank Mobley on tenor saxophone, Kenny Dorham on trumpet, and Doug Watkins on bass. By the time ...

'' listed above, Silver recorded two live albums, a studio album and portions of two more compilation albums as co-leader of the original

Jazz Messengers The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, and ending when long-time leader and founding drummer Art Blakey died in 1990. Blakey led or co-led the group from the o ...

with

Albums recorded as a sideman

Notes

References

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