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Horace Silver

1928 - 2014

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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 school in Connecticut, Silver got his break on piano when his trio was recruited by Stan Getz in 1950. Silver soon moved to New York City, where he developed a reputation as a composer and for his bluesy playing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Horace Silver has received more than 797,677 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Horace Silver is the 618th most popular musician (down from 565th in 2019), the 3,234th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,965th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular American Musician.

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  • 800k

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  • 53.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Horace Silver ranks 618 out of 2,662Before him are Enrico Toselli, GG Allin, Michael Stipe, Chaka Khan, Kenny Clarke, and Robert Palmer. After him are Peter Cetera, Ric Ocasek, Robert Smith, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Frans Brüggen, and Nick Drake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Horace Silver ranks 197Before him are Tom Sharpe, Howard S. Becker, Willy Mairesse, Vitaliy Masol, Line Renaud, and Orson Bean. After him are William Peter Blatty, Édouard Glissant, Tahir Salahov, Yury Yakovlev, Luigi Colani, and Dan Blocker. Among people deceased in 2014, Horace Silver ranks 132Before him are Marie Dubois, Donatas Banionis, Cristina Deutekom, Magda Olivero, Tadeusz Różewicz, and Julian Rotter. After him are Frans Brüggen, Alice Babs, Juan Gelman, Ramón José Velásquez, U. R. Ananthamurthy, and Stanisław Mikulski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Horace Silver ranks 3,234 out of 18,182Before him are Martin Ritt (1914), John Zerzan (1943), Warner Baxter (1889), Taylor Hackford (1944), Chuck Lorre (1952), and Del Shannon (1934). After him are Warren Weaver (1894), Seymour Martin Lipset (1922), William Peter Blatty (1928), Alvin Hansen (1887), Brenda Lee (1944), and Chris Gardner (1954).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Horace Silver ranks 192Before him are Marty Friedman (1962), Frank Beard (1949), GG Allin (1956), Michael Stipe (1960), Chaka Khan (1953), and Kenny Clarke (1914). After him are Peter Cetera (1944), Ric Ocasek (1949), Suzanne Vega (1959), Max Roach (1924), Benny Golson (1929), and Alan Wilson (1943).