Via @rbr.music Horace Silver - Song For My Father. Horace Silver was a pioneering American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, renowned for his role in developing the hard bop style of jazz. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Silver’s early musical influences included the Cape Verdean folk music of his father’s heritage, as well as blues, boogie-woogie, and the works of jazz pianists like Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell.   Silver’s career took a significant turn in 1950 when his trio was recruit