Jazz pianist, composer and hard bop pioneer, Horace Silver, died in New York on 2014-06-18.

Silver got his start in the 1950s playing with Stan Getz.  He went on to play with many of the greats and to lead his own groups.  He also had a very successful recording career, principally with Blue Note.

Here's some of Horace Silver's best loved music:

© Wayne Butcher