Horace Silver鈥檚 powerful and transcendent music pushed him beyond the label of jazz pianist. The composing and instrumentation of his quintet created a unique sound that combined rhythm-and blues and gospel music with the jazz known as 鈥淗ard Bop.鈥�
It鈥檚 this style of composing that helped him respond to the social and cultural upheavals of the 1960鈥瞫 and 70鈥瞫 with records like 鈥淯nited States of Mind鈥� and 鈥淭he Music of the Spheres.鈥�
Listen for a moment as Rabbi Neil discusses what lies behind the meaningful simplicity of Silver鈥檚 music.
