Horace Silver
Piano Solo on
Wee-Dot

About

Horace Silver closes out the solos on piano with 13 choruses, following Clifford Brown at approximately 274 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 12-bar Blues form and the key of B♭, the solo tests the player's command at high velocity. Coming last in the solo order, Silver has the task of building on everything that came before while steering the performance back toward the closing head. Horace Silver closes the solo section with thirteen choruses of hard-swinging piano, an extended statement that showcases his distinctive blend of bebop sophistication and earthy blues feeling.

Horace Silver was 25 to 26 years old at the time.