Horace Silver
Piano Solo on
Confirmation

About

Horace Silver's piano solo is the 3rd of 4 on this recording, spanning four choruses at approximately 263 BPM. Set within a swinging rhythmic framework, the 32-bar AABA form and the key of F, the solo tests the player's command at high velocity. The tune borrows its harmonic structure from "Twilight Time," a set of changes that generations of improvisers have used as a testing ground for new ideas. Positioned between Lou Donaldson and Curly Russell, Silver bridges the conversation between the two. This track stands as proof that Brown and Donaldson were among the finest improvisers of their generation.

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