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An autobiography of Horace Silver, composer, pianist, and band leader that takes us from his childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, through his rise to fame as a musician in New York, to his comfortable life 'after the road' in California.

Table of Contents

foreword Joe Zawinul preface acknowledgments chapter one Childhood chapter two Dreaming My Dreams: Teenage Years chapter three Lady Music and the Messengers: Early Adult Years chapter four The Quintet chapter five Westward Bound: Middle Years chapter six Off the Merry-Go-Round: Later Years epilogue afterword Phil Pastras discography Eric B. Olsen recordings honoring Horace Silver a select bibliography of music publications awards index

Lets Get to the Nitty Gritty

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    A Paperback by Horace Silver, Phil Pastras, Joe Zawinul

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 1 August 2007
      ISBN-13 9780520253926
      978-0520253926
      ISBN-10 0520253922
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      An autobiography of Horace Silver, composer, pianist, and band leader that takes us from his childhood in Norwalk, Connecticut, through his rise to fame as a musician in New York, to his comfortable life 'after the road' in California.

      Table of Contents

      foreword Joe Zawinul preface acknowledgments chapter one Childhood chapter two Dreaming My Dreams: Teenage Years chapter three Lady Music and the Messengers: Early Adult Years chapter four The Quintet chapter five Westward Bound: Middle Years chapter six Off the Merry-Go-Round: Later Years epilogue afterword Phil Pastras discography Eric B. Olsen recordings honoring Horace Silver a select bibliography of music publications awards index

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