Song for My Father (composition)

"Song for My Father"
Composition by Horace Silver
from the album Song for My Father
RecordedOctober 26, 1964
GenreJazz, Hard Bop, Bossa nova, Latin
LabelBlue Note
Composer(s)Horace Silver
Producer(s)Alfred Lion

"Song for My Father" is a composition by Horace Silver. The original version, on the album of the same title by Silver's quintet, was recorded on October 26, 1964. It has become a jazz standard and is probably Silver's best-known composition.[1] According to Silver, the song was "in part inspired by our Brazilian trip. We got the Brazilian rhythm for this tune from that trip, and the melodic line was inspired by some very old Cape Verdean Portuguese folk music."[2]

  1. ^ Keepnews, Peter (June 18, 2014). "Horace Silver, 85, Master of Earthy Jazz, Is Dead". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Jazz omkring midnat: Horace Silver Quintet live at the Copenhagen Jazzfestival 1968". DR - Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved November 29, 2020.