Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver[note 1] (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.

Silver is known for his distinctive humorous and funky playing style and for his pioneering ‎compositional contributions to hard bop. He was influenced by a wide range of musical styles, ‎notably gospel music, African music, and Latin American music and sometimes ventured into the ‎soul jazz genre.‎

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