Pieces of Silver - The Music of Horace Silver - A Series of 6 Monthly Masterclasses

Many of the tunes penned by Silver, "The Preacher," "Doodlin' ", "Room 608" -- became jazz classics. The Blue Note albums that followed established him for all time as one of jazz's major composer/pianists. LPs like Blowin' the Blues Away and Song for My Father (both recorded by an ensemble that included Silver's longtime sidemen Blue Mitchell and Junior Cook) featured Silver's harmonically sophisticated and formally distinctive compositions for small jazz ensemble.

In this workshop players will learn:

• Seminal and unique compositions by Horace Silver.

• the ensemble style in Horace Silver’s music

• The use of rhythmic devices in improvisation• understanding the unique harmony used by Horace Silver.

The monthly Session Sundays 12:00pm - 2.00pm will be held at Dubrek Studios on the dates listed below. It is important that you are able to commit to the full programme as far as is possible as the sessions are progressive, and it is the work of an ensemble.

For this ensemble we need 1 keys, ​1 bass, 1 drums, 1 guitar and ​4 horns.

The dates of the workshops are:

13th September 2026
11th October 2026
8th November 2026
13th December 2026
10th January 2027
14th February 2027