Nica's Dream

Horace Silver Quintet · 1960 · First studio version by Silver (Horace-Scope); premiered by the Jazz Messengers in 1956

Context

Composed by Horace Silver in tribute to the patron Pannonica de Koenigswarter, the theme was first recorded by the Jazz Messengers in 1956. Silver's first studio version as a leader was recorded in July 1960 at the Van Gelder studio with Blue Mitchell, Junior Cook, Gene Taylor, and Roy Brooks, for Horace-Scope (Blue Note).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Sister Sadie (1959)
• Song for My Father (1964)

Sources

• EN: Horace-Scope
• EN: Nica's Dream

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