♫ Mark Sutton Presents Sunday Jazz Set at 3rd Street Jazz Vol. 1

Mark is a new-ish Twitter friend. It's always cool to befriend someone that has a love and appreciation for jazz!

His show this week features music from Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Blue Mitchell and many more.

Every Sunday 3rd Street Jazz will bring you classic jazz - don't trip and miss it! 

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The Recording Academy Statement re: Horace Silver

Neil Portnow, president of The Recording Academy, Horace Silver and Dan Carlin, chairman of The Recording Academy. Silver, along with Benny Golson and Jon Hendricks, was honored at the GRAMMY Salute to Jazz on Feb. 8, 2005. Photo Courtesy of The Recording Academy®/Wireimage.com © 2005. Photographed by: R. Diamond

Jazz pianist, composer and bandleader Horace Silver was one of the most popular and influential jazz musicians of the ’50s and ’60s. Widely regarded as the creator of the hard bop sound — a combination of R&B, gospel, and his unique piano style — he performed with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Stan Getz, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey, the latter with whom he founded the legendary Jazz Messengers.

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