The Horace Silver Songbook

20 Handpicked Compositions from a Hard Bop Pioneer

We are proud to give our jazz family access to the best songs of dozens of great jazz composers! Each composer personally selected 20 of their favorite original compositions and provided us with their own clean, accurate lead sheets — which we are now passing along to you.

These digital songbooks will give your band an instant boost in repertoire, or offer you hours of inspiration in the woodshed, learning directly from the masters of jazz composition. Also perfect as a play-along resource.

Horace Silver’s music is rhythmically irresistible and melodically unforgettable — fusing gospel, blues, and bebop into a sound that defined the soul of hard bop. His compositions are joyful, earthy, and endlessly playable, offering musicians a masterclass in groove, clarity, and compositional storytelling.

What the Book Includes

• 20 lead sheets chosen by Horace Silver himself

• Clean, accurate PDFs for instant download

• Ideal for study, rehearsals, or performance

Sample Song: The Cape Verdean Blues

Why It Matters

• A timeless set of tunes from one of jazz’s most beloved composers

• These charts swing hard, teach fast, and deliver soul in every bar

• A cornerstone collection for any serious jazz musician