SILVER, HORACE WARD MARTIN TAVARES. Jazz pianist ( in Norwalk, Connecticut). He began piano study at the age of twelve and played saxophone in high school. He began playing professionally with local groups at an early age. About 1949 he moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where he played in nightclubs and later with Stan Getz (1950-51). Thereafter he settled in New York and played with various groups, including Art Blakey, Miles Davis , Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Pettiford, and , and ...