Song For My Father

March 27, 2012 in Jazz Originals, Jazz Standards, Latin Jazz

“Song For My Father” is a Bossa Nova style tune written by Horace Silver. It’s the title track to his hit 1956 Blue Note record “Song For My Father”.
This tune is relatively simple and only deals with a handful of chords, all of which can be related to the key of F minor.
This is one of those tunes that you just have to know so be sure to listen to the original recording a lot and use the tools below to help you learn it.

Buy this important record all jazz fans should own: Horace Silver’s Song For My Father

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Great version of this tune! I remember seeing this band live and they sounded great!

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