Song for My Father is a hard bop instrumental written by Horace Silver and performed by the Horace Silver Quintet. It appears on the 1965 Blue Note album Song for My Father, which was recorded in late 1963 and 1964 and released at the end of January 1965. The tune was inspired by a trip to Brazil and Silver’s fascination with bossa nova rhythms, which he blended with Cape Verdean melodic ideas connected to his father, John Tavares Silver. The album cover features his father, reflecting the dedication, and the track is widely regarded as Silver’s signature tune and a standout Blue Note hard bop date.
