Nica's Dream
Composition by Horace Silver
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"Nica's Dream" is a jazz standard[1] wriiten by pianist Horace Silver in 1954. It is one of many songs written in tribute to jazz patroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter.[2] The song was first recorded by the Jazz Messengers in 1956, and has since been recorded by many other artists. It features jazz melodic minor harmony with prominent minor-major 7th chords. Its first studio recording by Silver was on the album Horace-Scope.
| "Nica's Dream" | |
|---|---|
| Composition by Horace Silver | |
| Written | 1954 |
| Recorded | 1956 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Composer | Horace Silver |
Thomas Owens describes the composition – "The trumpet melody, one of the great themes in jazz literature, is a 64-measure song in AABA form. The accompaniment for the A sections is in a Latin style based on [...] one of Silver's favorite patterns. In the bridge the accompaniment alternates between backbeat chordal punctuations and four-beat swing. During the solos the rhythm section maintains the same accompanimental textures, which both clarify the form and maintain the theme's original moods and textures."[3]
A vocal version was first recorded by Feather in 1983, and released the following year on the album Zanzibar.[4]