Peace (Horace Silver song)
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| "Peace" | |
|---|---|
| Composition by Horace Silver | |
| from the album Blowin' the Blues Away | |
| Recorded | August 29, 1959 |
| Studio | Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Blue Note |
| Songwriter | Horace Silver |
| Producer | Alfred Lion |
"Peace" is a composition by jazz pianist Horace Silver which was first recorded on August 29, 1959. It has become a jazz standard.[1][2] Silver also wrote lyrics for the tune.[3]
According to Silver, "I was doodlin' around on the piano, and it just came to me, but I also had the impression that there was an angel standing over me, impressing my mind with this beautiful melody and harmony."[4] Unusually for popular Silver compositions, "Peace" is a slow ballad.[3] It has a ten-bar structure.[2] Ted Gioia observed that "You won't find a single catchy melodic motif here, no surprising interlude, no harmonic shift that takes the piece in an unexpected direction. Instead the soloist cycles through a series of gentle resolving chords, mostly following a familiar ii-V formula, before settling unobtrusively into the tonic key of B flat."[2]