Nica's Dream
| "Nica's Dream" | |
|---|---|
| Composition by Horace Silver | |
| Written | 1954 |
| Recorded | 1956 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Composer | Horace Silver |
"Nica's Dream" is a jazz standard[1] written 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.
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]
References
[edit]- ↑ "NPR's Jazz Profiles: Horace Silver". PBS. Archived from the original on January 25, 2001. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ↑ "Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, 74". The New York Times. December 2, 1988. p. 104. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ↑ Owens, Thomas (1996). Bebop – The Music and Its Players. Oxford University Press. pp. 222. ISBN 978-0-19-510651-0.
- ↑ "Cover versions of Nica's Dream by Feather". SecondHandSongs.
