Article: PIANIST HORACE SILVER A LODE OF SOULFUL MUSIC.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

Byline: Norman Provizer Rocky Mountain News Jazz Critic

Horace Silver speaks the same way that he plays the piano: words flow in an earthy, direct fashion that's never overbearing in its earnest optimism.

Talking from Boston, before traveling to Denver for a three-night stand at Vartan Jazz that begins tonight, The Hardbop Grandpop (to borrow the title of his new Impulse CD) recalled his last visit to the Mile High City.

``On opening night, in the middle of the first set, we were doing an uptempo number when I got winded. There was a lot of energy and panting.''

Of course, even in thin air, Silver's legendary, hard-driving sound is a ...

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