Nica's Dream
Nica's Dream is a jazz composition by Horace Silver from 1954.
Nica's Dream has 64 bars in AABA form at a moderately fast pace. It is one of Silver's most famous compositions and one of the hard bop classics . Silver saw the title as a tribute to the friend and patron of the jazz scene at that time, Pannonica de Koenigswarter , known as Nica.
In addition to the numerous recordings by Horace Silver, Nica's Dream has also been recorded by Art Blakey , Curtis Counce , Blue Mitchell , Joe Pass , Mel Tormé and Phil Woods .
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .