Trudy Silver
{{short description|American jazz pianist and composer (born 1953)}}
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| name = Trudy Silver
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|4|24}}
| birth_place = New Britain, Connecticut, U.S.
| genre = Jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = piano
| years_active = 1979–present
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| website = {{URL|www.trudysilver.com}}
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Trudy Silver (born April 24, 1953) is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Life
Born and raised in New Britain, Connecticut, she started playing piano at age 7, often practicing on her aunt's seven-foot Mason & Hamlin concert grand piano.{{cite news |url=https://www.courant.com/2011/05/29/trudy-silver-renunites-with-aunt-lils-piano-sunday/ |last=McNally |first=Owen |publisher=The Courant |date=May 29, 2011 |title=Trudy Silver Renunites With Aunt Lil's Piano Sunday}} Silver studied composition and music appreciation with Armin Loos before moving to Berkeley, California in January 1971.
It was while in California that she first heard Sun Ra, Ravi Shankar, and Alice Coltrane in a concert at the University of California and she taught herself chords and harmony. She returned to Connecticut in June 1971 and started playing in local bands. In 1979 she moved to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A member of the Montreal Musicians' Union, she worked extensively in Montreal and around Quebec.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19840322&id=diwyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1167,893904&hl=en |title=Pianist Trudy Silver set to liven up L'Air |publisher=The Montreal Gazette |date=Mar 22, 1984}} In 1981 Silver moved to New York City.
Her work includes the political multimedia composition Where's the Outrage, a combination of music, Butoh mime by Sanae Buck and film which was included in the 2016 Dissident Arts Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201609.pdf |title=New York Jazz Record |page=4}} as well as other events. She is an activist, and is also involved in political actions, and made the Village Voice "Honor Roll"{{cite news |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2004/08/31/the-honor-roll/ |title=The Honor Roll |publisher=Village Voice |date=9 July 2004 |page=42 |access-date=5 September 2017}} of "the 1,793 people arrested during the week of the 2004 Republican National Convention."
She co-founded the 5C Cultural Center & Café{{cite web |url=http://5cculturalcenter.org/ |title=5C Cultural Center & Café}} in the Lower East Side of Manhattan with her husband, Bruce Morris. Together they have produced over 400 events since 1995.
Discography
- Heroes/Heroines (1987)
- Silver Plays featuring Will Connell (1992)
- Damn the Rules! (2002)
Bibliography
- "Guantánamo NY Blues 2004", And Then, Volume 13, 2007 (ISSN 1520-4111)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://trudysilver.com/}}
- [https://www.courant.com/2011/05/29/trudy-silver-renunites-with-aunt-lils-piano-sunday-2/ The Courant. May 29, 2011]
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Category:Avant-garde jazz pianists
Category:American women jazz pianists
Category:20th-century American composers
Category:People from New Britain, Connecticut
Category:Musicians from Connecticut
Category:20th-century American pianists
Category:20th-century American women pianists
Category:21st-century American women pianists