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Horace Silver: Phil T. McNasty, Hippy Dippy outa Detroit, and other characters

Brian Case, New Musical Express, 1 May 1976

HORACE LOOKED like a greyhound in a basket. Knees pulled up to his chin, high shoulders canted up under the lobes of his ears, hands hanging loose as gloves. Peaceful, copping the zeds, pity to wake him.

Total word count of piece: 2220

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