Song for My Father (Shashoyan)

'Song for My Father' is a 1964 jazz standard written by Horace Silver. The first recording was recorded by his quintet on October 26, 1964 for release on Blue Note the next year. It featured Silver on piano, with Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone), Carmell Jones (trumpet), Teddy Smith (bass) and Roger Humphries (drums).

Lyrics were added later by Ellen May SHASHOYAN:

If there was ever a man
Who was generous, gracious and good
That was my dad, the man!

A human being so true,
He could live like a king 'cause he knew
The real pleasure in life

To be devoted to and always stand by me
So I'd be unafraid and free


Recordings exist by: Leon Thomas (1969), Joe Lee Wilson, Tamás Berki, Lenny Marcus Trio, Denise King, The Great Jazz Trio, Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, Kathy Kosins, etc.