Nica's Dream

"Nica's Dream" is a jazz standard composed by Horace Silver, named for Pannonica de Koenigswarter. The song has been recorded by The Jazz Messengers as well as many other artists.

Thomas Owens describes the composition – "The trumpet melody, one of the great themes in jazz literature, is a 64-measure song in aaba form. The accompaniment for the a sections is in a Latin style based on [...] one of Silver's favorite patterns. In the bridge the accompaniment alternates between backbeat chordal punctuations and four-beat swing. During the solos the rhythm section maintains the same accompanimental textures, which both clarify the form and maintain the theme's original moods and textures."