George Shearing, the jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and amused audiences for decades on both sides of the Atlantic, died Monday. He was 91. Shearing was born in London and ...

With the re-release of two earlier albums in the 2-CD Lullaby Of Birdland compilation, Concord has accomplished more than recalling the George Shearing's association with the label. Concord is giving ...

Welcome to Birdland, the jazz corner of the world,” said Kurt Elling as he swung into Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall.” The performance was taking place in the upstairs Birdland Theatre where ...

Finally a full length concert on DVD of this jazz piano legend filmed in 1991 at the Paul Mason Winery in a state of the art digital and audio production Shearings artistry is captured forever as he ...

George Shearing, who shrugged off blindness to become one of the most beloved and defining pianists of the 20th century, died Monday of congestive heart failure at Lenox Hill Hospital. He was 91.

Anglo-American jazz pianist Sir George Shearing, best known for his song Lullaby of Birdland, has died in New York aged 91 of heart failure. Blind from birth, he began his career in London before ...