Urbane and Gentlemanly Guitar and Piano... Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue... It is this romance that populates the Telarc Jazz collaboration between master of the ...
Shearing's quintet featured his piano accompanied by guitar, bass, drums and vibes. The true significance of this was the technique that Shearing himself developed where the vibes player doubles the ...
“A Tribute to the George Shearing Quintet” on Sunday, followed a week later by a dinner/concert event, “Big Band Extravaganza featuring Pete Christlieb and John Allred,” will fill the Westin La Paloma ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jazz pianist Sir George Shearing, who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and headed a famed quintet bearing his name, died Monday. He was 91. Dale Sheets, Shearing's longtime ...
Surprisingly, this is all about time. Granted, that’s not the first thing we think about when someone drops the name of George Shearing. As John Pizzarelli points out during his show at the Carlyle, ...
GRAND RAPIDS – George Shearing, the world famous jazz pianist who penned "Lullaby of Birdland" among many other tunes, has died at age 91. Though blind from birth, Shearing was a major artist from the ...
NEW YORK — Jazz pianist Sir George Shearing, who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and headed a famed quintet bearing his name, died Monday. He was 91. Dale Sheets, Shearing’s longtime manager, ...
George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has died. He was 91. Shearing, blind since birth, ...
NEW YORK — Sir George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard “Lullaby of Birdland” and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has died. He was 91. Shearing, blind ...