George Shearing
British jazz pianist
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Sir George Albert Shearing OBE was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Wikipedia
Born: August 13, 1919, Battersea, London, United Kingdom
Died: February 14, 2011 (age 91 years), New York, NY
Genres: Jazz and Hip-Hop/Rap
Spouse: Ellie Geffert (m. 1975–2011) and Beatrice Bayes (m. 1941–1973)
Parents: Ellen Amelia Brightner and James Phillip Shearing
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Shearing was the composer of over 300 songs, including the jazz standards "Lullaby of Birdland" and "Conception", and had multiple albums on the Billboard ...
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Aug 13, 2019 · Blind from birth, pianist George Shearing headed an elite club of British jazz musicians to find fame in the United States.
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Feb 15, 2011 · The pianist George Shearing, who has died aged 91 of heart failure, was the first postwar British jazz musician to move permanently to the ...
George Shearing was the ninth child born to a poor family in England. Blind from birth, he attended school for the blind where he studied Braille music.
English jazz pianist, born blind, who was renowned for his inventive, melodic and unblushingly romantic solos. Read Full Biography ...
Anglo-American blind jazz pianist and composer. Born: Aug. 13th, 1919 in Battersea, London, UK - died: Feb. 14th, 2011 in NYC, NY.
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Biography. George Shearing enjoys an international reputation as a pianist, arranger and composer. Equally at home on the concert stage as in jazz clubs, ...
George Shearing enjoys an international reputation as a pianist, arranger and composer. Equally at home, on the concert stage, as in jazz clubs, Shearing ...