George Shearing has written an autobiography entitled Lullaby of Birdland. To coincide with its release, Concord has issued a 2-CD set of the pianist's recordings, entitled Lullabies of Birdland. Most ...
George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland," died Monday in Manhattan of congestive heart failure. He was 91. (Associated Press) ...
This month, instead of writing about a jazz personality, I decided to write about a room. A jazz room which sadly no longer exists but that had a personality as unique as the great musicians who ...
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.