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 ...
‘We can’t have a New York without Birdland’: Iconic NYC jazz club rallies to stay open amid pandemic
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANHATTAN — What better way to open the Save ...
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) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
To paraphrase the question about directions to New York City landmarks: “How do you get to Birdland? Practice, man, practice.” Of course it takes practice, but it also takes talent, determination and ...
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