yabadabapal Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 One of the great Jazz Pianists ever died today. 91 Years old and blind from birth. George Shearing was and will remain one of the greatest pianists who has a unique and unreplicated sense of chord harmonies. One of the best I have ever heard. I use to go see him play at the Carlyle Hotel in NYC. Here is the article. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/14/AR2011021406224.html?hpid=sec-nation Link to comment
Les is more Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Wish I had seen him in person. I loved his playing. Link to comment
Mike Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I have a lot of his recordings. Great musician. Link to comment
hANNAbONE Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 sAD dAY..ain't no doubt... Link to comment
markgoodrich Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Wow, Bobby, you lucky dog, getting to see him. I started listening to him, and lots of other jazz, when I was about 13 or so. Terry Gross re-ran an interview she did with him many years ago on today's Fresh Air. I'm sure you can find it on their website. What a great story. Link to comment
yabadabapal Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Thanks for the hookup to the Terry Gross Interview. I tried to call Mr. Shearing about a few years ago and had spoken to his agent who was based in California. At that time Mr. Shearing had fallen down some step in his apartment in NYC and I think had suffered some damage that left him somewhat disabled. So I was unable to speak with him. I just wanted to talk about chords and tell him how much I love his music. Im going to listen to the interview now. Here it is below also. http://www.npr.org/2011/02/15/133755475/remembering-composer-of-lullaby-of-birdland Link to comment
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