Pianist George Shearing has been one of the most popular jazz performers of the past half-century. Born blind in London in 1919, Shearing [more]
Although it would have been interesting to hear Nat Cole play some piano and perhaps accompany a vocal by George Shearing instead of [more]
This is one of the earliest releases to feature George Shearing exclusively as a solo pianist, and the CD reissue of the long unavailable LP adds ten previously unissued tracks. He [more]
The music on The Swingin's Mutual!, a dozen selections featuring the George Shearing Quintet includes six that have vocals by a young Nancy Wilson, and [more]
With its progressive-leaning jazz and modernist blues vocals, In the Night was the prototype for the piano-vocals collaboration record that George Shearing would remake with Peggy [more]
Upon its first release Beauty and the Beat! was billed as a live recording from a Miami convention of disc jockeys. Though Peggy Lee and George Shearing did in fact [more]
Includes: OLP #17: A Jazz Date With George Shearing (8012064) and The Best of George Shearing 1955-60 (5162327).
Throughout his prime years, George Shearing showed that it was possible to be both popular with the general public and play creative bop-oriented [more]
George Shearing and bassist Brian Torff have perfect chemistry as a jazz duo; Lullaby of Birdland combines two of their live dates, Blues [more]
This CD has the 1952 George Shearing Quintet featured in top form on a full set of previously unreleased radio broadcasts emanating from [more]
This solo piano set by George Shearing (which has been reissued on CD through Polygram) is quite eccentric and unpredictable. Freed from the constraints of his popular Quintet, Shearing [more]