Shearing, George
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Name (Hebrew)
שירינג, ג'ורג'
Name (Latin)
Shearing, George
Date of birth
1919-08-13
Date of death
2011-02-14
Place of birth
Battersea (London, England)
Place of death
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Occupation
Pianists
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
George Albert
Biographical or Historical Data
(Shearing, George (Albert)
b. London, Aug. 13, 1919
American jazz pianist of English birth
emigrated to the U.S. in 1947 and settled in New York)
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George Shearing 1959
Associated Booking Corporation-management/photographer-James Kriegsmann, New York, Public domain
File:George Shearing 1959.JPG
Associated Booking Corporation-management/photographer-James Kriegsmann, New York, Public domain
File:George Shearing Quintet in Holland, Hermando Peraza (bongospeler) en George Shea, Bestanddeelnr 914-3365.jpg
Hugo van Gelderen / Anefo, CC0
File:Pianist George Shearing Performing in the East Room during the Entertainment Portion of a State Dinner Honoring President Kekkonen of Finland - NARA - 12007062.jpg
Unknown author or not provided
, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Sir George Albert Shearing (13 August 1919 – 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Shearing was the composer of over 300 songs, including the jazz standards "Lullaby of Birdland" and "Conception", and had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s.
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