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Early life
Born in Battersea, London, Shearing was the youngest of nine children. He was born blind to working class parents: his father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains in the evening. He started to learn piano at the age of three and began formal training at Linden Lodge School for the Blind, where he spent four years. Though he was offered several scholarships, Shearing opted to perform at a local pub, the Mason's Arms in Lambeth, for "25 bob a week" playing piano and accordion. He joined...
United States years
In 1947, Shearing emigrated to the United States, where his harmonically complex style mixing swing, bop and modern classical influences gained popularity. One of his first performances was at the Hickory House. He performed with the Oscar Pettiford Trio and led a jazz quartet with Buddy DeFranco, which led to contractual problems, since Shearing was under contract to MGM and DeFranco to Capitol Records. In 1949, he formed the first George Shearing Quintet, a band with Margie Hyams (vibraphon...
Later career
In 1970, he began to "phase out his by-now-predictable quintet" and disbanded the group in 1978. One of his more notable albums during this period was The Reunion, with George Shearing (Verve 1976), made in collaboration with bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Rusty Jones, and featuring Stéphane Grappelli, the musician with whom he had debuted as a sideman decades before. Later, Shearing played in a trio, as a soloist, and increasingly in a duo. Among his collaborations were sets with the Mont...
1947: Piano Solo– Savoy1947: Great Britain's Marian McPartland & George Shearing– Savoy Jazz (Released 1994)1949: Midnight on Cloud 69– Savoy1949: George Shearing Quintet– Discovery2003: George Shearing – Jazz Legend2004: George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland2004: Swing Era – George Shearing2004: Joe Williams with George Shearing: A Song is BornIn 1949, he formed the first George Shearing Quintet, a band with Margie Hyams , Chuck Wayne (guitar), later replaced by Toots Thielemans (listed as John Tillman), John Levy (bass), and Denzil Best (drums).
Listen to Trio Quartet Quintet and Strings on Spotify. George Shearing · Album · 2012 · 60 songs.
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