Erroll Garner
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1921-06-15
- Died
- 1977-01-02
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Concert by the sea
- Yesterdays
- The Erroll Garner Anthology
- The Erroll Garner Songbook, Volume 1
- Gemini
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Film & TV
Acting · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for
- Misty - The Erroll Garner Story — Jazz Pianist2024
- Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read — Self2013
- …Sings Musicals — Self (archive footage)2012
- Jazz Icons: Erroll Garner Live In '63 & '64 — Himself2009
- The Pearl Bailey Show — Self1971
- The Flip Wilson Show — Self1970
- Negresco1968
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self (archive footage)1962
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 507,346
- Total plays
- 4,580,031
Tags
jazzjazz pianopianoswinginstrumental
Erroll Garner (1921–1977) was a U.S. jazz pianist and composer, whose distinctive and melodic style brought him both popular acclaim and the admiration of his peers. Erroll Louis Garner was born on 15th June 1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began playing the piano at the age of three. At the age of seven he began appearing on radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh with a group called the Candy Kids. By the age of eleven he was playing on the Allegheny riverboats. At the age of fourteen in 1937 h
Key dates
- Born
- 15 June 1921
- Died
- 2 January 1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1921 births1977 deaths20th-century African-American musicians20th-century American jazz composers20th-century American male composers20th-century American male pianists20th-century American pianistsAfrican-American jazz musiciansAfrican-American pianistsAmerican jazz pianistsAmerican male jazz composersAmerican male jazz pianists