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George Shearing
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British-American jazz pianist
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George Albert Shearing was a British jazz musician, pianist, composer, and recording artist born in London in 1919. He performed in genres including jazz, bebop, cool jazz, swing, and easy listening. His career began in 1937, and he recorded for labels such as Blue Note, Capitol Records, Concord Records, and MGM Records. He was a male artist who spoke English and was represented by Broadcast Music, Inc.
Shearing was blind and died of heart failure in New York City in 2011. His death was due to natural causes. He received the honorific prefix Sir and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire and a Knight Bachelor. He also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His notable works include *Songs and Sonnets*, *The golden cave*, *George Shearing Interpretations for Piano, No. 5*, and *George Shearing 10 Classic Tunes*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
Top works
- In celebration of the Stuart Davis centennial retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Earl Davis and the Jazz Foundation of America present The fine art of jazz
- Songs and Sonnets
- George Shearing
- The golden cave
- George Shearing Interpretations for Piano, No. 5
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Art Tatum - The Art Of Jazz Piano2008
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self1962
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
- Jazz on a Summer's Day — Self1960
- Disc Jockey — Himself1951
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self1948
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1919
- Active to
- 2011
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 287,727
- Total plays
- 1,728,462
Tags
George Shearing (13 August 1919 – February 14, 2011) was a well-known jazz pianist and inventor of the famous "Shearing Sound": a form of smooth cocktail jazz characterised by block chords played on the piano along with similar chords played on the vibraphone. Shearing was born in the Battersea area of London, United Kingdom. Congenitally blind, he was the youngest of nine children. He started to learn piano at the age of three. After limited training and extensive listening to recorded jazz <
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,205x
via Crossref · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- cool jazz
- Instrument
- grand piano
- Record label
- MGM Records
- Official website
- georgeshearing.net
- Image
- George Shearing 1959.JPG
Show 11 more facts
- date of birth
- 1919-08-13
- date of death
- 2011-02-14
- medical condition
- blindness
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- birth name
- George Albert Shearing
- name in native language
- Sir George Albert Shearing
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- Commons category
- George Shearing
via Wikidata · CC0