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George Shearing
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British-American jazz pianist
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
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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
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1919
- Active to
- 2011
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 287,727
- Total plays
- 1,728,462
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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 <
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- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- georgeshearing.net
- Image
- George Shearing 1959.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1919-08-13
- date of death
- 2011-02-14
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
- birth name
- George Albert Shearing
- name in native language
- Sir George Albert Shearing
- Commons category
- George Shearing
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