George Shearing
Sign in to saveBritish-American jazz pianist
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1919-08-13
- Died
- 2011-02-14
- 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
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 287,727
- Total plays
- 1,728,462
Tags
jazzpianojazz pianocool jazzlounge
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
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,581x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,587x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 39,882x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 26,803x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 22,965x
via Crossref · CC0
Key dates
- Born
- 13 August 1919
- Died
- 14 February 2011
via Wikidata · 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
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- cool jazz
- Instrument
- grand piano
- Record label
- MGM Records
Connections
Categories
1919 births2011 deaths20th-century American male pianists20th-century American pianists20th-century British musiciansAmerican blind pianistsAmerican jazz pianistsAmerican male jazz pianistsBebop pianistsBlind jazz musiciansBlue Note Records artistsBritish blind pianistsBritish easy listening musicians