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George Shearing

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Sir George Shearing, OBE (August 13, 1919 – February 14, 2011) was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of heart failure on February 14, 2011 in New York City, at the age of 91.

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Discography

  • On a Clear Day
  • A Jazz Date With George Shearing, 2005
  • Jump for Joy
  • Beauty and the Beat!, Part 1, 1959
  • Beauty and the Beat!, 1985
  • Burnished Brass / Satin Brass, 1997
  • The Spirit of 176
  • More Grand Piano
  • Beauty and the Beat!, Part 3, 1959
  • George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers, 1997
  • Breakin' Out
  • Two for the Road, 2004
  • Top Drawer, 1983
  • Paper Moon
  • Beauty and the Beat!, Part 2, 1959
  • Here & Now! / New Look!, 2002
  • Latin Lace / Latin Affair, 1998
  • Complete Concord Recordings, 2002
  • An Elegant Evening, 1985
  • That Shearing Sound, 1994
  • First Edition
  • Grand Piano
  • George Shearing in Dixieland, 1989
  • How Beautiful Is Night, 1993
  • Christmas with George Shearing
  • Alone Together
  • Mel & George "Do" World War II, 1991
  • Piano
  • Favorite Things
  • Jazz Moments, 1962
  • Shearing on Stage, 1960
  • A Perfect Match, 1988

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