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Sir George Shearing, OBE 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

An Evening With George Shearing & Mel Tormé, 2004
On a Clear Day
Blues Alley Jazz, 1989
Compact Jazz: George Shearing, 1987
A Jazz Date With George Shearing, 2005
Jump for Joy
Beauty and the Beat!, Part 1, 1959
The Concord Jazz Heritage Series
Beauty and the Beat!, 1985
Verve Jazz Masters 57, 1996
Live at the Cafe Carlyle (feat. Don Thompson)
Burnished Brass / Satin Brass, 1997
On the Sunny Side of the Strip, 1960
I Hear a Rhapsody, 1992
The Spirit of 176
Walkin' - Live at the Blue Note, 1995
More Grand Piano
The Best of George Shearing (1955 - 1960)
Beauty and the Beat!, Part 3, 1959
The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing, 2001
George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers, 1997
Reflections (1992-1998), 2000
Breakin' Out
Two for the Road, 2004
My Ship, 1975
Top Drawer, 1983
Paper Moon
Beauty and the Beat!, Part 2, 1959
A Vintage Year, 1987
Here & Now! / New Look!, 2002
Latin Lace / Latin Affair, 1998
Timeless George Shearing, 2002
Dexterity
Complete Concord Recordings, 2002
An Elegant Evening, 1985
That Shearing Sound, 1994
First Edition
Grand Piano
The Classic Concert Live, 2005
George Shearing in Dixieland, 1989
How Beautiful Is Night, 1993
Christmas with George Shearing
The Early Years: Volume 2
Alone Together
The Definitive George Shearing, 2002
Mel & George "Do" World War II, 1991
Ballad Essentials
Piano
Favorite Things
Hopeless Romantics
An Evening at Charlie's, 1983
The Best of George Shearing, 2000
Shearing on Stage, 1960
A Perfect Match, 1988

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Label	Capitol Jazz
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