Latest Release
- MAR 1, 2024
- 2 Songs
- Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays · 1962
- Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays · 1962
- Beauty And The Beat! (Expanded Edition) · 1959
- September In the Rain · 1950
- Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays · 1962
- September In the Rain · 1950
- Beauty And The Beat! (Expanded Edition) · 1959
- Bossa Nova · 2012
- Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays · 1962
- The Best of George Shearing · 1956
Essential Albums
- 2012
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
Music Videos
- 2023
Artist Playlists
- The classically inspired bebopper also wrote hit tunes.
- 2024
Live Albums
Appears On
- Joe Williams
About George Shearing
London-born George Shearing was a classically trained pianist when he began to absorb the work of the great jazz pianists from records, and brought his training and natural improvisational gifts with him to New York in the late '40s. The historic quintet (piano, vibes, guitar, bass, drums) he led at that time was among the first small jazz groups to achieve widespread popularity. In the late '50s, while performing classical work with symphony orchestras, he would sometimes include arrangements that featured his quintet.
- HOMETOWN
- London, England
- BORN
- August 13, 1919
- GENRE
- Jazz