George Shearing
Cool jazz, Musical Artist
1919 – 2011
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Who was George Shearing?
Sir George Shearing, OBE was a British 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, including the jazz standard "Lullaby of Birdland", he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of heart failure in New York City, at the age of 91.
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- Born
- Aug 13, 1919
Battersea - Also known as
- Shearing, George
- George Albert Shearing
- Sir George Shearing, OBE
- The George Shearing Quintet
- Stephane Grapelly and his Quintet
- Sir George Albert Shearing
- Sir George Shearing
- The George Shearing Trio
- The Serene Poet of Jazz
- Spouses
- Beatrice Bayes
(1941/05 - 1973) - Ellie Geffert
(1975 - 2011/02/14)
- Beatrice Bayes
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Feb 14, 2011
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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