Shearling
Jazzsmooth jazz pioneercocktail jazzblock chord innovatorpost-swing mainstream jazz
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
Influenced by: Art Tatum, Duke Ellington, Count Basie
- Active:
- 1939-2011
- Scene:
- London / NYC
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