A few years ago i mentioned to this old jazzbo dude at a flea market I was studying piano and he said above all else I should listen to George Shearing and try to imitate him. I have not done either until today (listening to September in the Rain as I write, v. good, search). He was born blind and he was knighted last year but has not rated an ILM thread thus far. ???
― tremendoid, Sunday, 30 December 2007 00:50 (seventeen years ago)
I was at a holiday party and heard a great track which turned out to be his "Snowfall Cha-Cha" on one of those lounge comps (this one christmas themed).
― Spencer Chow, Sunday, 30 December 2007 00:56 (seventeen years ago)
I fucking love his records. Search the one called GAS for starters. Dude's chops are awesome.
― J0hn D., Sunday, 30 December 2007 01:50 (seventeen years ago)
good pick, GAS is outta sight.
― tremendoid, Sunday, 30 December 2007 03:17 (seventeen years ago)
I'm psyched that there's some George Shearing love here. I wouldn't have even bothered to start a thread because I'd assume it would just drop off new answers without much activity.
There's a really awesome but sadly short clip of him in Jazz on a Summer's Day. I also remember hearing a story about how he used to throw glass bottles out his apartment window as a child just to hear the sound of them breaking in the alley.
― Hurting 2, Sunday, 30 December 2007 05:12 (seventeen years ago)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51V0Lqf2AlL._SS500_.jpg
someone here recommended this to me elsewhere, so so special. listen to "nobody's heart", torch song as classic as it gets
― get it right in utah (tremendoid), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 07:48 (seventeen years ago)
we need a joe williams thread
― get it right in utah (tremendoid), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 07:49 (seventeen years ago)
I had no idea he was blind!
― narlus spectre (gnarly sceptre), Tuesday, 7 October 2008 09:31 (seventeen years ago)
r.i.p.http://i561.photobucket.com/albums/ss51/tr_fudge/amd_george_shearing.jpghttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/arts/music/15shearing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
― tremendoid, Tuesday, 15 February 2011 20:51 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnIcYYW2A4w
― It's obvious Weezy is feeling Wang on this, (lpz), Tuesday, 15 February 2011 23:45 (fourteen years ago)
Just stunning, and from 1949!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9aW75Nu3fA
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 21 August 2024 23:36 (one year ago)
yes that is a stone cold classic interpretation. The whole “You’re hearing George Shearing” album on MGM that contains that is fabulous
― brimstead, Wednesday, 21 August 2024 23:47 (one year ago)