[78-L] George Shearing

[David Lennick]

Hmm, I wonder who produced this nice overview of early Shearing?
http://www.musicweb-international.com/jazz/2006/shearing_8120823.htm

Hint..here's where to buy Naxos stuff cheap:
  http://tinyurl.com/4psl8fj (Grooves-Inc in Switzerland)

dl

On 2/14/2011 10:59 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> Isn't that compiled on Discovery DL 3002?
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:28 AM, JD<jackson1932 at cfl.rr.com>  wrote:
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>>> Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:10:18 +0000
>>> From: Royal Pemberton<ampex354 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] George Shearing
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>>> One of the first 78s I heard or had as a kid was MGM 11354, 'Lullaby of
>>> Birdland'/'When lights are low'....played it beyond to death.
>>
>> To hear what Shearing was really capable of one must hear the London and
>> Discovery solo&  tro 78s
>> of circa 1947-48 which predate the more commercial but still great quintet.
>> Along with Bill Evans and Teddy Wilson he was one of the most innovative
>> jazz pianists of all time, invented a new piano style and was a colossal
>> musician. On some of those 78s on up-tempo jazz choruses he does what seems
>> almost impossible, phrasing like a jazz trumpet or saxophone player, ie: a
>> wind instrument. A true original and a great loss to the music arts.
>> Jack Daney
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