LOS ANGELES — George Shearing, the elegant pianist who expanded the boundaries of jazz by adding an orchestral sensibility and a mellow aesthetic to the music, has died. He was 91. Shearing died ...

Pioneering jazz pianist George Shearing was admitted to a New York City hospital late Monday night after falling in his Manhattan home, a spokeswoman for his label, Concord Records, said Tuesday. The ...

British jazz pianist George Shearing was a friend and frequent guest on Piano Jazz. On this special edition of the program from 2001, Shearing joins host Marian McPartland to celebrate the holidays in ...

The great pianist George Shearing died earlier today in Manhattan of congestive heart failure. The British born pianist turned 91 on August 13 and had been retired from music for several years, his ...

The celebration of 1969 continued in this broadcast, which included new releases from vocalists Nicholas Bearde, The New York Voices and Quiana Lynell, pianist Alberto Pibiri & the Al Peppers, plus a ...

Shearing was born in 1919 in the Battersea area of London. Congenitally blind, he was the youngest of nine children. His father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains at night after caring for ...

LONDON — Pianist George Shearing, who composed the iconic jazz standard "Lullaby of Birdland," and writer Michael Holroyd received knighthoods in the New Year's Honors List published today, while a ...

When pianist Benny Green agreed to come to KPLU's Seattle studios for a solo piano performance, he was on tour with his band paying tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk. So it seemed logical to ...

Charlie Haden has travelled millions of miles around the world on airplanes going back to the late 1950s, when he was bassist in Ornette Coleman’s group. He’s told me some funny and ribald stories ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind jazz piano legend Sir George Shearing, best known for his inventive jazz and the classic, "Lullaby of Birdland," died on Monday of congestive heart failure at age 91, his ...

Sir George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has died. He was 91. If you purchase a product ...