Urbane and Gentlemanly Guitar and Piano... Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue... It is this romance that populates the Telarc Jazz collaboration between master of the ...

Shearing's quintet featured his piano accompanied by guitar, bass, drums and vibes. The true significance of this was the technique that Shearing himself developed where the vibes player doubles the ...

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. Shearing, blind since birth, ...

“A Tribute to the George Shearing Quintet” on Sunday, followed a week later by a dinner/concert event, “Big Band Extravaganza featuring Pete Christlieb and John Allred,” will fill the Westin La Paloma ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jazz pianist Sir George Shearing, who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and headed a famed quintet bearing his name, died Monday. He was 91. Dale Sheets, Shearing's longtime ...

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. Shearing, blind since birth, ...

NEW YORK — Jazz pianist Sir George Shearing, who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and headed a famed quintet bearing his name, died Monday. He was 91. Dale Sheets, Shearing’s longtime manager, ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jazz pianist Sir George Shearing, who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and headed a famed quintet bearing his name, died Monday. He was 91. Dale Sheets, Shearing's longtime ...

The "Lullaby of Birdland" writer suffered from congestive heart failure Monday in New York City. By The Associated Press NEW YORK – Sir George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the ...