Herbie Brock

Herbie Brock: 'Brock's Tops'

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 21, 2014

Jazz has had its share of brilliant blind pianists. The list includes Art Tatum, Lennie Tristano, George Shearing, Joe Mooney, Ray Charles and Marcus Roberts. Here's another you probably don't know—Herbie Brock. He only recorded six known albums between 1955 and 1965, including Brock's Tops for Savoy in February 1956. Brock attended the State School for the Blind in Batavia, N.Y., where he heard Art Tatum on the radio int he 1930s and majored in piano and organ while also ...
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