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Hristo Vitchev Quintet: The Perperikon Suite
by C. Michael Bailey
The San Francisco Bay Area is harboring a musical danger in Bulgarian guitarist Hristo Vitchev. The danger is production of germane, even compelling modern jazz that engages and warrants attention. As styles and genres become less relevant, the direction Vitchev initiated with his quartet recording, Songs of Messambria (First Orbit Sounds, 2009), and duet release, Secrets ...
The George Shearing Quintet: All About Jazz Playlist
All About Jazz's My iTunes Playlists are designed to help music lovers compile their own “best of" iPod playlists or CDR compilations. Here is the playlist I constructed to help introduce new listeners to what I consider to be the best of the classic George Shearing Quintet's best available recordings. The great pianist George Shearing (1919-2011) ...
George Shearing Quintet
by Douglas Payne
The great pianist George Shearing (1919-2011) helmed a classic jazz quintet from 1949 through 1978. The best of these recordings were made while Shearing was contracted with Capitol between 1955 and 1969. Here is a sample of the finest of the George Shearing Quintet's recordings. TrackNameTimeArtistAlbum1 Strange2:53George ShearingThe Shearing Spell-Velvet Carpet2 Yesterdays3:14George ShearingThe ...
George Shearing: Both Good and Popular
George Shearing, who died on Monday, was a great jazz pianist. For much of his long lifetime, he was also one of the 20th century's most successful entertainers, a purveyor of supersmooth easy-listening music that was distinguishable from Muzak only because he played it with perfect taste. That was part of what made him so admirable ...
George Shearing and Latin Jazz: More Than a Footnote
Pianist George Shearing died this past Monday February 14, 2011 due to heart failure, invoking an honest outpouring of love for his work and a resurgence of attention upon his impressive career. Shearing enjoyed immense popularity throughout his career, finding a balance between artistry and public appeal. His quintet that fueled his work throughout the fifties ...
George Shearing: 1919-2011
George Shearing, a British-born pianist whose blindness at birth gave him a heightened sense of time and harmony, and whose fondness for elegant swing and bebop led to the development of an enormously successful quintet sound in 1949, died of heart failure yesterday, February 14, in Manhattan. He was 91. A professional musician since the late ...
George Shearing Quintet with Nancy Wilson - The Swingin's Mutual (1961)
By Nick DeRiso One of the smartest things Nancy Wilson ever did was start singing at the Blue Morocco in New York City, just after she blew in from Columbus, Ohio. In was there, while Wilson still had her day job, that John Levy caught this smoking-hot 20-something's act. Levy, once a bassist with George Shearing, ...
George Shearing, 1919-2011
George Shearing died early today at the age of 91. With his quintet, Shearing used a locked-hands technique at the piano, blending with vibes and piano to develop a style that resonated with listeners and became one of the most recognizable sounds in an era when jazz was still at the core of popular music. He ...
George Shearing - R.I.P.
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 last album being the lovely trio outing Like Fine Wine (Mack Avenue, 2005). Shearing made his name with a quintet that became one ...
George Shearing dies at 91
NEW YORK—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. Shearing, blind since birth, died early Monday morning in Manhattan of congestive heart failure, his longtime manager Dale Sheets said. “He was a totally ...
