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Lullabies of Birdland - A Musical Autobiography

By George Shearing

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: Disc One 1. September in the Rain 2. Lullaby of Birdland 3. Mambo Inn 4. Darn That Dream 5. Heart and Soul 6. For Every Man There's a Woman 7. Too Late Now 8. Love For Sale 9. Alone Together 10. Emily 11. It Might As Well Be Spring 12. I Cover the Waterfront Disc Two 1. Easy to Love 2. I've Got You Under My Skin 3. Lullaby of Birdland 4. My Silent Love 5. There Is No Greater Love 6. New York, New York Medley 7. Lullaby of Birdland 8. Lonely Moments 9. Body and Soul 10. Blue Monk 11. You're My Everything 12. How Beautiful Is Night 13. Fly Me to the Moon

George Shearing: Like Fine Wine

by Ken Hohman
August 3, 2004

George Shearing has never been one to be accused of playing too loud. His urbane sound of piano, vibraphone and guitar playing in unison made his records some of the most popular jazz albums of the '50s and '60s. But for those who acquired a taste for his brand of jazz, there was much beauty to ...

George Shearing: Like Fine Wine

by Franz A. Matzner
July 10, 2004

George Shearing's latest release, Like Fine Wine, presents the renowned pianist/composer in a trio setting performing a series of-sadly-quite tired standards. Certainly, Shearing's abilities are in evidence, shinning through at odd moments throughout the course of the album, but the pieces are taken at such a meandering pace, and have been aged to ...

George Shearing: Lullabies of Birdland - A Musical Autobiography

by Russell Moon
April 23, 2004

George Shearing has written an autobiography entitled Lullaby of Birdland. To coincide with its release, Concord has issued a 2-CD set of the pianist's recordings, entitled Lullabies of Birdland. Most of the selections are from Shearing's 1980s Concord canon, but works from other labels are also here, including three early recordings from MGM and two 1990s ...

At Newport

By George Shearing

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2003
Track listing: [Cannonball Adderley Quintet] Wee Dot; A Foggy Day; Sermonette; Sam

Verve Jazz Masters 57

By George Shearing

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2003

Lullaby Of Birdland

By George Shearing

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2003

George Shearing/Cannonball Adderley Quintets: At Newport

by C. Michael Bailey
April 17, 2003

The Newport Jazz Festival, July 5, 1957. At Newport is a potent study in contrasts. Presented here are back-to-back sets, all previously unreleased, by the respective quintets at the 1957 event. Adderley’s band emits the Southern funk of the Delta, the church, and the roadhouse, testifying the cleansing fire of the blues. Shearing, on ...

Back To Birdland

By George Shearing

Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Fly Me To The Moon, Drop Me Off In Harlem, Sunday Monday Or Always, Speak Low, Joy Spring, That Sunday That Summer, Donna Lee, Just Imagine, High On A Windy Hill, Subconscious Lee, Lullaby Of Birdland, Loot To Boot

Lullaby Of Birdland

By George Shearing

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Disk 1: One For The Woofer, Autumn In New York, The Masquerade Is Over, That's What She Say, Son It's Gonna Rain, High And Inside, For Every Man There's A Woman, This Couldn't Be The Real Thing, Up A Lazy River

Disk 2: Love For Sale, On A Clear Day, Brasil '79, Don't Explain, Happy Days Are Here Again, Have You Mete Miss Jones, Blue Island Blues, Blue Island Blues