1919
George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader (died 2011)
George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader (died 2011)
George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader (died 2011)
George Shearing
British jazz pianist (1919–2011)
- Born
- 1919
Sir George Albert Shearing was a British jazz pianist and composer who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. Shearing was the composer of over 300 songs, including the jazz standards "Lullaby of Birdland" and "Conception", and had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s.