Posts tagged George Shearing

IN THE GROOVE Is On The Move


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Denzil Best”s “Move” played by the George Shearing Quintet in 1950 -

George Shearing (p)
Joe Roland (vib)
Chuck Wayne (g)
John Levy (b)
Denzil Best (ds)

George Shearing (1919-2011)


Here are some tributes to the pianist from Doug Ramsey/Rifftides, Fresh Air/NPR, Howard Mandel/A Blog Supreme, Morning Edition/NPR, and a link to a 1987 Marian McPartland Piano Jazz session. We will listen to some George Shearing selections on this week’s show.


A video clip of George Shearing answering fellow pianist Billy Taylor’s questions about how he developed the Shearing style (H/T Rifftides):