The Best of George Shearing (1955-1960)

The Best of George Shearing (1955-1960) Artist: George Shearing
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724383357024
EAN: 0724383357024
ASIN: B000005H10


Release Date: 1995-10-31

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Tracks:

  1. Midnight In The Air
  2. Have You Met Miss Jones
  3. Dancing On The Ceiling
  4. Cuban Love Song
  5. The Folks Who Live On The Hill
  6. Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You
  7. Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
  8. Later
  9. Cheek To Cheek
  10. Sand In My Shoes
  11. Kinda Cute
  12. September In The Rain
  13. East Of The Sun
  14. Estampa Cubano
  15. A Ship Without A Sail
  16. Laura
  17. Bernie's Tune
  18. Canadian Sunset

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Best of George Shearing (1955-1960).......2007-01-09

It brought back plesant memories of my college and military years.

5 out of 5 stars Nice work from his early years..........2002-03-26

Blind British pianist Shearing got his start in recording way back in 1949, first on MGM, then settling in for a decades-long stay and mass popularity with Capitol records. He has played solo, and as a quartet, a quintet, with full orchestras, with great female jazz singers, and with Latin percussionists. He has made his mark with straight versions of the best standards as well as with pure jazz. He's good live (I saw him in 1965) and in the studio as well. This is a fine 18-song collection recorded as a quintet over six years and an amazing 15 separate LP's. Shearing is great as background sound for reading or a party, but he also rewards attentive listening via earphones. He had a zillion albums on vinyl and quite a few have made it to CD now. You really can't get cheated with any of them. What I like best on here are "Have You Met Miss Jones?" and "Dancing on the Ceiling" and "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" and "Cheek to Cheek". He also reprises his first record hit, "September in the Rain" and offers enjoyable versions of "East of the Sun" and "Canadian Sunset". While this kind of stuff is extremely pleasant listening, Shearing reached that goal by using a determined intelligence and great sidemen. If you like "piano jazz" as a category, you already own some George, don't you? If you lack Shearing, this is a worthy introduction.

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