George Shearing was born blind, August 13, 1919, but his life was fast and full of achievements. Born in London, the shear is the youngest of nine children even if born blind, then to create one of the most recognized sounds in jazz.
At the age of three, Shearing learned to play the piano. Then, Linden Lodge School for the Blind was his home away from home for four years. While in school, Shearing also learned to play the accordion. He even played in a local pub for the equivalent of nearly $ 5 a week.
Shortly after, Shearing joined a group of blind musicians. In 1937, at age 18, George Shearing began recording music with Leonard Feather. After three years of records with feathers, Harry Parry group made shear. Meanwhile, the shear has also been honored as the winner of seven polls Melody Maker.
Although he moved to the United States in 1947, he became a U.S. citizen in 1956. During those nine years, George Shearing began playing a new style of music that incorporated swing, bop, modern and classical.
1949 marks the year that Shearing founded the first George Shearing Quintet. The quintet included Marjorie Hyams, Chuck Wayne, John Levy, and Denzil Best. The first single from the quintet was September in the rain, and it sold over 900,000 copies. In 1969, the quintet stopped recording with Capitol, but Sheaving solved the problem by starting Sheba his own record label.
From 1970 to 1978, the quintet disassembled. During these eight years, and the meeting with George Shearing were released. Shearing recorded and released the album in collaboration with renowned bassist Andy Simpkins, Rusty Jones, drummer and musician Stéphane Grappelli. Over the years, including the music of other collaborations with the Montgomery Brothers, Marian McPartland, Brian Q. Torff, Jim Hall, Hank Jones, Kenny Davern, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, Ernestine Anderson, Dakota Staton, Carmen McRae and Nancy Wilson. Concord Records signed George Shearing in 1979. Under Concord Records, he won a Grammy Award in 1982 and 1983.
From the 1980s through the 1990s, George Shearing in many festivals, was on many radio and made numerous recordings. Collaboration with Neil Swainson occurred in the 1990s through the early 21st century. The Rare Delight of You, an album with Shearing and the John Pizzarelli Trio, was released in 2002. It has received good reviews.
Along the way, now a popular piano technique was named after mowing. It is called Shearing Voicing. This technique uses a block chord with the melody on top of the right hand while the hand left repeats the melody in a lower octave and makes him stand out on the right hand. It is a difficult style to master, especially when you playing solo. In his quintet Shearing has the vibes player playing the melody also, creating what some have described as a harmonic "shimmering" effect.
Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road describes a lovely performance shearing. In all his years of service music, Shearing recorded and released nearly 100 albums and has received many notable awards. Westminster College in Utah gave him an honorary doctorate in music in 1975. Shear also received the Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans in 1978. In 1993, the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement was given to him. Shear has received an honorary degree from Hamilton College in New York. It was also a Doctor of Music honoris causa doctorate. He received the first American Music Award of the National Arts Club of New York in 1998. Recently, the BBC Jazz Awards Lifetime 'Achievement was awarded to Shearing in 2003. George Shearing becomes Sir George Shearing in 2007 when he was knighted for his services to music.
Now, Sir George and his wife travel from their apartment in New York Berkshires frequently. Shearing is semi-retired.
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