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George Shearing

George Shearing has been played on NTS shows including Loose Bones, with Pick Yourself Up first played on 14 October 2013.

George Shearing (13 August 1919 – February 14, 2011) was a well-known jazz pianist and inventor of the famous "Shearing Sound": a form of smooth cocktail jazz characterised by block chords played on the piano along with similar chords played on the vibraphone.

Shearing was born in the Battersea area of London, United Kingdom. Congenitally blind, he was the youngest of nine children. He started to learn piano at the age of three. After limited training and extensive listening to recorded jazz, he began…

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Pick Yourself Up
Nat King Cole, George Shearing
Capitol Records1962
Pick Yourself Up
Nat King Cole, George ShearingCapitol Records1962
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Mambo In Chimes
George Shearing, The Montgomery Brothers
Jazzland1961
Mambo In Chimes
George Shearing, The Montgomery BrothersJazzland1961
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Don't Explain
George Shearing, Brian Torff
Concord Jazz1980
Don't Explain
George Shearing, Brian TorffConcord Jazz1980
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Canadian Sunset
George Shearing
Capitol Records1960
Canadian Sunset
George ShearingCapitol Records1960
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Mambo No. 2
George Shearing
EMI1998
Mambo No. 2
George ShearingEMI1998
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Mambo Caribe
George Shearing
EMI1998
Mambo Caribe
George ShearingEMI1998
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Mambo Diablo
Tito Puente And His Latin Ensemble, George Shearing
Concord Jazz Picante1985
Mambo Diablo
Tito Puente And His Latin Ensemble, George ShearingConcord Jazz Picante1985
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Aquarius
George Shearing
MPS Records, BASF1975
Aquarius
George ShearingMPS Records, BASF1975
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