BillF Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) The BBC has just announced the death of George Shearing. Edited February 14, 2011 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Sad news, but a great career. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 RIP, sad news indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmilovan Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 RIP Sir George. One of the most delicate piano touches, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Very sorry to hear this. He was the first jazz musician I was aware of when I was a little boy. I remember that he suffered a fall a few years ago, and I never heard about him since. Just yesterday I heard a duet of him with Mel Torme on Sirius. I'll play something of his tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 After that fall and broken hip he retired from international touring. I thought maybe Alyn Shipton mentioned Sir George would sometimes play around London for fun, but was pretty much retired. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 NY Times obit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 .........a part of myself has died. thank you, sir george. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) Sad news. And when you hear news like this it does feel like the end of an era. I'll try to spin an LP or two from his Mosaic box tonight. They never dish out 'Sirs' to jazz-men lightly over here (rare as hens teeth) but Sir George Shearing's was totally merited. Edited February 14, 2011 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 RIP I need to pull out the Mosaic box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) i'm digging into my dozens of old caps, grand piano, the torme stuff, the farnon stuff. my favorite might be his sheerest old cap 'blue chiffon' or the absolutely gorgeous 'concerto for my love' with full orchestra and chorus, or the dakota, or the nancy, or, or,........................ Edited February 14, 2011 by alocispepraluger102 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Whoa. I didn't really follow his career, but still this is a serious loss. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 It is sad news that George Shearing has passed away. I feel fortunate that I got the opportunity to hear him in person, both in a duo with Neil Swainson and with his quintet a few years later. He was a delightful interview subject, always ready with a quip, with a gift for impromptu puns. He will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill Barton Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 R.I.P. to a truly iconic figure in so many ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Very sad news - R.I.P. I will take some of his records with on the long drive tomorrow - I was just thinking about what to take. p.s. Just spinned his MGM sessions with cal Tjader, Toots Thielemans, Al McKibbon and Bill Clark, plus several guest percussionists: Armando Peraza, Cándido Camero, Catalino Rolón (well Peraza was a regular). Great, diversified stuff - Shearing's MGM sides would deserve the Mosaic treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 The video has an earlier quintet with Don Elliott, Chuck Wayne, John Levy, and Denzil Best - there's more on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 When I was a kid, the Shearing vibes-piano-guitar block chord sound represented an idealized vision of suave, post-war adulthood. I thought the vibes were ice cubes being dropped into a glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 The Shearing Quintet was the first "name" group I experienced "in person" back in the '50s. G'bye George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 I feel fortunate that I got the opportunity to hear him in person I feel the same way, even though I only saw him once (quintet with Stewart, Nelson, Swainson and Clarke- SF, '95). Very memorable. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Goren. Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 RIP Mr. Shearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 His music was always playing on the radio when I started getting interested in jazz in the early '50s. Been a fan ever since. Thanks for all the good music and the high spirit, Sir George! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Weiss Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Had the pleasure of sharing the stage (a great one - Volkstheater in Vienna) in 1995 (with the Jazztet) on a double-bill with Shearing's trio. A totally beautiful guy. Gonna play Conception today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 First heard of Shearing's music when a friend loaned me a copy of "Midnight on Cloud 69" about 20 years ago. I've never forgotten what an impact that had on me. RIP Sir George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 I like the comment in The Times today where he said that his dad was a real 'coal porter' and not 'the' Cole Porter. Great achievements from such a humble starting point - and having to deal with blindness too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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