Shearing's quintet featured his piano accompanied by guitar, bass, drums and vibes. The true significance of this was the technique that Shearing himself developed where the vibes player doubles the ...

George Shearing is widely known for his jazzy compositions as leader of the quintet that bore his name, and later as a solo artist. These days, though, the spry, 73-year-old pianist performs with a ...

Surprisingly, this is all about time. Granted, that’s not the first thing we think about when someone drops the name of George Shearing. As John Pizzarelli points out during his show at the Carlyle, ...

When pianist Billy Taylor asked fellow keyboard legend George Shearing in 1984 how he developed the “Shearing Sound," Shearing said he sandwiched the styles of two different musicians. Recalled ...

Charlie Haden has travelled millions of miles around the world on airplanes going back to the late 1950s, when he was bassist in Ornette Coleman’s group. He’s told me some funny and ribald stories ...