[ATTACH=CONFIG]194308.vB5-legacyid=656[/ATTACH]Jazz pianist and composer George Shearing has passed away at age 91.
RIP, George. I’m listening right now… Thanks.
[URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/arts/music/15shearing.html[/URL]
From the NYT Article: “[I]George Shearing, the British piano virtuoso who overcame blindness to become a worldwide jazz star, and whose composition “Lullaby of Birdland” became an enduring jazz standard, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 91.
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The cause was congestive heart failure, said his manager, Dale Sheets. Mr. Shearing had homes in Manhattan and Lee, Mass.[/I] “
