[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.
The cause was congestive heart failure, said his manager, Dale Sheets. Mr. Shearing had homes in Manhattan and Lee, Mass.[/I] “
