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Monday, February 14, 2011

George Shearing RIP

From AP:


NEW YORK – Sir George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has died. He was 91.
Shearing, blind since birth, died early Monday morning in Manhattan of congestive heart failure, his longtime manager Dale Sheets said.

 Read the full notice here.

Here he is playing his greatest hit, Lullaby of Birdland



Aaaaaaaahhhh, thats nice!

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