George Shearing

Quick Facts

Full Name	George Shearing
Occupation	Pianist
Date Of Birth	Aug 13, 1919(1919-08-13)
Age	105
Date Of Death	2011-02-14
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

George Shearing Biography

George Shearing is one of the most popular and richest Pianist who was born on August 13, 1919 in England, United Kingdom. Blind jazz musician who experimented with Latin and Swing. He wrote more than 300 tunes and was featured on chart positions from 1950 to the 1990s.

He was the performer during his three U.S. presidents: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and He performed for three U.S. presidents: Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan..

The couple was together for Trixie Bayes between 1941 and 1973. He was married in 1975. got married to Ellie Geffert. He had one daughter who was named Wendy.

George Shearing Net Worth

George Shearing is one of the richest Pianist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, George Shearing 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He performed on accordion and piano in a local bar The Mason’s Arms in Lambeth and, in lieu of accepting numerous awards to study music.

The record was released by Discovery Records, MGM Records as well as Capitol Records. He also worked together with Mel Torme at Concord Records and was the source of an award in 1983 and 1984. Grammy Award.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is George Shearing Dating?

According to our records, George Shearing married to Ellie Geffert , Beatrice Bayes. As of December 1, 2023, George Shearing’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

George Ranked on the list of most popular Pianist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. George Shearing celebrates birthday on August 13 of every year.

Top Facts about George Shearing

1. Sir George Albert Shearing was a British jazz pianist, born in London in

1919. 2. He was born blind to working-class parents.
      3. He was a member of Claude Bampton’s Blind Orchestra and George Evans’ Saxes ‘n’ Sevens band.
      4. He gained recognition with his harmonically complex style mixing swing, bop and classical elements.
      5. He formed the first George Shearing Quintet in 1949, which was immensely popular and has sold over 900,000 copies of the single ‘September in the Rain.’
      6. He became known for “The Shearing Sound,” a type of double melody block chord.
      7. He naturalized to the US in 1956 and created his own label, Sheba, which lasted a few years.
      8. Shearing released two Grammy-winning albums in collaboration with Mel Tormé in the 1980s.
      9. He wrote and composed 300 titles including jazz standards such as “Lullaby of Birdland” and “Conception”, which he released multiple albums of throughout the 1950s-90s.
      10. He appeared on the ABC show The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom and The Comeback Story to discuss living with blindness.
      11. He did a number of performances with concert orchestras in the 1950s and 1960s.
      12. He released his memoirs, Lullabies of Birdland, in 2004.
      13. He was married twice, and had one child with his first wife.
      14. He was appointed OBE in 1996 and knighted in 2007.
      15. He died of heart failure in 2011 at the age of 91.

Was George Shearing born blind?

George Shearing On Piano Jazz Pianist and composer Sir George Shearing has died, at age 91. Born blind , Shearing was a self-taught musician, the youngest of nine children of a London coal man.

Did George Shearing have any children?

While playing in an air-raid shelter, Shearing met his first wife, Beatrice Bayes, known to friends as Trixie. They married in 1941 and had one daughter, Wendy Ann , before divorcing in the early 1970s. He later married Eleanor Geffert, who survives him, as does his daughter.

Is George Shearing alive?

February 14, 2011

Who played with George Shearing?

The Shearing Sound Shearing made his first recording, aged 18, in 1937. In the war years, he played as a member of Harry Parry And The Radio Rhythm Club Sextet before joining forces with French violinist Stéphane Grappelli.

What instrument did George Shearing play?

The Shearing sound — which had the harmonic complexity of bebop but eschewed bebop’s ferocious energy — was built on the unusual instrumentation of vibraphone, guitar, piano, bass and drums. To get the “full block sound” he wanted, he had the vibraphone double what his right hand played and the guitar double the left.