George Shearing
Sir George Shearing Shearing in 1959 Background information Born (1919-08-13)13 August 1919 Battersea, London, England Died 14 February 2011(2011-02-14) (aged 91) New York City, United States Genres Jazz, bebop, swing, cool jazz Occupation(s) Musician Instruments Piano Years active 1937–2011 Labels MGM Capitol Concord Savoy Website www.georgeshearing.net/ Sir George Shearing, OBE (13 August 1919 – 14 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, including the jazz standard "Lullaby of Birdland", he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s. He died of heart failure in New York City, at the age of 91.