George Shearing
UK
Born: 13 August 1919
Died: 14 February 2011
Years Active: 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz, International
Styles: World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Latin Jazz/World Fusion, Bop, Cool, Swing, Big Band/Swing, Latin Jazz, Latin America, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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For a long stretch of time in the 1950s and early '60s, George Shearing had one of the most popular jazz combos on the planet -- so much so that, in the usual jazz tradition of distrusting popular success, he tended to be underappreciated. Shearing's main claim to fame was the invention of a unique quintet sound, derived from a combination of piano, vibraphone, electric guitar, bass, and drums. Within this context, Shearing would play in a style he called "locked hands," which he picked up and refined from Milt Buckner's early-'40s work with th...
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