George shearing biography
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George Shearing
British jazz pianist (1919–2011)
Musical artist
Sir George Albert Shearing[1]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.
Shearing was the composer of over 300 songs, including the jazz standards "Lullaby of Birdland" and "Conception", and had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s.[2]
Early life
Born in Battersea, London, Shearing was the youngest of nine children.
He was born blind to working-class parents: his father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains in the evening. He started to learn piano at the age of three and began formal training at Linden Lodge School for the Blind, where he spent four years.[3]
Though he was offered several scholarships, Shearing opted to perform at a local pub, the Mason's Arms in Lambeth, for