Big Band Serenade 235 George Shearing - September, 1971

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DATE : Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:00:00 +0000
Entered in Database : 2009-12-16 07:00:00
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This brilliant pianist speaks candidly and openly about the prejudice he experienced toward his blindness as a young musician.  He recalls joining Claude Bampton and his all blind orchestra in the late 1930s, and arriving in the U.S. in 1946 with $2,000 in his pocket and no prospects for a job.  He credits Lionel Hampton pianist Milt Buckner with inventing the locked hand style that would become George’s trademark.  Finally, he discusses his new record label, Sheba, and his plans for it.

The actual air show has been lost but we are fortunate to have the original, unedited interview which captures George Shearing’s personality so well.

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