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Piano (George Shearing album)

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Released
  
May 1989

Length
  
53:26

Release date
  
May 1989

Label
  
Concord Records

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Recorded
  
1989

Artist
  
George Shearing

Producer
  
Carl Jefferson

Genre
  
Jazz

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Piano is a 1989 solo album by jazz pianist George Shearing.

Contents

Reception

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that "The emphasis is on slower tempos and relaxed improvising but Shearing's distinctive solos and subtle creativity hold on to one's interest throughout. A tasteful set".

Track listing

  1. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 4:30
  2. "Daisy" – 5:15
  3. "Thinking of You" – 2:47
  4. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, Harry Tobias) – 3:43
  5. "It's You or No One" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 2:23
  6. "Wendy" (Milt Raskin, George Shearing) – 3:55
  7. "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 3:30
  8. "Miss Invisible" – 5:11
  9. "You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon, Harry Warren, Joe Young) – 4:22
  10. "John O'Groats" – 3:04
  11. "Waltz for Claudia" (Kevin Gibbs) – 3:14
  12. "For You" (Joe Burke, Al Dubin) – 4:12
  13. "Children's Waltz" – 4:06
  14. "Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 4:13

Personnel

  • George Shearing – piano
    • Production
  • Phil Edwards – engineer
  • Willis Conover – liner notes
  • George Horn – mastering
  • Carl Jefferson – producer
  • Richard Avedon – photography
  • Jim Hilson – assistant engineer
  • Michael McDonald – engineer, remixing

    • References

    Piano (George Shearing album) Wikipedia
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