Erroll Garner

Erroll Louis Garner (June 5th, 1921 - January 2nd, 1977) was a Pianiste of Jazz whose typical melody style was worth a great popularity to him, as well as the admiration of its Masters.

Biography

Born with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the United States on June 15th, 1921, Erroll started to play of the piano at the three years age. Autodidact, it played first of all in the shade of his brother him also pianist (Linton Garner) then it unloaded with New York in 1944. He worked a time with the Bassiste Slam Stewart (he made use of the piece Play Fiddle Play to compose its famous Play Piano Play ), like his usual trio (Eddie Calhoun, his/her friend of childhood double bass player, and the beater Fats Heard).

Its impressive ear and its technique are due to an enormous work, and certainly also with a strong natural predisposition. Its style was famous for its incredible swing, even if some of its best recordings remain Ballade S, such as Misty , most known of them. Its most famous disc is Concert By The Sea . Errol Garner played with the shifted hands, so that its style is extrèmement difficult to imitate. Moreover, 2 or 3 notes are enough to recognize its play.

Works

The recording Concert by the Sea of 1955, with Eddie Calhoun with the low and Denzil Best with the battery account among its best albums. Others are very brilliant such as Long Ago and Far Away (1951) and Magician (1974), in which he interprets with his legendary style a great standard number of .

Discography

First recording 1944
1953 classics
In the mood for coils
Contrasts
Easy To Love
Erroll Garner Trio
Penthouse serenade
Serenade to Laura
Concert By the Sea
One Worl Concert Seattle 1963
Paris Impessions 1958
The One and Only 1953-1956
In Europe Cheek to Cheek 1964
DVD - In Performance (US zone 1)

External bonds

Fan Site
perso Page on Erroll Garner

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