Erroll Garner

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composer human jazz pianist recording artist

Erroll Garner was an influential American jazz pianist and composer, best known for his distinctive, swinging style and his widely recorded standard "Misty."

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Erroll Louis Garner 1

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instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Hall of Fame induction for Concert by the Sea ⓘ
burialPlace Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
composed Misty ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-06-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-01-02 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Garner ⓘ
fullName Erroll Garner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Erroll Louis Garner
genre jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
givenName Errol ⓘ
surface form: Erroll
honouredIn Erroll Garner Jazz Project ⓘ
influenced Ahmad Jamal ⓘ
Art Tatum ⓘ
Bill Evans ⓘ
Chick Corea ⓘ
George Shearing ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Joe Pass ⓘ
Keith Jarrett ⓘ
McCoy Tyner ⓘ
Oscar Peterson ⓘ
influencedBy Art Tatum ⓘ
Earl Hines ⓘ
Fats Waller ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
isKnownFor Misty ⓘ
label Columbia Records ⓘ
EmArcy Records ⓘ
Mercury Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Pittsburgh jazz scene ⓘ
notableAlbum Concert by the Sea ⓘ
notableFeature did not read music ⓘ
self-taught musician ⓘ
notableWork Afternoon of an Elf ⓘ
Campus Concert ⓘ
Closeup in Swing ⓘ
Contrasts ⓘ
Dreamstreet ⓘ
Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern ⓘ
Erroll Garner Plays Misty ⓘ
Erroll Garner: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings ⓘ
Erroll Garner: The Complete Savoy Master Takes ⓘ
Feeling Is Believing ⓘ
Gemini ⓘ
Long Ago and Far Away ⓘ
Magician ⓘ
Mambo Moves Garner ⓘ
Misty ⓘ
No One Can Hear You Read ⓘ
Now Playing: A Night at the Movies ⓘ
One World Concert ⓘ
Other Voices ⓘ
Paris Impressions ⓘ
Soliloquy ⓘ
Solitaire ⓘ
That’s My Kick ⓘ
That’s My Kick / Up in Erroll’s Room ⓘ
Concert by the Sea ⓘ
surface form: The Complete Concert by the Sea

The Erroll Garner Collection ⓘ
The Erroll Garner Story ⓘ
The Erroll Garner Trio ⓘ
The Most Happy Piano ⓘ
The Original Misty ⓘ
The Provocative Erroll Garner ⓘ
Up in Erroll’s Room ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
performedAt Carmel-by-the-Sea, California ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded Concert by the Sea ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sibling Linton Garner ⓘ
style block chord style ⓘ
heavy use of left-hand rhythm ⓘ
swinging piano style ⓘ
vocalCharacteristic grunting while playing ⓘ

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