Erroll Garner

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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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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
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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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Paris Impressions artist Erroll Garner
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