Erroll Garner
Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first recorded in 1956 with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, and played a prominent part in the 1971 motion picture Play Misty for Me. Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso". Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Boulevard. His live album Concert by the Sea first released in 1955, sold more than 1 million copies by 1958, and Yanow's opinion on the album is that it "made such a strong impression that Garner was considered immortal from then on." |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 15, 1921 (Pittsburgh), Died January 2, 1977 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D7VB-0132 | 10-in. | 2/10/1947 | Gaslight | Leslie Scott | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-0514 | 10-in. | 4/22/1947 | Erroll's bounce | Erroll Garner | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
Atlantic | 244 | 10-in. | 7/20/1949 | Flamingo | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Atlantic | 248 | 10-in. | 7/20/1949 | Twilight | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, piano, composer | ||
Atlantic | 826 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | Everything happens to me | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Atlantic | 830 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | Perdido | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Signature | SRC 114 | 10-in. | 3/9/1945 | Sweet Lorraine | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Signature | SRC 115 | 10-in. | 3/9/1945 | Yesterdays | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Signature | SRC 116 | 10-in. | 3/9/1945 | Loot to boot | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Signature | SRC 117 | 10-in. | 3/9/1945 | Gaslight | Erroll Garner | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Garner, Erroll," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103205.
Garner, Erroll. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103205.
"Garner, Erroll." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Garner, Erroll - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81072984
Wikidata: Erroll Garner - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q433912
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/34643172
MusicBrainz: Erroll Garner - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/75bd5186-9d89-4da9-95de-fce055c28895
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