The "Lullaby of Birdland" writer suffered from congestive heart failure Monday in New York City. By The Associated Press NEW YORK – Sir George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the ...

Koch Jazz's George Shearing Collector's Series. Hailing from London, George Shearing has been making music for the past six decades. He has been on hand for the development of Jazz since Be Bop. He ...

The great pianist George Shearing died earlier today in Manhattan of congestive heart failure. The British born pianist turned 91 on August 13 and had been retired from music for several years, his ...

GRAND RAPIDS – George Shearing, the world famous jazz pianist who penned "Lullaby of Birdland" among many other tunes, has died at age 91. Though blind from birth, Shearing was a major artist from the ...

Shearing was born in 1919 in the Battersea area of London. Congenitally blind, he was the youngest of nine children. His father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains at night after caring for ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Sir George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has died. He was 91. Shearing, ...

George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard “Lullaby of Birdland” and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has died. He was 91. Shearing, blind since birth, ...

George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has died. He was 91. Shearing, blind since birth, ...