Don Shirley
Pianist, composer, and arranger Don Shirley was born in Pensacola, Florida, on January 29, 1927. He began playing piano at age two, and seven years later had developed his skills so rapidly, he was studying theory at the prestigious Leningrad Conservatory of Music. Shirley made his concert debut with the Boston Pops in 1945, while the following year, the London Philharmonic Orchestra performed one of his first major compositions. In the ensuing years between 1954 and 1968, Shirley performed as a soloist and as a member of several symphonies, including the Boston Pops, Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, and the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington. Shirley also composed several organ symphonies, a piano concerto, two string quartets, and numerous pieces for piano. His musical language also encompassed tastefully mastered combinations of standards, show tunes, ballads, spirituals, and jazz performed with his own trio. Incredibly, Shirley also found time between performing and recording to obtain a PhD of Music, Psychology, and Liturgical Arts. Throughout the '50s and '60s, he released numerous albums on the Cadence label. In 1999, Collectables began reissuing several of those albums as two-for-one sets. Shirley died of heart disease on April 6, 2013.
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Don Shirley's Best (Remastered Version) (Doxy Collection)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Doxy Records am 07.06.2019
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Don Shirley's Best
Pop - Erschienen bei Cadence Records am 07.06.2019
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Don Shirley Trio
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Cadence Records am 03.01.1961
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Piano Perspectives
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Cadence Records am 10.01.2022
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Piano Perspectives (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Vintage Recordings am 10.01.2022
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Tonal Expressions
Pop - Erschienen bei Bridge Pa Digital am 10.01.2021
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Tonal Expressions (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Vintage Recordings am 10.01.2021
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Tonal Expressions
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Cadence Records am 10.01.2021
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Tonal Expressions
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei Vinyle Numérique am 10.01.2021
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The Don Shirley Point Of View
Jazz - Erschienen bei Rhino Atlantic am 26.07.2005
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Gospel According to Don Shirley
Pop - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 16.12.1968
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The Music of Don Shirley as featured in "Green Book"
Pop - Erschienen bei Bridge Pa Digital am 11.05.1962
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Orpheus in the Underworld (Album of 1956)
Pop - Erschienen bei Jazz Classics am 30.04.2019
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The Ultimate Piano Jazz Collection
Jazz - Erschienen bei Classic Music International am 19.04.2011
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Solos
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Cadence Records am 07.01.1958
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Pianist Extraordinary (Album of 1962)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Classics am 30.04.2019
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Piano Arrangements of Famous Spirituals (Album of 1962)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Jazz Classics am 30.04.2019
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Pianist Extraordinary (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Vintage Recordings am 10.10.2022
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Pianist Extraordinary
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Cadence Records am 10.10.2022
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