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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Drown In My Own Tears
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by PnR on 1 jan. 2000
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Don Shirley Presents Martha Flowers (Hd Remastered)
Vocale jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 24 mei 2019
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Don Shirley Plays Standards (Hq remastered 2023)
Jazz - Released by Vintage Recordings on 26 apr. 2023
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The Lonesome Road
Pop - Released by JB Production on 23 mei 2022
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One More For The Road - Satin Doll - Somebody Loves Me - Nearness Of You - Easy Living - The Way You Look Tonight/Blues For Basses/Happy Talk/This Nearly Was Mine/Dites Moi/I Remember April/Black Is The Color
Pop - Released by JB Production on 20 mei 2022
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Orpheus in the Underworld - Band 1 - 1956
Pop - Released by JB Production on 23 mei 2022
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Don Shirley Plays Birdland Lullabies (Hd Remastered)
Vocale jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 21 nov. 2022
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Pianist Extraordinary (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Vintage Recordings on 10 jan. 2022
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Piano Perspectives (Hd Remastered)
Vocale jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 1 jun. 1955
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Tonal Expressions (Hd Remastered)
Vocale jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 3 jan. 1955
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Don Shirley Plays Birdland Lullabies (Hq remastered 2023)
Jazz - Released by Vintage Recordings on 26 apr. 2023
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Orpheus in the Underworld
Pop - Released by JB Production on 5 apr. 2022
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Solos (Hd Remastered)
Vocale jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 7 jan. 1958
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Don Shirley Plays Show Tunes (Hd Remastered)
Vocale jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 21 nov. 2022
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Don Shirley Plays Love Songs (Hd Remastered)
Vocale jazz - Released by Reborn recordings on 24 mei 2019
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Improvisations By The Don Shirley Duo (Hq remastered 2023)
Jazz - Released by Vintage Recordings on 25 apr. 2023
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Solos (Hq remastered 2023)
Jazz - Released by Vintage Recordings on 25 apr. 2023
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Tonal Expressions (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Vintage Recordings on 10 jan. 2022
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Don Shirley Plays Show Tunes (The Music of the Pianist Who Inspired the Film "Green Book")
Jazz - Released by Ancien Prodige on 1 feb. 2020
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Don Shirley plays *How High The Moon"
Pop - Released by JB Production on 23 mei 2022
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Piano Arrangements of Famous Spirituals
Lounge - Released by Start Up Records on 6 nov. 2020
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