Erroll Garner Trio
He never had formal lessons or learned to read music, teaching himself to play everything by ear, but that didn't prevent Erroll Garner from becoming one of jazz music's most revered and distinctive pianists and composers, responsible for writing the classic track 'Misty'. The youngest of a musical family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he first started playing piano at the age of three and swiftly became an accomplished musician, with an instinctive, individual style, amazing everyone from a young age with his ability to hear a piece of music once and play it perfectly. His family felt formal lessons would curb his natural flair and unusual individuality and his unique style was soon recognised - he was playing on a local radio station by the age of seven with a group called the Candy Kids ( also featuring his elder brother Linton, who also went on to become a highly regarded pianist) and was performing on riverboats by the time he was 11.
Erroll dropped out of high school to join the Leroy Brown Orchestra as he learned to play novelty rag from listening to old 78" records. Moving to New York in 1939 he became accompanist to night club singer Ann Lewis and went on to join the Slam Stewart Trio while meeting other great pianists like George Shearing and Billy Taylor. He made his first recordings in 1944, had a hit with 'Laura' in '46, backed Charlie Parker on his famous 'Cool Blues' sessions in '47 and wrote a string of much-loved jazz pieces, topped by 'Misty', which later featured heavily in the 1971 Clint Eastwood movie 'Play Misty for Me'.
His easy style gave him great popularity beyond the jazz genre and he was a productive artist, once reputed to have recorded three LPs in a single day. He was still at the height of his powers when he was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in 1977 at the age of 53. However, his influence has continued with frequent reissues and the discovery of previously unreleased material, like 'Ready Take One' on Sony in 2016.
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Garner's Best (Mono Version)
Jazz - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1961
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Piano Contrasts (Mono Version)
Errol Garner Trio, Dodo Marmarosa Trio
Jazz - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1957
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The 1956 Studio Sessions
Jazz - Released by Classic Music International on 15 Mar 2011
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Essential Jazz Masters '56
Jazz - Released by Master Classics Records on 1 Jan 2011
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The One and Only Erroll Garner (Mono Version)
Jazz - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1962
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Errol Garner Favourites (Mono Version)
Jazz - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1955
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Rêverie (Mono Version)
Jazz - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1963
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Erroll Garner's Cocktail Time (Dial 10 Inch Album of 1950)
Jazz - Released by Jazz Classics on 31 Jul 2021
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Just at the Turn of the Tide
Jazz - Released by turn of the tide on 28 Apr 2023
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in2Erroll Garner Trio - Volume 1
Jazz - Released by Play Digital on 20 Sep 2010
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The Ultimate Jazz Store, Vol. 19
Jazz - Released by Black Sheep Music on 15 Nov 2012
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Nightingale
Jazz - Released by oldies and hits for future on 26 May 2019
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Riding Tunes
Jazz - Released by Bertilo o Solemio on 21 Apr 2014
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Erroll Garner Trio's Back Home In Indiana
Jazz - Released by Charly Records on 25 Jun 2006
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