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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Piano Perspectives
Pop - Lançado por Bridge Pa Digital em 15/11/2019
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Pianist Extraordinary
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Cadence Records em 01/06/1961
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Don Shirley Works, Vol. 5
International Pop - Lançado por PROFOUND em 21/06/2019
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Tonal Expressions
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Cadence Records em 03/01/1955
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Don Shirley Plays Standards (The Man of "Green Book")
Lounge - Lançado por Vinyle Numérique em 01/12/2022
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Piano Perspectives
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Cadence Records em 01/06/1955
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Drown in My Own Tears (The Man of "Green Book")
Lounge - Lançado por Vinyle Numérique em 20/12/2022
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Tonal Expressions
Miscellaneous - Lançado por Vinyle Numérique em 03/01/1955
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Don Shirley Works, Vol. 1
International Pop - Lançado por PROFOUND em 21/06/2019
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Solos
Lounge - Lançado por Vinyle Numérique em 07/01/1958
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Plays Show Tunes (Album of 1960)
Jazz - Lançado por Jazz Classics em 30/04/2019
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Don Shirley Plays Show Tunes
Lounge - Lançado por Vinyle Numérique em 21/11/2022
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Don Shirley Plays Gershwin (The Man of "Green Book")
Lounge - Lançado por Vinyle Numérique em 20/12/2022
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Don Shirley Works, Vol. 3
International Pop - Lançado por PROFOUND em 21/06/2019
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Don Shirley - Vintage Selection
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Jukebox em 15/10/2020
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Don Shirley Works, Vol. 4
International Pop - Lançado por PROFOUND em 21/06/2019
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Don Shirley Plays Love Songs (The Man of "Green Book")
Lounge - Lançado por Vinyle Numérique em 13/10/2022
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Orpheus of the Underworld (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 24/05/2019
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Water Boy (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 24/05/2019
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Don Shirley Collection
Jazz - Lançado por Milestones Records em 06/02/2019
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Green Book
Jazz - Lançado por JB Production em 14/02/2019
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