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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Pop - Lançado por JB Production em 20/05/2022
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Orpheus in the Underworld - Band 1 - 1956
Pop - Lançado por JB Production em 23/05/2022
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Don Shirley Plays Birdland Lullabies (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 21/11/2022
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Pianist Extraordinary (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Recordings em 10/01/2022
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Piano Perspectives (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 01/06/1955
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Tonal Expressions (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 03/01/1955
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Don Shirley Plays Birdland Lullabies (Hq remastered 2023)
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Recordings em 26/04/2023
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Orpheus in the Underworld
Pop - Lançado por JB Production em 05/04/2022
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Solos (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 07/01/1958
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Don Shirley Plays Show Tunes (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 21/11/2022
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Don Shirley Plays Love Songs (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 24/05/2019
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Improvisations By The Don Shirley Duo (Hq remastered 2023)
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Recordings em 25/04/2023
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Solos (Hq remastered 2023)
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Recordings em 25/04/2023
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Tonal Expressions (Hq Remastered)
Jazz - Lançado por Vintage Recordings em 10/01/2022
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Don Shirley Plays Show Tunes (The Music of the Pianist Who Inspired the Film "Green Book")
Jazz - Lançado por Ancien Prodige em 01/02/2020
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Don Shirley plays *How High The Moon"
Pop - Lançado por JB Production em 23/05/2022
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Piano Arrangements of Famous Spirituals
Lounge - Lançado por Start Up Records em 06/11/2020
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Improvisations by the Don Shirley Duo (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 24/05/2019
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Don Shirley Plays Standards (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 24/05/2019
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Don Shirley Plays Gershwin (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 24/05/2019
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Pianist Extraordinary (Hd Remastered)
Vocal Jazz - Lançado por Reborn recordings em 01/06/1961
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