The Shearing Piano

~ Release by George Shearing (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

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1Stella by Starlight
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Stella by Starlight
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1946)
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor) (in 1944)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
5:48
2On the Street Where You Live
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
On the Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady)
lyricist:
Alan Jay Lerner
composer:
Frederick Loewe
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell Music Ltd. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
My Fair Lady (full musical)
2:54
3Guilty
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Guilty
lyricist:
Gus Kahn
composer:
Harry Akst and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
3:17
4Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
The 29th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:51
5For Every Man There’s a Woman
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
For Every Man There’s a Woman
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Harold Arlen
publisher:
Harwin Music Corporation
part of:
The 21st Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
2:37
6It Might as Well Be Spring
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
It Might as Well Be Spring (State Fair)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1945)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1945)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), Williamson Music Company, Williamson Music, Inc. and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
part of:
The 18th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1945 winner)
part of:
State Fair (1945 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair (1962 film soundtrack)
part of:
State Fair
5:11
7High on a Windy Hill
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
High on a Windy Hill
writer:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
3:03
8If
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
If (Song, popular in the 1950s)
lyricist:
Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (songwriter)
writer:
H. Tilsley
composer:
Tolchard Evans
2:51
9A Tune for Humming
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
A Tune for Humming
writer:
Frank Loesser
2:55
10Sigh No More
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Sigh No More
composer:
Noël Coward
4:08
11My Funny Valentine
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
My Funny Valentine (from “Babes in Arms”)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Touch Music Publishing Pte Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Williamson Music Company
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
part of:
Waiting to Exhale (1995 film)
3:58
12In the Still of the Night
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
In the Still of the Night (Cole Porter song)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music) and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
3:05
13So Would I
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
So Would I
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
3:17
14Tenderly
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Tenderly
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
5:55
15Can’t We Be Friends?
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Can’t We Be Friends?
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Corp.
2:33
16It Never Entered My Mind
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
It Never Entered My Mind
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1940)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Lorenz Hart Publishing Co.
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:18
17Memories of You
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Memories of You
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
4:26
18Don’t Explain
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Don’t Explain
writer:
Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)
2:31
19Homesick, That’s All
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
instrumental cover recording of:
Homesick, That's All
writer:
Gordon Jenkins
publisher:
Mayfair Music, Inc.
2:27
20Reverie
piano:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
recording of:
Rêverie (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Claude Debussy (French composer) (in 1890)
arrangement of:
Rêverie, L. 68, CD 76 (for piano)
4:53