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Erroll Garner

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Erroll Garner (1921–1977) was a U.S. jazz pianist and composer, whose distinctive and melodic style brought him both popular acclaim and the admiration of his peers. Erroll Louis Garner was born on 15th June 1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and began playing the piano at the age of three. At the age of seven he began appearing on radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh with a group called the Candy Kids. By the age of eleven he was playing on the Allegheny riverboats. At the age of fourteen in 1937 he joined local saxophonist Leroy Brown.

Releases · 6

heatmap 3.36–3.66★
Rating Year Title Plays
3.36/585 ratings 1950 Piano Moods ▶ Play
3.52/514 ratings 1950 Rhapsody – 10 of his Greatest Piano Improvisations
3.55/599 ratings 1951 Gems
3.51/565 ratings 1952 Body & Soul
3.66/5429 ratings 1953 Erroll Garner
3.64/5378 ratings 1955 Contrasts ▶ Play

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1952 Overture to Dawn (The Apartment Sessions, Volume 1) ▶ Play
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1955 Mambo Moves Garner ▶ Play
1955 Solitaire ▶ Play
1957 The Most Happy Piano ▶ Play
1958 Soliloquy ▶ Play
1985 Plays Gershwin & Kern ▶ Play
1993 That's My Kick and Gemini ▶ Play
1995 Magician / Gershwin and Kern ▶ Play
1998 Campus Concert / Feeling Is Believing ▶ Play
2016 Ready Take One ▶ Play
2022 Plays Misty ▶ Play