Erroll Garner

Erroll Louis Garner ( Pittsburgh , June 15 1921 - Los Angeles , January 2 1977 ) was an American jazz pianist and composer .



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*1 Life  ==[Life  edit ] == Young Erroll began playing the piano at age 3. He was self-taught, playing everything by ear and even in his later career, never felt any need to use the notation to learn.The music came to him from within. Because of this and thanks to his innate talent for piano, he developed a unique style, often imitated but never equaled.
 * 2 Discography
 * 3   Biography

His piano style was marked by the characteristic agreement "strumming" in the left hand and right hand trailing in the melody, combined with a refined sense of dynamismand rhythmic accents . Another aspect of his style was harmonically rich rubatospel with folded tumbling arpeggios 's in the " ballads ".

Garner was also famous for his so-called intro 's, played solo at the beginning of an interpretation, often small compositions in themselves. His supervisors did often not what number it would turn out, but Erroll expected of them that they would pick it up on time.

Erroll has performed at age 7 in a local radio program with a group called "The Can-D-Kids". As a teenager he played as a professional musician on the riverboats in Pittsburgh . He also performed regularly with the Orchestra Leroy Brown, also in Pittsburgh.

When the young Erroll Garner in his hometown of Pittsburgh wanted to be a member of the union of professional musicians, he was refused, arguing that he could not read music. Later, when they mistake their inzagen thereabouts, they named him an honorary member alike.

At the age of 18, Garner moved to New York City to work as a professional musician. In the nightclub "The three Deuces" on 42nd Street, where the trio of piano virtuosoArt Tatum (with Slam Stewart and Tiny Grimes) had a firm commitment, Garner could fill in for Tatum when this was prevented. Tatum Erroll called "my little brother." In 1947 he made ​​with his own trio, with Red Callender (b) and Hal (Doc) West (dr), recordings with alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, who happened to be in the studio. In that same year saw the legendary concert with the tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray, Irving Ashby (g), Red Callender (b) and Jackie Mills (dr), which are also recordings of the rehearsals have been preserved ("Blue Lou").

Although Erroll Garner in age was a contemporary of the bebop - generation was his style of play in a particular style period to post. Garner played just Garner. He was one of the few jazz musicians who enjoyed an ample appreciation outside the jazz world, which is why he was considered by some jazz purists with some disdain.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Garner is one of the most on the record established jazz musicians. He was able to get six albums (LPs) to record on one day, and all glorious first " takes ". He usually appeared in the famous trio (bass and drums) or as a solo pianist. In September 1955 he took his then trio, bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Denzil Best, his most famous and best-selling album, "Concert by the Sea", a recording of a live -concert in Carmel ,California .

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Garner has more than 200 compositions to his name, including the world famous " Misty "and" Penthouse Serenade ".

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">In the 60s he toured regularly through Europe with his regular trio, Eddie Calhoun (b) and Martin Kelly (dr). The late 60s he expanded his trio into a quartet, which consisted of Ike Isaacs (b), Jimmie Smith (dr) andconga player Jose Mangual.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">During the 70s he was faced with a gradually declining health and in 1975 was diagnosed lung cancer diagnosed with. He died January 2, 1977, at age 55.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Garner leaves a discography after, comprising over 3000 different shots of both studio and "live" concert recordings. ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Discography  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[Biography  edit <span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Serenade To Laura (1945)
 * Giants of the Piano (back to back with Art Tatum) (1947 Hollywood recordings with Red Callender and Hall West), Vogue LP LAE 12209
 * Early in Paris (1948), Blue Music Group
 * Penthouse Serenade (1949)
 * Erroll Garner (August 1949) Los Angeles recordings with John Simmons, Alvin Stoller (2 vols Joker LP BM 3718-3719)
 * Erroll Garner (no date, c. 1951), with Wyatt Ruther and Fats Heard Philips B 07015 L
 * Erroll Garner plays for dancing (no date, c. 1951), Philips B 07 622 R
 * Solo flight (no date, c. 1951), Philips B 07602 R
 * Erroll Garner (AKA Erroll Garner at the Piano) (1951-3 material) with Wyatt Ruther and Fats Heard, Columbia CL535, CBS reissue LP 62311
 * Mambo Moves Garner (1954), Mercury MG20055
 * Plays Misty (1954), Mercury SR60662
 * Gems (1954) Columbia CL583
 * Tired Music for Lovers, with Woody Herman singing (!) (1954), Columbia CL651
 * Concert by the Sea (1955), Columbia CL883
 * Contrasts (Emarcy, 1955)
 * Garnish (Emarcy, 1955)
 * Solitaire (1955)
 * Afternoon of an Elf (1955), Mercury MG20090
 * The One and Only Erroll Garner (1956)
 * The Most Happy Piano (1956), Columbia CL939 (Italian CBS reissue, Il Magico pianoforte di Erroll Garner, CBS Series Rubino, 52065, 1967)
 * He's Here! He's Gone! He's Garner! (1956)
 * Gone Gonest Garner (1956)
 * Other Voices, with orchestra (1957), Columbia CL1014
 * Soliloquy (1957), Columbia CL1060
 * Paris Impressions Vol. # 1 (1958), Columbia CL 1212
 * Paris Impressions (1958) Columbia # 1216, double album
 * Erroll Garner One World Concert (1961), Reprise R9-6080 B
 * Informal Piano Improvisations (1962), Bart B-109
 * A New Kind Of Love (1963), Erroll Garner with Full Orchestra, Conducted by Leith Stevens Phillips BL7595
 * Erroll Garner / Maxwell Davis Trio: Mr. Erroll Garner and the Maxwell Davis Trio, Crown Records CLP 5404 - 1964
 * Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern (1964), Mercury 826224-2
 * Erroll Garner Amsterdam Concert (Concert 7 November 1964), Philips LP BL7717 / 632 204 BL
 * Erroll Garner Plays (1965), Ember LP FA 2011
 * Campus Concert (1966), MGM SE-4361
 * That's my Kick (1967), MGM SE-4463
 * Up in Erroll's room - featuring the Brass Bed (1968), Vanguard NSLP 28123
 * Feeling is Believing (1970), Mercury SR61308
 * Gemini (1972), London Records XPS617
 * Magician (1974), London Records APS640
 * Play it Again Erroll (reissued 1974), Columbia CL33424 double album
 * The Elf-The Savoy Sessions (1976), Savoy SJL 2207 double album
 * Long Ago and Far Away (1987)
 * Body and Soul (1991), Columbia CK47035
 * James M. Doran Erroll Garner: The Most Happy Piano, Scarecrow Press, 1985.