Lullaby of Birdland: The Autobiography of George Shearing - George Shearing - Google Books

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Pianist George Shearing is that rare thing, a European jazz musician who became a household name in the US, as a result of the "Shearing sound"—the recordings of his historic late 1940s quintet. Together with his unique "locked hands"…