British - Musician | August 13, 1919 -
I was born in London in 1919. I first went to America in 1946 for a three-month holiday. Then I came back, worked here for almost a year sold up my home and went back on immigration in 1947.
George Shearing
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My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits.
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All my musical foundations go back to the age of 3. My family tell me that I used to listen to the old crystal set, then go to the piano and pick out the tune that I just heard.
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I studied with a blind teacher from about 5 until I was 16, at two different schools. From the age of 12 until 16, I was in a boarding school-which, I believe, at that time was compulsory for blind children.
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The way it works: The orchestra plays a few selections of its own and I terminate the first part of the programme on piano, usually with a movement from a Mozart concerto.
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Perfect retention. I don't think I could do that-I've never disciplined myself to do it. I suppose a lot of it is a question of discipline. Which improvisation is not.
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Can anybody be given a great degree of creativity? No. They can be given the equipment to develop it-if they have it in them in the first place.
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In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note.
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When Hank Jones had his night off, I would get somebody to take my place as intermission pianist and I'd play the show with Ella, so I would get a chance to play with Ray Brown and Charlie Smith as well.
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I don't think you can contrive any sound.
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Having a set, popular formula does inhibit you.
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You know, when you've established a certain thing, what can you do? You're stuck with it.
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