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Erroll Garner
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Pianists · 1921–1977

Erroll Garner

American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)

Born
15 June 1921
Pittsburgh
Died
2 January 1977
Los Angeles
Country
United States
Active
1944–1976
Record labels
Blue Note, Columbia Records, Verve Records, Philips Records, Savoy Records
Discography
69 albums

Biography

Erroll Garner was a jazz musician who played piano. Erroll Garner was born on 15 June 1921 in Pittsburgh and died on 2 January 1977 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Blue Note, Columbia Records, Verve Records and Philips Records. The discography here lists 69 albums, from “Piano” (1946) to “Plays Misty” (2022). Honours include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first recorded in 1956, with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, and played a prominent part in the 1971 motion picture Play Misty for Me. Scott Yanow of AllMusic calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso". Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Boulevard. His live album Concert by the Sea, first released in 1955, sold more than 1 million copies by 1958, and Yanow's opinion of the album is that it "made such a strong impression that Garner was considered immortal from then on."

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Piano 1946
Piano Solos 1946
Erroll Garner at the Piano 1949
Erroll Garner Playing Piano Solos 1950
Piano Moods 1950
Playing Piano Solos, Vol. 3 1950
Rhapsody 1950
Erroll Garner 1951
Erroll Garner, Vol. 2 1951
Gone With Garner 1951
Piano Solos 1951
Overture to Dawn (The Apartment Sessions, Volume 1) 1952
Overture to Dawn, Volume 2 1952
Passport to Fame: Erroll Garner’s First Recordings 1952
Piano 1952
Piano Solos, Vol. II 1952
Piano Stylist 1952
Solo Flight 1952
Erroll Garner Plays for Dancing 1953
Overture to Dawn, Volume 3 1953
Overture to Dawn, Volume 4 1953
Overture to Dawn, Volume 5 1953
Garnering 1954
Afternoon of an Elf 1955
Contrasts 1955
Magic Keys 1955
Mambo Moves Garner 1955
Plays For Dancing 1955
Serenade to Laura 1955
Solitaire 1955
Concert by the Sea 1956 · Live
Erroll Garner 1956
Erroll 1957
Gems 1957
Other Voices 1957
The Most Happy Piano 1957
Encores in Hi Fi 1958
Gone-Garner-Gonest 1958
Soliloquy 1958
Dreamstreet 1961
One World Concert 1963 · Live
Now Playing 1965
That's My Kick 1967
Turquoise 1967
Up in Erroll’s Room 1968
Other Voices 1970
Gemini 1972
Magician 1974
Play It Again, Erroll! 1974
Plays Gershwin & Kern 1985
The Elf 1989
Immortal Concerts 1990 · Live
That's My Kick and Gemini 1993
Live in L.A. 1994
Magician / Gershwin and Kern 1995
Penthouse Serenade 1996
Campus Concert / Feeling Is Believing 1998
Paris Impressions 2001
Erroll Garner, Solo, New York, 1944-'45 2002
Ready Take One 2016
Nightconcert 2018 · Live
A New Kind of Love 2019
Campus Concert 2019 · Live
Closeup in Swing 2019
Feeling is Believing 2020
Magician 2020
Symphony Hall Concert 2021 · Live
Plays Misty 2022
The Concert Garner

Standards written by Erroll Garner

TitleKeyFormGroove
Misty E♭ major AABA · 32 Ballad

Awards

Historic 78 rpm records

  • Three O'Clock In the Morning Don Byas Quartet · Slam Stewart · Erroll Garner · Harold West ·… archive.org ↗
  • Love Is the Strangest Game Erroll Garner · Lee Jacobs archive.org ↗
  • Loose Nut Erroll Garner · Garner archive.org ↗
  • Blou Lou Gene Norman's >>Just jazz < · Wardeel Gray · Erroll Garner · Irving… archive.org ↗
  • Blou Lou Gene Norman's >>Just jazz < · Wardeel Gray · Erroll Garner · Irving… archive.org ↗
  • The Way You Look To-Night ERROLL GARNER And His Rhythm · Jerome Kern archive.org ↗
  • Turquoise ERROLL GARNER And His Rhythm · Garner archive.org ↗
  • TRIO ERROLL GARNER TRIO · Erroll Garner · Red Callender · Harold "Doc"… archive.org ↗

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument did Erroll Garner play?

Erroll Garner is known for playing piano.

When and where was Erroll Garner born?

Erroll Garner was born 15 June 1921 in Pittsburgh.

What are Erroll Garner's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Piano (1946), Piano Solos (1946), Erroll Garner at the Piano (1949), Erroll Garner Playing Piano Solos (1950) and Piano Moods (1950).

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