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

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Albums where Erroll Garner is credited as a sideman

1955 Music for Tired Lovers — Woody Herman & Erroll Garner piano
1956 Bowin' Singin' Slam — Slam Stewart piano
1998 Gershwin Jazz — George Gershwin performer
2000 The Jazz Swinger / Music For Tired Lovers — Woody Herman piano

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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