A few other details: Studio sessions: Broadcasts/Concerts/Informal: ordinary letters: ERROLL GARNER cursive letters: ERROLL GARNER All titles I have heard are with ordinary letters, the unheard with cursive. Note that the duration sometimes are taken from the printed info on the record, at other times using my own stop watch, so don t take it to be exact, only as a guide. After all, one is not much surprised finding that a solo pianist is soloing through his performance! I therefore chose to limit the formal solo identification to duration and tempo ((F)- Fast, (FM)-Fast Medium, (M)-Medium, (SM)-Slow Medium, (S)-Slow). The solography format as developed and used in more than 3000 pages of famo us jazz vintage artists, had to be changed slightly. Only then I could be well prepared for the research visit to the archive, located at the University of Pittsburgh. This had to be integrated with the information on unissued sessions so thoroughly researched and presented by James M. First all discographical information on EG s issued recordings from the very beginning had to be utilized. 2017), I started work immediately (particularly grateful to the assistance of Christian Dangleterre and Tom Buhmann). Learning that my proposal Erroll Garner Solography for the Jazz Archeology Website had been accepted (Dec. Message: This solography is the first version of the planned result from awarding me the Erroll Garner Martha Glaser Archive Research Award.
He remained active until February 1975, becoming one of the most familiar figures on the jazz scene and issuing a great many recordings (ref. In 1950s and 1960s he was one of the most frequently seen jazz musicians on television, and in he undertook the first of many overseas tours. In 1947, while working in the Los Angeles area, he recorded with Charlie Parker. He then formed his own trio with bass and drums, a format he retained for the whole of his career when not playing as a soloist, and he quickly captured a large audience. By 1944 he had moved to New York, where he started to play in nightclubs he served as a substitute for Art Tatum in Tatum s trio with Tiny Grimes and Slam Stewart, remaining when it became the Slam Stewart Trio (1945). He played professionally in the Pittsburgh area from 1938 to 1941 with Leroy Brown s orchestra.
He was held in high esteem in Oslo Jazz Circle already from the middle fifties. 2, 1977 Introduction: Erroll Garner was one of the very first jazz artists I ever heard, and I will never forget the astonishment and joy I felt when listening to Lullaby Of Birdland, Caravan and other exciting performances. 17, 2020Ģ 2 Born: Pittsburgh, JDied: Los Angeles, Jan. 1 1 The PIANO of ERROLL GARNER Solographer: Jan Evensmo Last update: Feb.
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