The Shearing Touch
1960 studio album by George Shearing
The Shearing Touch | ||||
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Studio album by George Shearing | ||||
Released | 1960 | |||
Recorded | 1960 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:05 | |||
Label | Capitol ST 1472 | |||
Producer | Dave Cavanaugh | |||
George Shearing chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Shearing Touch is a 1960 album by the George Shearing quintet and orchestra, arranged by Billy May.
The AllMusic reviewer commented on the album containing "unorthodox time signatures, incorporating classical techniques, as well as using light pop melodies, accents, and subtle rhythms".[1]
Track listing
- "Autumn Nocturne" (Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon) – 2:42
- "Nola" (Felix Arndt, James Burns) – 2:28
- "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) – 2.41
- "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) – 2:56
- "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 2:29
- "Like Young" (André Previn) – 2:44
- "Sunrise Serenade" (Frankie Carle, Jack Lawrence) – 3:01
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Fats Waller, Andy Razaf) – 2:25
- "Snowfall" (Claude Thornhill) – 2:05
- "Tonight We Love" (Bobby Worth) – 2:20
- "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:32
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Count Basie) – 2:10
Personnel
References
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albums
- Midnight on Cloud 69 (1956)
- Black Satin (1956)
- In the Night (1956)
- Latin Lace (1958)
- Beauty and the Beat! (1959)
- The Shearing Touch (1960)
- Latin Affair (1960)
- White Satin (1960)
- George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (1961)
- Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1961)
- The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)
- Shearing Bossa Nova (1962)
- Touch Me Softly (1963)
- Old Gold and Ivory (1963)
- Out of the Woods (1964)
- New Look! (1967)
- The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing (1971)
- Music to Hear (1972)
- Continental Experience (1975)
- The Reunion (1976)
- Two for the Road (1980)
- On a Clear Day (1980)
- First Edition (1981)
- Top Drawer (1983)
- An Elegant Evening (1985)
- Grand Piano (1985)
- George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter (1986)
- More Grand Piano (1986)
- Breakin' Out (1987)
- The Spirit of 176 (1988)
- George Shearing in Dixieland (1989)
- Piano (1989)
- The Rare Delight of You (2002)
- Hopeless Romantics (2005)
albums
- On the Sunny Side of the Strip (1960)
- Jazz Concert (1963)
- Rare Form! (1966)
- Blues Alley Jazz (1979)
- An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982)
- The Classic Concert Live (1982)
- An Evening at Charlie's (1983)
- Live at the Café Carlyle (1984)
- A Vintage Year (1987)
- A Perfect Match (1988)
- Dexterity (1988)
- Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)
- The Rare Delight of You (2002)
- Hopeless Romantics (2005)
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