Summary: <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;" size="3">Composer and pianist George Shearing rose to prominence in the late 1940s with his signature “Shearing sound”:<span style=""> </span>block chords backed by the band playing in tight unison. Shearing, who was blind, composed over 300 tunes and performed for 3 Presidents and the Queen of England. He performs “Yesterdays” and plays and sings “After You,” and duets with McPartland on “We’ll Be Together Again.” And “”.</span></p>
