Back in '82 when this concert was recorded at Carnegie Hall, Mel Tormé was just starting his vocal ascent out of a slump by beginning a long and fruitful musical friendship with pianist George ...

Shearing was born in 1919 in the Battersea area of London. Congenitally blind, he was the youngest of nine children. His father delivered coal and his mother cleaned trains at night after caring for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind jazz piano legend Sir George Shearing, best known for his inventive jazz and the classic, "Lullaby of Birdland," died on Monday of congestive heart failure at age 91, his ...

Bob Crosby -- Dick Haymes -- Jo Stafford & Paul Weston -- Woody Herman -- Mel Torme -- George Shearing -- Wild Bill Davison -- Peggy Lee -- Artie Shaw -- Jimmy Van ...