Erroll Garner - Laura [Jazz 625]

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"Laura" is a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer from the 1944 movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. It has since become a jazz standard with over four hundred known recordings. Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 -- January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad "Misty", has become a jazz standard. Allmusic.com calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso". "Laura" is a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer from the 1944 movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. It has since become a jazz standard with over four hundred known recordings.

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@Shophet-Davar 4 года назад

This is my great Uncle and I remember watching him win the Grammys in 1976 I believe. My younger brother is named after him and the stories my dad used to tell about the younger cousins sneaking on Riverboats in Pittsburgh to hear ans watch him play. Hearing this breaks my heart over and over again. With tears streaming down my face. It's incredible to know he was actually a genius. He really was.

@nyterpfan 4 года назад

This man never took a formal lesson in his life--entirely self taught. A chosen few people have gifts that come from a higher dimension--Garner was one of them!!

@bobsteiner9209 3 года назад

I remember hearing Garner's piano recordings when I was seven years old. Here I am, still enjoying them 70 years later. The definition of timeless.

@brynjarhoff-lr6hw Год назад

I think Garner lived in the shadow of other pianist…but hope people will listen to the recording of him in the future..

@jppontat3909 3 года назад

Jazz musicians back in the days had a habit to start playing a tune not saying to the other musicians what was going to be...let alone the key

@amcustom8996 4 года назад

Genius doesn't even begin to eplain the talent this man had. Best piano player that ever lived in my opinion. So complex, and yet he did it so effortlessly.

@georgefrank6335 4 года назад

This is undoutably Garner's greatest performance. Perhaps the best recording of Laura in existence. I wonder what made Garner to perform so exquisitely on this particular song. This arrangement and performane of Laura is one for the ages.

@joelnlu 5 лет назад

This was my Dad's favorite song and Mr. Garner his favorite performer. I grew up listening to great music. Dad passed in 1967, at the age of 42. I play this on his birthday every year, in his memory.

@missmaryhdream6560 4 года назад

Oh my lord. Those notes are so blissful. What an amazing man.

@wolfgangsuehrer5405

Erroll and his fellow musicians are playing one of my most memorable, most loved tunes. Laura has been on my mind since I saw the film version of LAURA way back in about 1946 in my home country, Germany. Now I am 90 years old, and I am still in love with Laura!

@PanamaBob1942 3 года назад

i die a little bit every time I hear this. The man was impossibly talented.

@josecarlosborges1660 2 года назад

He plays so well and so naturally that the keyboard piano seems to be an extension of his hands

@stevemulwitz8658 8 лет назад

WHOEVER INVENTED THE PIANO WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH MUSIC

@jamesmartinez1401 8 лет назад

On the 7th day, after God created heaven and earth, he decided something great was left out. Then he gave us Errol Garner.

@davidcoles198

I can recognize this man’s style with my eyes closed. He is unique.

@stefanradschiner1539 3 года назад

Dear Deborah, I was lucky to see and hear Erroll in Vienna (Austria) KONZERTHAUS on April 29, 1969. And I have to say that this changed my life in so many ways.

@peterashford7855 6 лет назад

Erroll Garner was one of those brilliant, naturally gifted musicians, who was able to make a piano sound like an orchestra. he played some of the greatest pieces in recorded jazz history. RIP Erroll

@ItzMeOB 6 лет назад

It's 2018 and I'm still here, listening to this wonderful rendition of Laura....simply exquisite!

@horbour7 Год назад

Named my little baby Laura after this song. The most beautiful song ever by the best Jazz master.. haven't seen her in about 40 years..... wish I could see her .