The sad thing about black people then Even if they were appreciated. They still had to come through the back door in US sticks l grew up in the segregation era. I guess l just a part of life.😢😢😢
Errol Garner was so short that he needed to sit on telephone books while he played. A musical genius , he started a few lessons when he was young but deemed them a waste of time and learned on his own. The great clarinetist Pete Fountain also never learned how to read music , amazingly. You'd never know by listening to them. I can barely play with the music in front of me, after almost 50 years of piano.
Oh, yeah. One of the all time greats and a personal fave. Talent top to bottom. I like to watch his technique. He appeared frequently on the Johnny Carson Show, because he was Johnny's favorite musical guest. Fabulous player. Old school genius brilliance, nothing phoney; he could do it all. Fabulous-thanks for posting.
Apparently this great artist is self-taught! He did not study in a school.... he was born a great musician!!! Love you Errol.! What a great gift you have left us! Rest in peace
The intro to My Silent Love is insanely good. Erroll looks back at Eddie Calhoun with that "How do you like this shit?" look. You can tell that Eddie knows it's some rare stuff!
I was lucky to see (and hear with various sidemen including Calhoun/Martin, McCarthy/Smith/Mangual) many times in Salle Pleyel in Paris when I was à teenager (thanks to my father) and in the 20s years old In the beginning of each year I was waiting for his May concert... In Jan 1977 Iknew hé would never come back but he is still in my ears
Thank you Erroll Garner, your music has been set in stone in my heart. I listen to all of it all these decades and can't leave it if my life depended on it. Your virtuosity is unparalleled and a joy to behold. I know our Father is cradling you in his arms and I know you are swinging it in high heaven. Thanks again, for your love of the piano and the way you made it sound!
Have watched and listened to Shearing, Peterson, Komeda, Evans and so many others for years and years, - but nothing in my humble estimation is as entertaining as an Erroll Garner performance. When we just bought LPs, at first I wondered what the heck was going on with the intros and the moaning noises - but once you actually see the character of the man it is totally absorbing. He used the piano as a percussive instrument to perfection.
Whenever I see old tape of great artists of the past (like Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, and so on) addressing an audience or interviewer it always startles me - when I think of the so-called "artists" of today such, as rappers - how those artists of the past were all so well-spoken...civil and respectful in their speech, and hip but intelligible in their language...gentlemanly and stately in their visual self-presentation, in comparison to today's rappers for instance. Most of the rappers and hip hop "artists" of today seem to have never properly learned the English language, are deliberately slovenly in appearance (sagging pants and all), and make virtue out of their sociopathic indifference to any moral code and civilized system of values. Hmmm...is this another case in point for the assertion that America itself has been going through a dumbing-down social engineering program for many decades now...a program of cultural, social, and economic disintegration? Consequently, the beauty and genius in the work of great artists of the past like Erroll Garner has been discovered by the generations of music fans around the world since his passing in 1978, and will continually be discovered by future generations, to be sure. On the other hand, I have a hard time imagining that future generations will discover much in the way of warmth, beauty, and genius in the work of, say, the late NYC rapper DMX.
@Ольга Полковникова Интересный факт. Путешествуя, он всегда брал с собой телефонную книгу Манхэттена, потому что был ростом «метр с кепкой». Впервые я услышал его по радио в конце 50-х, живя в Москве. В Советском Союзе джаз тогда считался буржуазной музыкой и не приветствовался. В то время мне было около 14 лет, у моего отца был хороший коротковолновый радиоприемник. Он знал английский и каждый вечер в 11 часов слушал 15-минутный выпуск новостей на «Голосе Америки». А потом был «Час джаза» с Уиллисом Коновером (см. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Conover). С тех пор Эрролл стал одним из моих любимых пианистов. О нем тогда ходило много легенд: нотной грамоты он не знает; длина его пальцев от большого до мизинца составляет две с половиной октавы; он сидит на толстом манхэттенском телефонном справочнике. Я верил и не верил. Спустя какое-то время я узнал, что он действительно не знает нотной грамоты. И вот, по прошествии стольких лет, я получил, наконец, доказательство того, что миф о телефонной книге - тоже сущая правда.
They sound like they’re riding on ball-bearings.
Awesome SONG/ Awesome Piano Playing❤
And there you have it , The Master , I can hardly breath ❤️🇬🇧
This is such a beautiful recording and performance. Love it.
3:28 My Silent Love
WOW WOW WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The sad thing about black people then Even if they were appreciated. They still had to come through the back door in US sticks l grew up in the segregation era. I guess l just a part of life.😢😢😢
So cool 😎 😍 🎉🎉
Thank you for this!
Errol was always so pleasing to hear, astonishing in communicating, so fluid, springy light, delightful, a joy.
Trio one together
Makes it look easy
Errol Garner was so short that he needed to sit on telephone books while he played. A musical genius , he started a few lessons when he was young but deemed them a waste of time and learned on his own. The great clarinetist Pete Fountain also never learned how to read music , amazingly. You'd never know by listening to them. I can barely play with the music in front of me, after almost 50 years of piano.
2:50 wow
What he did cannot be done. Simply no words.
Garners music is always fresh to one’s ear you recognise the tune then he creates new version of it one that you’ve never heard before
🎶🎶💜💜💜
Moi je me régale de votre grand talent Monsieur !!!!❤
Oh, yeah. One of the all time greats and a personal fave. Talent top to bottom. I like to watch his technique. He appeared frequently on the Johnny Carson Show, because he was Johnny's favorite musical guest. Fabulous player. Old school genius brilliance, nothing phoney; he could do it all. Fabulous-thanks for posting.
Erroll goes on to play "My Silent Love" when he ends "Where Or When"
Can someone tell me what song Errol Garner plays after "Where or When"?...Thank you
Erroll, declared as my favorite pianist 45 or more years ago.
This is just BRILLIANT. Thank you. ❤❤
SENSATIONAL AWESOME BEAUTIFUL HEAVENLY AMAZING!!!!!!
4:40
Hi Blueberrymilk! The 2nd song is "My Silent Love". ...PURE GENIUS! ...thrilled that my wife and I saw him years ago in Boston!
Money couldn't find this today.
Apparently this great artist is self-taught! He did not study in a school.... he was born a great musician!!! Love you Errol.! What a great gift you have left us! Rest in peace
Ein unglaublicher Piano-Mensch nicht von dieser Welt - Gott hat ihn geschickt und wieder eingesammelt - wie bei allen großen Geistern !!
Natural, Feel, Effortless ... 'The King of Jazz Piano'
Always a master of whatever he does.
A genius from another galaxy.....simply incredible
Just love Errol Garner!
The intro to My Silent Love is insanely good. Erroll looks back at Eddie Calhoun with that "How do you like this shit?" look. You can tell that Eddie knows it's some rare stuff!
The best jazz pianist ever - the one thing in my music life that I really regret is not haveing seen Erroll Garner live.....
Me too!
Me three!
I was lucky to see (and hear with various sidemen including Calhoun/Martin, McCarthy/Smith/Mangual) many times in Salle Pleyel in Paris when I was à teenager (thanks to my father) and in the 20s years old In the beginning of each year I was waiting for his May concert... In Jan 1977 Iknew hé would never come back but he is still in my ears
👍👍👍
E' un Mostro Sacro dello Swing "ANTICIPATO" !!!
Love..this .man..lo e..jazz
2:23
Always on top
pianiste hors pair, inclassable, du pur jazz.
Thank you Erroll Garner, your music has been set in stone in my heart. I listen to all of it all these decades and can't leave it if my life depended on it. Your virtuosity is unparalleled and a joy to behold. I know our Father is cradling you in his arms and I know you are swinging it in high heaven. Thanks again, for your love of the piano and the way you made it sound!
Genious
Have watched and listened to Shearing, Peterson, Komeda, Evans and so many others for years and years, - but nothing in my humble estimation is as entertaining as an Erroll Garner performance. When we just bought LPs, at first I wondered what the heck was going on with the intros and the moaning noises - but once you actually see the character of the man it is totally absorbing. He used the piano as a percussive instrument to perfection.
Whenever I see old tape of great artists of the past (like Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, and so on) addressing an audience or interviewer it always startles me - when I think of the so-called "artists" of today such, as rappers - how those artists of the past were all so well-spoken...civil and respectful in their speech, and hip but intelligible in their language...gentlemanly and stately in their visual self-presentation, in comparison to today's rappers for instance. Most of the rappers and hip hop "artists" of today seem to have never properly learned the English language, are deliberately slovenly in appearance (sagging pants and all), and make virtue out of their sociopathic indifference to any moral code and civilized system of values. Hmmm...is this another case in point for the assertion that America itself has been going through a dumbing-down social engineering program for many decades now...a program of cultural, social, and economic disintegration? Consequently, the beauty and genius in the work of great artists of the past like Erroll Garner has been discovered by the generations of music fans around the world since his passing in 1978, and will continually be discovered by future generations, to be sure. On the other hand, I have a hard time imagining that future generations will discover much in the way of warmth, beauty, and genius in the work of, say, the late NYC rapper DMX.
Erroll epitomizes the definition of the word genius.
To me his vocal introduction was just as much music as his playing
Не превзойденый импровизатор!
Такие пианисты рождаются раз в сто лет. Браво, заглядишься и заслушаешься!
@Ольга Полковникова Интересный факт. Путешествуя, он всегда брал с собой телефонную книгу Манхэттена, потому что был ростом «метр с кепкой». Впервые я услышал его по радио в конце 50-х, живя в Москве. В Советском Союзе джаз тогда считался буржуазной музыкой и не приветствовался. В то время мне было около 14 лет, у моего отца был хороший коротковолновый радиоприемник. Он знал английский и каждый вечер в 11 часов слушал 15-минутный выпуск новостей на «Голосе Америки». А потом был «Час джаза» с Уиллисом Коновером (см. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Conover). С тех пор Эрролл стал одним из моих любимых пианистов. О нем тогда ходило много легенд: нотной грамоты он не знает; длина его пальцев от большого до мизинца составляет две с половиной октавы; он сидит на толстом манхэттенском телефонном справочнике. Я верил и не верил. Спустя какое-то время я узнал, что он действительно не знает нотной грамоты. И вот, по прошествии стольких лет, я получил, наконец, доказательство того, что миф о телефонной книге - тоже сущая правда.
Prächtige Muziek , heerlijk !