[Dixielandjazz] George Shearing

[Robert Ringwald]

 Marek Boym wrote regarding George Shearing:

 > Not always OKOM, although it seems that, having made enough money, he
> turned to OKOM again.  He made an excellent traditional record (thanks
> to Lowell for bringing it to my attention), and recorded with Stephane
> Grapelli.  likewise, he made several piano record more OKOM than
> modern.


Shearing made an album with the traditional Dixieland instrumentation with 
Warren Vache JR on tpt.  I have not heard it for many years.  AS I remember, 
at the time I heard it, I felt that most of the songs, including his 
composition "Lullaby of Birdland," did not lie well in the Dixieland style. 
I'll have to look for it and give it another lesson to see if it now, after 
20 years, changes my mind.

--Bob Ringwald