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Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) [1] [2] [3] was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard.
Died: Erroll Garner, 55, American jazz pianist and composer known for the hit song "Misty", died of cardiac arrest from emphysema. [5] Pete Cross, 28, former NBA player, died at his home of an epileptic seizure. Émilien Amaury, 67, French publisher, was killed when he was thrown from his horse while riding in the Chantilly Forest. [6]
Ernest McCarty Jr. (born March 26, 1941) is an upright bass player, musical composer, and playwright. He is known for playing with Erroll Garner from 1970 until Garner's death in 1977, as well as for plays he has written, scored and directed.
Erroll Garner was inspired to write "Misty" on a flight from San Francisco to Chicago which passed through a thunderstorm: as the plane descended into O'Hare, Garner looked through the window to see a rainbow glowing through a haze and was moved to begin composing "Misty" on the spot, striking imaginary piano keys on his knees as he hummed the notes he imagined (causing his neighboring ...
Martha Farkas Glaser (February 15, 1921 – December 3, 2014) was the manager, producer, and business partner of jazz musician Erroll Garner. She was also a civil rights activist. [1] Though she was best known for her role as Garner's manager, she was also a prolific writer of lyrics and poetry.
Jennifer Garner has spoken about losing a friend in the wildfires currently affecting California.. The Juno actor, 52, was seen volunteering alongside José Andrés, founder of the nonprofit ...
A framegrab showing arrest of Eric Garner in Staten Island where police officers used a choke hold that resulted in the Garner's death. The mother of Eric Garner, who died after screaming “I can ...
John Maurice Hartman (July 3, 1923 – September 15, 1983) [1] was an American jazz singer, known for his rich baritone voice and recordings of ballads.He sang and recorded with Earl Hines' and Dizzy Gillespie's big bands and with Erroll Garner.