Biography
Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) 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. It was first recorded in 1956 with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, and played a prominent part in the 1971 motion picture Play Misty for Me.Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso". Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Boulevard. His live album Concert by the Sea first released in 1955, sold more than 1 million copies by 1958, and Yanow's opinion on the album is that it "made such a strong impression that Garner was considered immortal from then on."
Filmography
all 12
self 9
Movies 6
TV Shows 6
Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read (2013)
…Sings Musicals (2012)
Jazz Icons: Erroll Garner Live In '63 & '64 (2009)
Nelson Freire (2003)
The Pearl Bailey Show (1971)
The Flip Wilson Show (1970)
Negresco (1968)
A New Kind of Love (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1921-06-15
Deathday1977-01-02 (55 years old)
Birth NameErroll Louis Garner
Birth PlacePittsburgh, United States of America
Height1.57-meter
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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