You're Hearing George Shearing

Strolling

You're Hearing
George Shearing and His Quintet
MGM Records E3216
1955

From the back cover: There's some of the most fabulous listening on records awaiting you when – "YOU'RE HEARING GEORGE SHEARING". There's jazz styling cool, neat, and imaginative. There's fine and fancy instrumentalizing by some of the best musicians of the day. And there are melodies you want to hear – both old familiar numbers and some that will be a bit new to your ears. Here's what you'll be hearing from Shearing and his associates in this enter- taining recorded concert:

★ TENDERLY

This memorable tune by Walter Gross and Jack Lawrence has been haunt- ing us with its nostalgic strain and evocative lyric ever since it saw the light of day back in 1947. George on the piano in an unforgettable performance.

★STROLLING

John O. Levy, Jr., the gentleman holding forth at 'bass in this offering, penned this "original" in 1950 to showcase the talents of the Quintet – the other four members of which are here: Marjorie Hyams on vibes, Denzil DeCosta Best on drums, Chuck Wayne on guitar, and, of course, George on piano.

*NOVEMBER SEASCAPE

Another talented member of the Quintet personnel as reported under Strolling, Marjorie Hyams, was inspired in 1950, too, to add to the Quintet repertoire. The result was this brooding, strikingly effective evocation of a NOVEMBER SEASCAPE.

★SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN

One of the really outstanding Shearing Quintet hit recordings! The number stems from the pens of Harry Warren and Al Dubin and it was first heard in a film, vintage 1937, called "Melody For Two". Remember? Marjorie, Denzil, Chuck, John, and George in their accustomed places.

SUMMERTIME

Here's George soloing on one of the greatest songs in the whole annals of American music. George and Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward designed it for the powerful folk-opera "Porgy And Bess" which burst upon the world in glory in 1935.

★CHANGING WITH THE TIMES

George himself turns his hand to the creation of an original showcase for the Quintet. A nervous, skittish, wonderfully brilliant essay dated once again 1950. The personnel includes Marjorie, Denzil, Chuck, John, and George.

★AS LONG AS THERE'S MUSIC

A sturdy hymn of praise to the pleasures of music penned in 1944 by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn for the film"Step Lively"-sumptuously set forth by the fivesome named above.

★ EAST OF THE SUN (And West Of The Moon)

One of the loveliest of all American "pop" standard songs, this was penned by a very promising young songsmith named Brooks Bowman for the Princeton Triangle Club production "Stags At Bay" in 1935. Mr. Bowman was killed not too long after in a tragic accident. The same gathering of instrumentalists chant the tune in liquid-smooth, gorgeously-blended fashion, pausing for a striking solo now and then.

★ FIVE O'CLOCK WHISTLE

A favorite of the "swing era", this ditty was concocted by the imaginative forces of Josef Myrow, Kim Gannon, and Gene Irwin in 1940, just about the time "swing" was hitting full swing. Here we find George on piano, Chuck Wayne on guitar, Don Elliott on vibes, Al McKibbon on 'bass, Denzil DeCosta Best on drums.

★ I REMEMBER YOU

A dream-dusted song by Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer, set forth first in the film "The Fleet's In" in 1942. You'll long remember this Shearing version of it, nocturnal in feel, but exquisitely ardent and urgent in mood and character. George on piano, Chuck Wayne on guitar, Don Elliott on xylophone, Denzil DeCosta Best on drums, Chuck Wayne on guitar, John O. Levy on 'bass.

★ I'LL BE AROUND

Gifted Alec Wilder penned both words and music of this suave blues lament. It dates-how time flies!-from 1933. The musical forces are those listed under the selection noted just above.

★ FOR YOU

Lop three years from the date accompanying I'LL BE AROUND and you have the year of composition of this wondrous love song by Joe Burke and Al Dubin. Marjorie Hyams, Denzil Best, Chuck Wayne, John Levy and Mr. Shearing in the pink of their form!

MGM E528 - 10 inch album "You're Hearing George Shearing" was released in 1950.

Tenderly
Strolling
November Seascape
September In The Rain
Summertime
Changing With The Time
As Long As There's Music
East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)
Five O'Clock Whistle
I Remember You
I'll Be Around
For You