Erroll Garner performing "Something" (written by George Harrison) on France's Jazz Land TV show in 1972 with Ernest McCarty (bass), Jimmie Smith (drums) and Jose Mangual (percussion). A studio recording of "Something" is included on the remastered 'Gemini' album from the Octave Remastered Series: | Erroll Garner

7.8K views · 811 reactions | Erroll Garner loved to create extended introductions to songs that kept both his band and his audience guessing at what song was to follow. His Friend and producer George Avakian said he would keep a score card for himself whenever he watched Garner perform. Backstage after the show he would report to Garner how many he guessed right and wrong. Do you hear any hint of “Honeysuckle Rose” in this 1964 Jazz 625 BBC performance? | Erroll Garner | Facebook

Dizzy Gillespie said: "Earl Hines changed the style of the piano. You can find the roots of Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock, all the guys who came after that." Erroll Garner said, "When you talk about greatness, you talk about Art Tatum and Earl Hines." Earl Hines changed the sound of jazz piano by thinking beyond the keyboard. His horn-like attack, broken octaves, and rhythmic independence moved the instrument out of stride’s left-hand patterns and into a more modern, elastic language. That approach

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