Spring Is Here – Errol Garner, piano (1921-1977)

Errol Garner, piano (1921-1977)
Eddie Calhoun, bass/Kelly Martin, drums
‘Spring is here’ (Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)
‘It might as well be Spring’
(Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein) and.
‘Lover’ (Lyrics: Lorenz Hart)
Music by Richard Rogers (1902-1979)

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24 Responses to “Spring Is Here – Errol Garner, piano (1921-1977)”

  1. mikemckv says:

    Great how he starts Lover as Laura to fool the band. The Base man got the joke.

  2. sfballach says:

    @2:07 here busts out into the open and into the tune proper. What a grat left hand. Con muy respecto, RIP Mr. Garner

  3. spellkiss says:

    not bad for a guy who never took a piano
    lesson and can’t read music

  4. Cramnella says:

    I only discovered the glorious Erroll Garner recently and can’t believe he’s not more well known. His art is like sunshine and reminds one that life is beautiful!

  5. mochiam says:

    Sure it is :-)

  6. jomarbon says:

    The case is, if you sit in a bar and hear such music, you will forget about your drink:D. This is art:D

  7. sidney31cgn says:

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  8. BrandynBoyles says:

    i find it halarious he playing on a out of tune piece of shat

  9. courageux28 says:

    you’re right mochiam. He’s a real genius. Most of those beloved critics are average piano bar players.

  10. viulu11 says:

    No, it’s not possible. The piano is simply very badly out of tune. Shame on British TV for using a piano like that in a broadcast, especially consdering it was of such a great as Garner.

  11. mochiam says:

    many critics call him a super piano bar player, but gee he is a real genius, not hard jazz, not bebop, it’s errol jazz and I love it.

  12. poetictube says:

    Garner’s intros never fail to send me straight to a beautiful moonlit dreamland. And to think that these intros are improvised on the spot…unbelievable.

  13. wordwise3 says:

    Pure genius. In the inner circle of the Pantheon.

  14. tcool72 says:

    he was the only pianist that could literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up

  15. belgallego says:

    Increíble su técnica pianística considerando que no leía música. Sus acordes tienen un aire debussiano y sus cambios de ritmos en la mano derecha son fantásticos, apoyados en una poderosa mano izquierda.

  16. rafregiment says:

    he just ooozed new ideas with a fantastic humour in his improvisation, yet always listenable and musical never gallavanting off too far from the tune, and foot tapping music with that driving left hand

  17. BlockChordsRed says:

    i love his left hand, showing his “stride” roots. this program is from 1965, london. maybe it’s just possible that the piano is fine but the tape speed is off?

  18. klactv says:

    Unbelievable harmonics: the Claude Debussy Jazz Trio.

  19. inci42 says:

    Skillful,cheerful and beautiful improvisation,
    The filling is here.

  20. ankhaton says:

    I m retired and will never learn that and don read notes either but i v lots
    of fun every day by trying his a-syncopic
    left hand on my own.
    search ANKHATON +SYNCOPIC
    -
    I WILL NEVER LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO HEAR
    ALL THESE FINE CONCERTS i MISSED IN MY LIFE
    tHANK YOU SO MUCH CLassic +YouTube

  21. chinagilb says:

    Real monster. Unbelievable.When he was only 7 years old he already played on radio. Pure genius.One of the greatest ever.

  22. StubbyPecker says:

    They couldn’t tune the damn piano for the guy?!!

  23. DREAM284 says:

    I saw hime LIVE in 1964, what a pleasure (and privilege) to see and hear him again. Always alive for me, fabulous.

  24. kingusmcgee says:

    A treat to watch garner and group, again. He may not’ve been a “schooled pianist” but had
    a way of making that piano dance and sing.
    One of the best, ever.
    Thanks for the post. I’ll listen to it almost everyday. NY

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