caption website death_date death_place years_active birth_place label background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
shearing in 1959 www.georgeshearing.net / 14 february 2011 new york city , united states 1937 -- 2011 battersea , london , england mgm capitol concord savoy non_vocal_instrumentalist 13 august 1919 piano jazz , bebop , swing , cool jazz george shearing 1959.jpg george shearing
 sir george shearing musician
george shearing

sir george shearing , obe -lrb- 13 august 1919 14 february 2011 -rrb- was a british jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for discovery records , mgm records and capitol records .
the composer of over 300 titles , including the jazz standard `` lullaby of birdland '' , had multiple albums on the `` billboard '' charts during the 1950s , 1960s , 1980s and 1990s .
he died of heart failure in new york city , at the age of 91 .
