Editing Erroll Garner (section)

{{short description|American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Erroll Garner
| image             = Erroll Garner 1947.jpg
| image_size        = 250
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = Garner {{circa|1947}}
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name        = Erroll Louis Garner
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1921|6|15}}
| birth_place       = [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1977|1|2|1921|6|15}}
| death_place       = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| genre             = [[Jazz]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|composer}}
| instrument        = Piano
| years_active      = 1944–1974
| label             = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Verve Records|Verve]]|[[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]|[[London Records|London]]|[[Savoy Records|Savoy]]|[[Mack Avenue Records|Mack Avenue]]|[[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]]}}
}}

'''Erroll Louis Garner''' (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977)<ref name="Doran - The Most Happy Piano">{{cite book |first=James M. |last=Doran |date=1985 |title=Erroll Garner: The Most Happy Piano |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0810817456 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/errollgarnermost00dora }}</ref><ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/717639/Erroll-Garner Erroll Garner (American musician) Britannica Online Encyclopedia]. Britannica.com. Retrieved November 21, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Doc |last=Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1970.html?referer=www.clickfind.com.au%20thedeadrockstarsclub.com|title=The 1970s |publisher=The Dead Rock Stars Club|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] pianist and composer known for his [[Swung note|swing]] playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "[[Misty (song)|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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erroll Garner |url=https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/erroll-garner/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[Scott Yanow]] of [[Allmusic]] calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso".<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web| last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Erroll Garner|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/erroll-garner-mn0000206967/biography| website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref> Garner received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6363 Hollywood Boulevard. His live album ''[[Concert by the Sea]]''<ref name="amazon">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Concert-Sea-Erroll-Garner/dp/B00ZJ5QXDO|title=The Complete Concert By The Sea|access-date=September 3, 2021|website=Amazon.co.uk}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite book|last=Yanow|first= Scott |date=2003|title=Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years|publisher= Backbeat Books|page= 407}}</ref>