Editing Erroll Garner (section)

===Piano career===
[[File:Erroll-Garner-1964.jpg|thumb|Erroll Garner during his visit to Helsinki, Finland, in November 1964]]
Garner began playing piano at the age of three. His elder siblings were taught piano by a "Miss Bowman." From an early age, Erroll would sit down and play anything she had demonstrated, "just like Miss Bowman", his eldest sister Martha said.<ref name="Doran - The Most Happy Piano" /> Garner was self-taught and remained an [[Learning music by ear|"ear player"]] all his life, never learning to read music.<ref name="Wilson"/> At age 7, he began appearing on the radio station [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]] in Pittsburgh with a group named the Candy Kids. By age 11, he was playing on the Allegheny riverboats. In 1937 he joined local saxophonist [[Leroy Brown (musician)|Leroy Brown]].

He played locally in the shadow of [[Linton Garner]], his older brother, also a pianist.

Garner moved to New York City in 1944.<ref name="auto"/> He briefly worked with the bassist [[Slam Stewart]], and although not a [[bebop]] musician per se, in 1947 played with [[Charlie Parker]] on the "Cool Blues" session. Although his admission to the Pittsburgh music union initially was refused because of his inability to read music, the union relented in 1956 and made him an honorary member.<ref name="Wilson"/> Garner is credited with a superb musical memory. After attending a concert by Russian classical pianist [[Emil Gilels]], Garner returned to his apartment and was able to play a large portion of the performed music by memory.<ref name="Wilson"/>