Don Shirley - Wikipedia
Donald Walbridge Shirley (January 29, 1927 – April 6, 2013) was an American classical and jazz pianist and composer. He recorded many albums for Cadence Records during the 1950s and 1960s, experimenting with jazz with a classical influence.
The True Story Behind Legendary Jazz Pianist Don Shirley And
2018年11月26日 · Jazz pianist Don Shirley, as shown in Nick Vallelonga's film 'Green Book', traveled the south during the Jim Crow-era with a white driver. Shirley's niece criticized the film for being "a depiction of a white man’s version of a Black man’s life."
Don Shirley - Music, Green Book & Facts - Biography
2018年12月10日 · Don Shirley was a 20th-century Jamaican American pianist and composer who often performed with the Don Shirley Trio. A chapter of his life story was the subject of the 2018 film...
Don Shirley and Tony Lip: The True Story Behind Their Friendship
2021年1月29日 · The film 'Green Book' is based on a real-life road trip taken by Black pianist Don Shirley and white bouncer Tony Lip and the unlikely friendship that resulted from the journey.
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2019年2月22日 · Despite his training, Shirley in his 20s was dissuaded from pursuing a career as a classical pianist by impresario Sol Hurok, who said the country wasn't ready to accept a black man in...
Don Shirley Biography – Childhood & Life of the American Pianist
American classical and jazz pianist and composer Don Shirley is best remembered for his jazz albums for Cadence Records in the 1950s and 1960s. The Florida-born musician was a prodigy and was trained as a classical pianist.
Don Shirley - Biography - Nathan Kramer.com
Donald Shirley, (1927 - 2013) concert pianist, and composer Carnegie Hall Apartment resident since 1956 and recipient of the Isaac Stern Medallion, the only studio tenant besides Leonard Bernstein to play solo concerts at Carnegie Hall.
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2019年4月10日 · Shirley was a musical prodigy who started playing piano at the age of three. (Some reports say that he started playing at two.) At nine, he studied musical theory at the Leningrad...
Don Shirley (1927-2013) - Blackpast
2019年2月17日 · Donald Walbridge “Don” Shirley was an American classical and jazz composer and pianist. Shirley was born on January 29, 1927, to Stella Gertrude Young and Edwin Samuel Shirley in Pensacola, Florida. His mother and father were Jamaican-born immigrants.
Don Shirley - Music Unites Jamaica Foundation
Don Shirley’s primary instrument of choice was the piano. He was a masterfully skilled pianist, often lauded for his effortless showcase of dynamics. Although the piano was his main medium, Shirley succeeded in making the piano a versatile instrument, capable of capturing a flexible and subtle voice, wherein he used the piano at times like a ...