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Concert by the Sea is a live album by pianist Erroll Garner that was released by Columbia in 1955.^[4] It sold over a million dollars' worth of retail copies by 1958,^[5] qualifying for gold record status by the definition of that time but has never been acknowledged as such by the RIAA.

Recording and music[edit]

The album was recorded on September 19, 1955 in the gothic-revivalist styled assembly hall of Sunset School (now Sunset Arts Center) in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a welcoming space being used as part of local promoter Jimmy Lyons' 'Sunset Series', this series in turn laying the groundwork for the beginnings of the Monterey Jazz Festival. From nearby Fort Ord military base servicemen were bused to join the enthusiastic and receptive audience at this Erroll Garner Trio gig.^[6][7] Accompanying Garner were bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Denzil Best. According to Columbia Records and its owner, Sony Music Entertainment, the acoustics were poor and the piano somewhat out of tune. The balance of instruments on the recording was also poor; the bass and drums were receded.^[8]

There was no plan to record the concert officially. The release came about because Garner's personal manager, Martha Glaser, spotted backstage that a tape recorder was running. The recording was being made by a recording engineer for the Armed Forces Radio Network, 'a jazz fan and scholar named Will Thornbury, strictly for the enjoyment of himself and his fellow servicemen'.^[6] Glaser took the tape, put it into album form, and then played it for the head of Columbia Records' jazz division, George Avakian, who decided to release it.^[6] The original LP was released by Columbia as catalog number CL 883; an 'electronically rechanneled to simulatestereo' version, with catalog number CS 9821, was issued in 1969.^[9]

Album cover[edit]

The original U.S. album cover photograph, showing a model in mid-stride with outstretched arms, was shot by music and fashion photographer Art Kane, who was also the photographer of the 1958 group portrait of jazz musicians known as A Great Day in Harlem. Kane went on to create many iconic portraits of 1960s musicians, including the cover photograph of The Who's The Kids Are Alright. Music journalist Marc Myers wrote that '[f]rom an aesthetic standpoint, Art Kane's [Concert by the Sea] cover had grace, movement and drama. White or black, the model featured was in ecstasy, telegraphing that the music inside was happy and guaranteed to raise your spirits.'^[10]

A 1970 U.S. reissue of Concert by the Sea introduced a new photograph (not taken by Kane), which reused Kane's concept, but with a model wearing bell-bottom pants and a hippie-style tunic shirt blouse. The 2015 release of the entire concert again paid tribute to Kane's original photograph, showing a model with outstretched arms standing in front of a rocky shoreline. International releases of the album have used a variety of cover photographs.

Reception[edit]

AllMusic awarded the album a maximum five stars, observing it is 'arguably the finest record pianist Erroll Garner ever made'.^[1]The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave it 3½ stars out of 4 (and added it to the book's suggested Core Collection), asserting that: 'Concert by the Sea is essentially neither more nor less than a characteristic set by the trio'.^[2] Critic Scott Yanow's opinion is: 'this is the album that made such a strong impression that Garner was considered immortal from then on.'^[11]

2015 reissue[edit]

On September 18, 2015, Sony Legacy released the album in an expanded box set version titled The Complete Concert by the Sea. Its three compact discs include the unedited full concert on discs one and two, with 11 tunes that did not appear on the original album, the original release remastered, and a 14-minute post-concert interview on disc three. The New York Times wrote: 'the set will double the available music from the concert, shedding new light on Garner in what is often considered his finest hour.'^[12][13]

The release of The Complete Concert by the Sea is part of the Erroll Garner Jazz Project, a major new archival and musical celebration of Garner. Additionally, Martha Glaser's longtime agent and manager donated a large trove of Garner material from Glaser's estate to the University of Pittsburgh Library System (both Garner and Glaser were from Pittsburgh),^[14] with the promise of more new Garner music to come.^[15]

Track listing[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• Erroll Garner — piano
• Eddie Calhoun — bass
• Denzil Best — drums

References[edit]

Lyrics

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2. ^ ^abCook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9 ed.). Penguin. p. 529.
3. ^Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. US: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 81. ISBN0-394-72643-X.
4. ^The Complete Concert by the Sea. Sony Legacy 88875120842 2015, liner notes.
5. ^Complete Concert 2015 liner notes.
6. ^ ^abcFriedwald, Will (September 17, 2009). 'Concert by the Sea'. Wall Street Journal (Eastern ed.). p. D13.
7. ^Cunniffe, Thomas (September 17, 2015). 'Erroll Garner: The Complete 'Concert by the Sea''. Jazz History Online.
8. ^Bailey, C. Michael (August 9, 2005). 'Erroll Garner: Concert by the Sea'. All About Jazz.
9. ^'Garner's great concert in stereo'. Sacramento Observer. February 5, 1970. p. 15.
10. ^Myers, Marc (7 September 2015). 'Cover: Concert by the Sea'. All About Jazz. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
11. ^Yanow, Scott (2003). Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years. Backbeat Books. p. 407.
12. ^Chinen, Nate (June 15, 2015). 'Arts Beat: 'Concert by the Sea,' a Jazz Classic by Erroll Garner, Is to Be Reissued'. The New York Times.
13. ^Whitehead, Kevin (September 21, 2015). 'Revisiting The Intense Twists And Turns Of Garner's 'Concert By The Sea''. Fresh Air. NPR.
14. ^Niederberger, Mary (June 15, 2015). 'Jazz musician Erroll Garner's materials donated to Pitt library'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
15. ^'Official Website'. ErrollGarner.com.

Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1923 – January 2, 1977; some sources say b. 1921)^[5][6] was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad 'Misty', has become a jazz standard. Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him 'one of the most distinctive of all pianists' and a 'brilliant virtuoso.'^[7] He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Blvd.

• 1Life and career
• 3Works

Life and career[edit]

Garner was born with his twin brother Ernest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 15, 1923, the youngest of six children^[8] in an African-American family. He attended George Westinghouse High School (as did fellow pianists Billy Strayhorn and Ahmad Jamal). Interviews with his family and music teachers (and with other musicians) are given in Erroll Garner: The Most Happy Piano by James M Doran.

Piano career[edit]

Garner began playing piano at the age of three. His elder siblings were taught piano by 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.^[9] Garner was self-taught and remained an 'ear player' all his life, never learning to read music.^[2] At age seven, he began appearing on the radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh with a group called the Candy Kids. By age 11, he was playing on the Allegheny riverboats. At 14 in 1937, he joined local saxophonist Leroy Brown.

He played locally in the shadow of his older pianist brother Linton Garner.

Garner moved to New York City in 1944.^[8] He briefly worked with the bassist Slam Stewart, and though 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 was initially refused because of his inability to read music, it relented in 1956 and made him an honorary member.^[2] Garner is credited with a superb memory of music. After attending a concert by the Russian classical pianist Emil Gilels, Garner returned to his apartment and was able to play a large portion of the performed music by recall.^[2]

Garner made many tours both at home and abroad, and regularly recorded. He was, reportedly, The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson's favorite jazz musician, appearing on Carson's show many times over the years.

Martha Glaser[edit]

Garner was managed by Martha Glaser from 1950 until his death in 1977,^[10] for some of this time as her only client.^[11]

Death[edit]

Garner died of cardiac arrest related to emphysema on January 2, 1977.^[2] He is buried in Pittsburgh's Homewood Cemetery.

Playing style[edit]

Short in stature (5 ft 2 in), Garner performed sitting on multiple telephone directories.^[2][12] He was also known for his vocalizations while playing, which can be heard on many of his recordings. He helped to bridge the gap for jazz musicians between nightclubs and the concert hall.

Called 'one of the most distinctive of all pianists' by jazz writer Scott Yanow, Garner showed that a 'creative jazz musician can be very popular without watering down his music' or changing his personal style.^[7] He has been described as a 'brilliant virtuoso who sounded unlike anyone else', using an 'orchestral approach straight from the swing era but ... open to the innovations of bop.'^[7] His distinctive style could swing like no other, but some of his best recordings are ballads, such as his best-known composition, 'Misty', which rapidly became a jazz standard – and was featured in Clint Eastwood's film Play Misty for Me (1971).

Garner may have been inspired by the example of Earl Hines, a fellow Pittsburgh resident but 18 years his senior, and there were resemblances in their elastic approach to timing and use of right-hand octaves. Garner's early recordings also display the influence of the stride piano style of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller. He developed a signature style that involved his right hand playing behind the beat while his left strummed a steady rhythm and punctuation, creating insouciance and tension. The independence of his hands also was evidenced by his masterful use of three-against-four and more complicated cross-rhythms between the hands. Garner would also improvise whimsical introductions -- often in stark contrast to the rest of the tune -- that left listeners in suspense as to what the piece would be. His melodic improvisations generally stayed close to the theme while employing novel chord voicings.

Pianist Ross Tompkins described Garner's distinctiveness as due to 'happiness'.^[11]

Works[edit]

Garner's first recordings were made in late 1944 at the apartment of Timme Rosenkrantz; these were subsequently issued as the five-volume Overture to Dawn series on Blue Note Records. His recording career advanced in the late 1940s when several sides such as 'Fine and Dandy', 'Skylark' and 'Summertime' were cut. His 1955 live album Concert by the Sea was a best-selling jazz album in its day and features Eddie Calhoun on bass and Denzil Best on drums. This recording of a performance at the Sunset Center, a former school in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, was made using relatively primitive sound equipment, but for George Avakian the decision to release the recording was easy.

In 1954 Garner composed 'Misty', first recording it in 1955 for the album Contrasts. Lyrics were later added by Johnny Burke. 'Misty' rapidly became popular, both as a jazz standard and as the signature song of Johnny Mathis. It was also recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan and Aretha Franklin. Clint Eastwood used it as the basis for his thriller Play Misty For Me.

One World Concert was recorded at the 1962 Seattle World Fair (and in 1959 stretching out in the studios) and features Eddie Calhoun on bass and Kelly Martin on drums.^[13] Other works include 1951's Long Ago and Far Away, 1953's Erroll Garner at the Piano with Wyatt Ruther and Fats Heard,^[14] 1957's The Most Happy Piano, 1970's Feeling Is Believing and 1974's Magician, which see Garner perform a number of classic standards. Often the trio was expanded to add Latin percussion, usually a conga.

In 1964, Garner appeared in the UK on the music series Jazz 625 broadcast on the BBC's new second channel. The programme was hosted by Steve Race, who introduced Garner's trio with Eddie Calhoun on bass and Kelly Martin on drums.^[15]

Because Garner could not write down his musical ideas, he used to record them on tape, to be later transcribed by others.^[16]

The Erroll Garner Club was founded in 1982 in Aberlady, Scotland. On September 26, 1992 Garnerphiles from England, Scotland, Germany and the US met in London for a unique and historic get-together. The guests of honour were Eddie Calhoun (bassist) and Kelly Martin (drummer), Erroll's rhythm section from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s. On June 15, 1996 many of the UK's keenest Garnerphiles converged in Cheltenham for an afternoon of music, food and fun on what would have been Erroll's 75th birthday. That evening they were saddened to hear of the death of another jazz legend: Ella Fitzgerald.^[17]

Archive and newly discovered material[edit]

In 2012 a film on Garner was released by Atticus Brady called No One Can Hear You Read, which Garner used to say when asked why he had never learned to read music. Footage of the piano prodigy playing and speaking was intercut with interviews: with admirers (including Woody Allen, Steve Allen and his fellow musicians Ahmad Jamal, also from Pittsburgh and Ernest McCarty, his bassist for many years); with family members, including his big sister Ruth Garner Moore and daughter Kim Garner; with George Avakian, the producer of Concert by the Sea; and with Jim Doran his biographer. The film attempts to address Garner's fall from prominence after his death, reminding viewers how popular and original he was in his day as well as why he is considered in many quarters a legend, one of the true greats of jazz.

On June 15, 2015, the estate of Martha Glaser, Garner's longtime manager, announced the formation of the Erroll Garner Jazz Project, a major new archival and musical celebration of Garner. The project includes the donation of the Erroll Garner Archive—a huge trove of newly discovered historical material from Garner's life—to the University of Pittsburgh.^[18][19]

On September 18, 2015, Concert by the Sea was re-released by Sony Legacy in an expanded, three-CD edition that adds 11 previously unreleased tracks.

On September 30, 2016, 'Ready Take One' was released on Sony Legacy/Octave featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks.^[20]

On July 13, 2018, a live concert recording of Garner playing in 1964 at the Concertgebouw in the Netherlands was released by Mack Avenue Records with the title Nightconcert.^[21]

Publishing rights[edit]

In 2016, Downtown Music Publishing entered an exclusive worldwide administration agreement with Octave Music Publishing Corp. The deal covers all of Garner’s works including “Misty”, as well as Garner’s extensive archive of master recordings, many of which remain unreleased.^[22]

Material loss[edit]

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Erroll Garner among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.^[23]

Discography[edit]

• Serenade To Laura (1945) Savoy MG-12003
• Giants of the Piano (back to back with Art Tatum) (1947 Hollywood recordings with Red Callender and Hal West), Vogue LP LAE 12209
• Early in Paris (1948), Blue Music Group
• Penthouse Serenade (1949)
• Erroll Garner (August 1949), Los Angeles recordings with John Simmons, Alvin Stoller (2 vols Joker LP BM 3718-3719)
• Erroll Garner (no date, c. 1951), with Wyatt Ruther and Fats HeardPhilips B 07015 L
• Erroll Garner plays for dancing (no date, c. 1951), Philips B 07622 R
• Solo flight (no date, c. 1951), Philips B 07602 R
• Erroll Garner (AKA Erroll Garner at the Piano) (1951–53 material), with Wyatt Ruther and Fats Heard, Columbia CL535, CBS reissue LP 62311
• Mambo Moves Garner (1954), Mercury MG20055
• Plays Misty (1954), Mercury SR60662
• Gems (1954), Columbia CL583
• Music for Tired Lovers, with Woody Herman singing (!) (1954), Columbia CL651
• Concert by the Sea (1955), Columbia CL883
• Contrasts (EmArcy, 1955)
• Garnering (EmArcy, 1955)
• Solitaire (1955)
• Afternoon of an Elf (1955), Mercury MG20090
• The One and Only Erroll Garner (1956)
• The Most Happy Piano (1956), Columbia CL939 (Italian CBS reissue, Il magico pianoforte di Erroll Garner, CBS Serie Rubino, 52065, 1967)
• He's Here! He's Gone! He's Garner! (1956)
• Gone Garner Gonest (1956)
• The Greatest Garner (1956), Atlantic 1227
• Other Voices, with Mitch Miller and orchestra (1957), Columbia CL1014
• Soliloquy (1957), Columbia CL1060
• Erroll Garner – Encores in Hi Fi (1958), Columbia CL 1141
• Paris Impressions Vol.#1 (1958), Columbia CL 1212
• Paris Impressions (1958), Columbia #1216, double album
• Erroll Garner One World Concert (1961), Reprise R9-6080 B
• Informal Piano Improvisations (1962), Baronet B-109
• A New Kind Of Love (1963), Erroll Garner with Full Orchestra, Conducted by Leith Stevens Phillips BL7595
• Erroll Garner/Maxwell Davis Trio: Mr. Erroll Garner and the Maxwell Davis Trio (1964), Crown Records CLP-5404
• Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin and Kern (1964), Mercury 826 224-2
• Serenade in Blue (1964), Clarion 610^[24]
• Erroll Garner Amsterdam Concert (concert November 7, 1964), Philips LP BL7717/632 204 BL
• Erroll Garner Plays (1965), Ember LP FA 2011
• Campus Concert (1966), MGM SE-4361
• That's my Kick (1967), MGM SE-4463
• Up in Erroll's Room – featuring the Brass Bed (1968), Vanguard NSLP 28123
• Feeling is Believing (1970), Mercury SR61308
• Gemini (1972), London XPS617
• Magician (1974), London APS640
• Play it Again Erroll (reissued 1974), Columbia CL33424 double album
• The Elf – The Savoy Sessions (1976), Savoy SJL 2207 double album
• Long Ago and Far Away (1987)
• Body and Soul (1991), Columbia CK47035
• The Complete Concert By the Sea (2015), Sony Music Cmg B00ZJ5QXDO
• Ready Take One (2016) Octave Music/Legacy Music 536331
• Nightconcert (2018) Mack Avenue Records^[25]

Personal life[edit]

Garner did not marry, but is believed to have fathered a daughter, Kim Garner, who is interviewed in No One Can Hear You Read.^[11]

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References[edit]

Song List

1. ^'Erroll Garner played and composed by ear'. Aaregistry.org. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
2. ^ ^abcdefJohn S. Wilson (January 3, 1977). 'Erroll Garner, Jazz Pianist, 53; Composed 'Misty,' 'That's My Kick''. The New York Times. p. 23. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
3. ^'Box Set for Jazz Lovers: Erroll Garner's 'Concert by the Sea''. Thepochtimes.com. November 8, 2015.
4. ^'University of Pittsburgh Commemorates Black History Month'. University of Pittsburgh News. January 26, 2016. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
5. ^Erroll Garner (American musician) Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Britannica.com. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
6. ^Doc Rock. 'The 1970s'. The Dead Rock Stars Club. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
7. ^ ^abcYanow, Scott. 'Erroll Garner'. AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
8. ^ ^abPianist, George Shearing. 'Erroll Garner: 'The Joy of a Genius''. Npr.org. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
9. ^James M. Doran (1985). Erroll Garner: The Most Happy Piano, Scarecrow Press. ISBN978-0810817456.
10. ^ULS, Archives & Special Collections. 'LibGuides: Erroll Garner Archive @ Pitt: Martha Glaser'. Pitt.libguides.com. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
11. ^ ^abc'Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read'. Digital.nepr.net. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
12. ^John Wilson, 'Return of Erroll Garner; Phone Book Is Still His Prop at Village Gate', The New York Times, May 29, 1965, p. 16.
13. ^Scott Yanow. 'One World Concert/Dream Street – Erroll Garner | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards'. AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
14. ^'Erroll Garner – Erroll Garner At The Piano (Vinyl, LP)'. Discogs.com. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
15. ^'Garner's Serendipitous Hit', Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2009.
16. ^'Erroll Garner – Piano Solos Book 2, M.H. Goldsen, Criterion Music Corp, 1957. Preface.
17. ^J.D. Ellis (then Erroll Garner Club Treasurer) and Erroll Garner Gems Volume 2, Number 4, produced by Jim Doran, Erroll's biographer.
18. ^Niederberger, Mary (June 15, 2015). 'Jazz musician Erroll Garner's materials donated to Pitt library'. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
19. ^Chinen, Nate (September 16, 2015). 'Erroll Garner's 'Concert by the Sea' Gets a New Sound'. The New York Times.
20. ^'Ready Take One – Erroll Garner | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
21. ^Gelly, Dave (July 29, 2018). 'Erroll Garner: Nightconcert review – dizzying jazz talent, live in 1964'. The Observer. ISSN0029-7712. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
22. ^'Downtown Music Publishing Pacts With Octave Music To Administer Erroll Garner Catalog'. Allaccess.com. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
23. ^Rosen, Jody (June 25, 2019). 'Here Are Hundreds More Artists Whose Tapes Were Destroyed in the UMG Fire'. The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
24. ^'Erroll Garner – Serenade In Blue (Vinyl, LP)'. Discogs.com. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
25. ^UNEARTHED GEM: Erroll Garner, Nightconcert. Review by Scott Yanow, NYCJR, June 2019, Issue 206, page 15 - retrieved 1 June 2019.

Ready Take One Erroll Garner Album

External links[edit]

Erroll Garner Album Songs Remastered

• Erroll Garner at AllMusic
• Erroll Garner at Find a Grave
• Erroll Garner on IMDb