Erroll Garner Trio - Autumn Leaves download song

This is so timeless. By far the greatest piano version of Autumn Leaves, honestly I am trying to think of something more epic than this in terms of piano improvisation in general, and its not easy. Its that good.

Moreover, Erroll could play in any key. Although his recordings suggest he preferred E and A flat, the word is that his choice of key was determinedly the first note he played. Most aspiring pianists would have great difficulty in emulating this gift!

Erroll Garner was a perfect autodidact. He had no musical scholarship. However, he had a special talent to run empirically the piano. He was a brilliant & stylist player with an overwhelming sound. Love him very much. Thanks glemoine14

That's the very first jazz tune I've learnt. Do not forget Kosma and Prévert. Thanks for listening.

I know there's Art and Oscar "et al", but, for whatever reason, I just seem to prefer the renditions by this guy.

Sep 19, 2007 - In 1975, declining health forced him off the road. He was later diagnosed with lung cancer and died on January 2, 1977 at the age of 55. A humble pianist, Garner will long be remembered for remaining true to his art and for his spirit and joy that he gave to his audiences all over the world. He will be missed but his music will live on. RIP

My favorite piano performance of all time.

If only I was able to see garner live!!

Note how EG opens each piece with a kind of overture consisting of the deconstructed melody; he then plays variations on the melody in a jazz, blues, or swing style (sometimes all three); finally, each variation is elaborately ornamented --- usually with 20th century classical riffs -- which he often mocked with his impish playing. Not bad for a tiny guy who couldn't read music, yet taught himself the piano, and had such a musical ear he could adapt anything 'piano' for his own uses...

Damn, I was too young to attend Erroll´ concert when he played in Zagreb, Croatia where I live. It was in early seventies, I was in early teens - some twelwe or thirteen - such a HUGE MISS!

Concert by the sea,often played in our home,by mother,how those days were so long ago.

It’s seems like people who has no musical education,in fact any educational school To follows thence to display extraordinary flairs and expression beyond comprehension,like Tommy Emmanuel,Mark Knopler and others as they don’t comply to uniform,guidelines and norm,when we don’t follows the same path,new discovery are made.

Erroll Gardner was a God kiss for the likes of you and I.

Outrageously magnificent. No, I must look for other words to describe this !!

Damn, I see I've got my work cut out for me.

Saw him at The London House- Chicago -one Sunday afternoon around 1954, nobody talked, mesmerized, smoked, drank, listened. He was an artist, class act, very memorable.

I was brought up on Errol Garner, my dad - an accomplished jazz pianist himself loved him. He went to see him in London in 1972 and somehow ended up on the stage with him. He sadly passed away very recently and we had Errol playing quietly in the background. It’s what he would have wanted I can’t listen to Errol without crying right now, it’s much too poignant.

Erroll has to be my all-time Favorite. I used to listen to his album 'Concert By The Sea" over and over again. Eventually the album got misplaced. Unfortunately his smoking 4 "or more" packs of cigarettes each day took him from us way too early.

Majestic is barely high enough

Hi Dan old friend well your passing has been hard but 55 yrs of friendship brings back memories of the xross back when we listened to this as kids never forgotten brother