I have said it before and I will say it again..."A God, Not A Man!"...In total command of an endless wellspring of creativity and originality. Garner
remains the greatest of the
Great.
Yes. There are many great piano artists. Nat Cole, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Art Tatum and countless others. But at this particular moment, EROLL GARDNER is a piano's best friend..
A genius beyond compare ! This man was so ahead of his time... this song is rock and roll .... what he's doing on the piano is comparable but better than a Jimi Hendrix guitar solo... it elicits the same uncontrollable emotional response in me and completely blows my mind that anyone could be so musical .... the term musical genius doesn't even begin to describe this man
From One World Concert I think, recorded at the World Fair in Seattle in 1962. He just nails it as ever, the infectious swinging Gemini Genius having fun and still bringing us joy all these years later. It's on a Telarc CD from the mid 1990s paired with a fine studio album Dreamstreet.