Dexterity (George Shearing album)

1988 live album by George Shearing

Dexterity

Live album by

George Shearing

Released| 1988
Recorded| November 1987
Venue| Kan-i Hoken Hall, Tokyo, Japan
Genre| Jazz
Label| Concord CJ 346[1]
Producer| Carl Jefferson
George Shearing chronology
| More Grand Piano
(1986)  | Dexterity
(1988)  | The Spirit of 176
(1988)

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Dexterity is a 1988 live album by the jazz pianist George Shearing recorded at the second Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival. The singer Ernestine Anderson appears on two tracks.[2] Shearing and Anderson would later record the album A Perfect Match.[3]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic, describing it as "A well-rounded and consistently enjoyable program".[2]

## Track listing

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1. "Dexterity" (Charlie Parker) – 5:17
2. "You Must Believe in Spring" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand) – 7:53
3. "Sakura Sakura (Cherry Blossom)" (Traditional) – 5:13
4. "Kjo No Tsuki" (Rentaro Taki) – 3:00
5. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:08
6. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 5:03
7. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:08
8. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:19
9. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 6:49
10. Duke Ellington medley: "Take the "A" Train"/"In a Sentimental Mood"/"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"/"Satin Doll"/"Cotton Tail" (Billy Strayhorn)/(Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills)/(Ellington, Lee Gaines)/(Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer)/(Ellington) – 7:21
11. "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 5:30

## Personnel

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* George Shearing – piano
* Ernestine Anderson – vocals on "As Long As I Live" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love"
* Neil Swainson – double bass
* Carl Jefferson – producer
* Kent Judkins – art direction
* Chris Long – assistant producer
* Tom Burgess – cover art concept
* Hatsuro Takanami – engineer
* Leonard Feather – liner notes
* George Horn – mastering
* K. Abe – photography
* Kazumi Someya – project interpreter
* Ron Davis – remixing
* Allen Farnham – remote supervisor
* Yoichi Nakao – technical coordinator

## References

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1. ^ "George Shearing with special guest Ernestine Anderson – Dexterity (Vinyl, LP)". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2. ^ a b c Dexterity at AllMusic
3. ^ A Perfect Match at AllMusic

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* Midnight on Cloud 69 (1956)
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* In the Night (1956)
* Latin Lace (1958)
* Beauty and the Beat! (1959)
* The Shearing Touch (1960)
* Latin Affair (1960)
* White Satin (1960)
* George Shearing and the Montgomery Brothers (1961)
* Nat King Cole Sings/George Shearing Plays (1961)
* The Swingin's Mutual! (1961)
* Shearing Bossa Nova (1962)
* Touch Me Softly (1963)
* Old Gold and Ivory (1963)
* Out of the Woods (1964)
* New Look! (1967)
* The Heart and Soul of Joe Williams and George Shearing (1971)
* Music to Hear (1972)
* Continental Experience (1975)
* The Reunion (1976)
* Two for the Road (1980)
* On a Clear Day (1980)
* First Edition (1981)
* Top Drawer (1983)
* An Elegant Evening (1985)
* Grand Piano (1985)
* George Shearing & Barry Tuckwell Play the Music of Cole Porter (1986)
* More Grand Piano (1986)
* Breakin' Out (1987)
* The Spirit of 176 (1988)
* George Shearing in Dixieland (1989)
* Piano (1989)
* The Rare Delight of You (2002)
* Hopeless Romantics (2005)

Live albums|

* On the Sunny Side of the Strip (1960)
* Jazz Concert (1963)
* Rare Form! (1966)
* Blues Alley Jazz (1979)
* An Evening with George Shearing & Mel Tormé (1982)
* The Classic Concert Live (1982)
* An Evening at Charlie's (1983)
* Live at the Café Carlyle (1984)
* A Vintage Year (1987)
* A Perfect Match (1988)
* Dexterity (1988)
* Mel and George "Do" World War II (1990)
* The Rare Delight of You (2002)
* Hopeless Romantics (2005)

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