Music to Hear

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1972 studio album by George Shearing

Music to Hear

Studio album by

George Shearing

Released| 1972
Recorded| 1972
Genre| Jazz
Length| 42:05
Label| Sheba Records ST 106
Producer| Trixie Shearing
George Shearing chronology
| As Requested
(1972)  | Music to Hear
(1972)  | The George Shearing Quartet
(1972)

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Allmusic| [1]

Music to Hear is a 1972 solo studio album by George Shearing, one of five albums that Shearing released on his own record label, Sheba.[2]

The title comes from Shakespeare's sonnet 08, "Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?"

## Track listing

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1. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John La Touche) – 2:06
2. "The Summer Knows" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 3:34
3. "Children's Waltz" – 2:36
4. "Change Partners" (Irving Berlin) – 4:26
5. "Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:45
6. "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 3:54
7. "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:09
8. "Dream Dancing" (Cole Porter) – 3:35
9. "I Predict" – 2:58
10. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:27
11. "Beautiful Love" – 3:36
12. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:38

## Personnel

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* George Shearing – piano

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Music to Hear at AllMusic

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Studio
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* Midnight on Cloud 69 (1956)
* Black Satin (1956)
* 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
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* 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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