Erroll Garner

Erroll Garner

Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first recorded in 1956 with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, and played a prominent part in the 1971 motion picture Play Misty for Me. Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso". Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Boulevard. His live album Concert by the Sea first released in 1955, sold more than 1 million copies by 1958, and Yanow's opinion on the album is that it "made such a strong impression that Garner was considered immortal from then on."

Birth and Death Data: Born Pittsburgh (city and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States), Died January 2, 1977 (Los Angeles (seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D7VB-0132	10-in.	2/10/1947	Gaslight	Leslie Scott	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D7VB-0514	10-in.	4/22/1947	Erroll's bounce	Erroll Garner	Piano solo	instrumentalist, piano, composer
Atlantic	244	10-in.	7/20/1949	Flamingo	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Atlantic	248	10-in.	7/20/1949	Twilight	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano, composer
Atlantic	826	10-in.	12/18/1944	Everything happens to me	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Atlantic	830	10-in.	12/18/1944	Perdido	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Mercury	2950	10-in.	8/23/1949	Remember	Erroll Garner Trio ; Johnny Hartman		instrumentalist, piano
Mercury	2951	10-in.	8/23/1949	Easy to remember	Erroll Garner ; Johnny Hartman		instrumentalist, piano
Mercury	2952	10-in.	8/23/1949	September in the rain	Erroll Garner Trio ; Johnny Hartman		instrumentalist, piano
Mercury	2953	10-in.	8/23/1949	Home	Erroll Garner ; Johnny Hartman		instrumentalist, piano
Imperial	IM-128	10-in.	1/10/1945	White rose bounce	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Imperial	IM-129	10-in.	1/10/1945	Twistin' the cat's tail	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Imperial	IM-130	10-in.	1/10/1945	Movin' around	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano, composer
Imperial	IM-131	10-in.	1/10/1945	Night and day	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Signature	SRC 114	10-in.	3/9/1945	Sweet Lorraine	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Signature	SRC 115	10-in.	3/9/1945	Yesterdays	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Signature	SRC 116	10-in.	3/9/1945	Loot to boot	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano
Signature	SRC 117	10-in.	3/9/1945	Gaslight	Erroll Garner		instrumentalist, piano

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Garner, Erroll," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103205.

Garner, Erroll. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103205.

"Garner, Erroll." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.