Nightly News   |  February 14, 2011

Jazz pianist George Shearing dies

British jazz pianist George Shearing, who often teamed with singer Mel Torme and wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland," has died in New York. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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>>> the great jazz pianist george schering has died. shearing, who was born blienld, son of a british coal miner composed 300 songs and headed a famous quinn at the time parrying his name. he worked with the greats, frank sinatra , peggy lee . his best composition of all time, "lullabye of birdland" written in 1952 . george shearing died of congestive heart failure. he was 91 years old.