In 1986, Shearing joined Fresh Air host Terry Gross for a conversation about his decades in the music industry and his 1952 song "Lullaby of Birdland." He famously composed his biggest commercial ...

George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland," died Monday in Manhattan of congestive heart failure. He was 91. (Associated Press) ...