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{{short description|American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)}}
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| name              = Erroll Garner
| image             = Erroll Garner 1947.jpg
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| caption           = Garner {{circa|1947}}
| background        = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name        = Erroll Louis Garner
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1921|6|15}}
| birth_place       = [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1977|1|2|1921|6|15}}
| death_place       = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| genre             = [[Jazz]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|composer}}
| instrument        = Piano
| years_active      = 1944–1974
| label             = {{hlist|[[Mercury Records|Mercury]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|[[Verve Records|Verve]]|[[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]|[[London Records|London]]|[[Savoy Records|Savoy]]|[[Mack Avenue Records|Mack Avenue]]|[[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]]}}
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'''Erroll Louis Garner''' (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977)<ref name="Doran - The Most Happy Piano">{{cite book |first=James M. |last=Doran |date=1985 |title=Erroll Garner: The Most Happy Piano |publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]] |isbn=978-0810817456 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/errollgarnermost00dora }}</ref><ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/717639/Erroll-Garner Erroll Garner (American musician) Britannica Online Encyclopedia]. Britannica.com. Retrieved November 21, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Doc |last=Rock |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1970.html?referer=www.clickfind.com.au%20thedeadrockstarsclub.com|title=The 1970s |publisher=The Dead Rock Stars Club|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] pianist and composer known for his [[Swung note|swing]] playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "[[Misty (song)|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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Erroll Garner |url=https://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/erroll-garner/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

[[Scott Yanow]] of [[Allmusic]] calls him "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" and a "brilliant virtuoso".<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web| last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=Erroll Garner|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/erroll-garner-mn0000206967/biography| website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref> Garner received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6363 Hollywood Boulevard. His live album ''[[Concert by the Sea]]''<ref name="amazon">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Concert-Sea-Erroll-Garner/dp/B00ZJ5QXDO|title=The Complete Concert By The Sea|access-date=September 3, 2021|website=Amazon.co.uk}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite book|last=Yanow|first= Scott |date=2003|title=Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years|publisher= Backbeat Books|page= 407}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Garner was born, along with twin brother Ernest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 15, 1921,<ref>''The Most Happy Piano'' by Jim Doran, Erroll's fan and friend, featured extensive interviews with Erroll's siblings Ruth Garner (born 1917) and Linton Garner (born March 25, 1915), and a family tree giving the birthdate of Erroll and Ernest Skeen (his twin) as June 15, 1921.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/erroll-garner-played-and-composed-ear|title=Erroll Garner played and composed by ear|website=Aaregistry.org|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028093605/http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/erroll-garner-played-and-composed-ear|archive-date=October 28, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Wilson">{{cite news|first=John S.|last= Wilson|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E4D81E3FEF3BBC4B53DFB766838C669EDE |title=Erroll Garner, Jazz Pianist, 53; Composed 'Misty,' 'That's My Kick' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=23|date=January 3, 1977 |access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = University of Pittsburgh Commemorates Black History Month | publisher=University of Pittsburgh News | url = http://www.news.pitt.edu/news/university-pittsburgh-commemorates-black-history-month | access-date = July 24, 2016 | date= January 26, 2016 }}</ref> the youngest of six children.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2007/09/19/14501602/erroll-garner-the-joy-of-a-genius|title=Erroll Garner: 'The Joy of a Genius'|first=George Shearing|last=Pianist|website=Npr.org|date=September 19, 2007 |access-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> He attended [[Westinghouse High School (Pittsburgh)|George Westinghouse High School]] (as did fellow pianists [[Billy Strayhorn]] and [[Ahmad Jamal]]). Interviews with his family, music teachers, other musicians, and a detailed family tree can be found in ''Erroll Garner: The Most Happy Piano'' by James M. Doran.<ref name="Doran - The Most Happy Piano" />

===Piano career===
[[File:Erroll-Garner-1964.jpg|thumb|Erroll Garner during his visit to Helsinki, Finland, in November 1964]]
Garner began playing piano at the age of three. His elder siblings were taught piano by a "Miss Bowman." From an early age, Erroll would sit down and play anything she had demonstrated, "just like Miss Bowman", his eldest sister Martha said.<ref name="Doran - The Most Happy Piano" /> Garner was self-taught and remained an [[Learning music by ear|"ear player"]] all his life, never learning to read music.<ref name="Wilson"/> At age 7, he began appearing on the radio station [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]] in Pittsburgh with a group named the Candy Kids. By age 11, he was playing on the Allegheny riverboats. In 1937 he joined local saxophonist [[Leroy Brown (musician)|Leroy Brown]].

He played locally in the shadow of [[Linton Garner]], his older brother, also a pianist.

Garner moved to New York City in 1944.<ref name="auto"/> He briefly worked with the bassist [[Slam Stewart]], and although not a [[bebop]] musician per se, in 1947 played with [[Charlie Parker]] on the "Cool Blues" session. Although his admission to the Pittsburgh music union initially was refused because of his inability to read music, the union relented in 1956 and made him an honorary member.<ref name="Wilson"/> Garner is credited with a superb musical memory. After attending a concert by Russian classical pianist [[Emil Gilels]], Garner returned to his apartment and was able to play a large portion of the performed music by memory.<ref name="Wilson"/>

===Columbia Records Lawsuit===
Garner sued Columbia Records in 1960 for breach of contract after Columbia released several recordings without Garner's consent. Garner had signed a five-year deal with Columbia in 1956, which contained an unprecedented clause (negotiated with the aid of manager Martha Glaser) giving Garner the right to approve the release of any of his recorded music. After three years of litigation, during which time Columbia continued to release Garner recordings against his will, the New York State Supreme Court ruled in Garner's favor in a landmark decision with regard to artist's rights, and Columbia paid Garner a substantial settlement and recalled all of the unauthorized records from its distributors.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The True Story of Erroll Garner, the First Artist to Sue a Major Label and Win|first= Dan |last=Ouelette|magazine= [[Variety Magazine]]|date= November 22, 2019|url= https://variety.com/2019/music/news/the-true-story-of-erroll-garner-the-first-artist-to-sue-a-major-label-and-win-1203413083/}}</ref>

===Martha Glaser===
Garner was managed by [[Martha Farkas Glaser|Martha Glaser]] from 1950 until his death in 1977,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitt.libguides.com/ErrollGarner/MarthaGlaser|title=LibGuides: Erroll Garner Archive @ Pitt: Martha Glaser|first=Archives & Special Collections|last=ULS|website=Pitt.libguides.com|access-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> with a period of this time as her only client.<ref name="nepr.net">{{cite web|url=https://digital.nepr.net/music/2013/10/23/erroll-garner-no-one-can-hear-you-read/|title=Erroll Garner: No One Can Hear You Read|website=Digital.nepr.net|date=October 23, 2013|access-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref>

===Death===
Garner died of cardiac arrest related to [[emphysema]] on January 2, 1977, aged 55.<ref name="Wilson"/> He is buried in Pittsburgh's [[Homewood Cemetery]].

==Playing style==
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Short in stature ({{convert|5|ft|2|in|cm|disp=sqbr}}), Garner performed sitting on multiple telephone directories.<ref name="Wilson"/><ref name="Wilson2">{{cite news|first=John |last=Wilson|url=https://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60B17FC345415738DDDA00A94DD405B858AF1D3 |title=Return of Erroll Garner; Phone Book Is Still His Prop at Village Gate|newspaper=The New York Times|date= May 29, 1965|page= 16}}</ref> He was also known for his vocalizations while playing, which can be heard on many of his recordings. He helped to bridge the gap for jazz musicians between nightclubs and the concert hall.

Called "one of the most distinctive of all pianists" by Scott Yanow, Garner showed that a "creative jazz musician can be very popular without watering down his music" or changing his personal style.<ref name="allmusic"/> He has been described as a "brilliant virtuoso who sounded unlike anyone else", using an "orchestral approach straight from the swing era but...open to the innovations of bop."<ref name="allmusic"/> His distinctive style could [[Swung note|swing]] like no other, but some of his best recordings are ballads, such as his best-known composition, "[[Misty (song)|Misty]]", which rapidly became a [[jazz standard]] – and was featured in [[Clint Eastwood]]'s film ''[[Play Misty for Me]]'' (1971).

Garner may have been inspired by the example of [[Earl Hines]], a fellow Pittsburgh resident who was 18 years his senior, and there were resemblances in their elastic approach to timing and use of right-hand octaves. Garner's early recordings display the influence of the [[Stride (music)|stride piano]] style of [[James P. Johnson]] and [[Fats Waller]]. Garner's melodic improvisations generally stayed close to the theme while employing novel chord voicings and other devices. He developed a signature style that involved his right hand playing slightly behind the beat while his left strummed a steady rhythm and punctuation, creating an insouciant quality and at the same time an exciting rhythmic tension. He would also enhance the effect by accelerating and decelerating the beat in the right hand, a device nicknamed the "Russian Dragon" (rushing and dragging). The independence of his hands also was evidenced by his masterful use of three-against-four and more complicated [[polyrhythm]]s between the hands. In trio settings, he often played the 3:2 son [[Clave (rhythm)|clave]] rhythm pattern in his left hand chording on Latin tunes, and on swing tunes, he played the similar 12/8 Rhumba clave rhythm pattern. Garner frequently improvised whimsical introductions—often in stark contrast to the rest of the tune—that left listeners and even fellow band members in suspense as to what the piece would be or when the introduction would come to an end.

Bassist [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]] called Garner "The Happy Man". Pianist [[Ross Tompkins]] described Garner's distinctiveness as due to "happiness".<ref name="nepr.net"/>

==Works==
Garner's first recordings were made in late 1944 at the apartment of [[Timme Rosenkrantz]];<ref>{{cite book | last=Toop | first=D. | title=Into the Maelstrom: Music, Improvisation and the Dream of Freedom: Before 1970 | publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-4411-0277-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xv7XCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 | access-date=2020-08-01 | page=92}}</ref> these subsequently were issued as the five-volume ''Overture to Dawn'' series on [[Blue Note Records]]. His recording career advanced in the late 1940s when several sides such as "[[Fine and Dandy (song)|Fine and Dandy]]", "[[Skylark (song)|Skylark]]" and "[[Summertime (George Gershwin song)|Summertime]]" were cut. His 1955 live album ''[[Concert by the Sea]]'' was a best-selling jazz album in its day and features [[Eddie Calhoun]] on bass and [[Denzil Best]] on drums. This recording of a performance at the [[Sunset Center]], a former school in [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]], was made using relatively primitive sound equipment, but for [[George Avakian]], the decision to release the recording was easy.

In 1954 Garner composed "Misty", first recording it in 1955 for the album ''[[Contrasts (Erroll Garner album)|Contrasts]]''. Lyrics were later added by [[Johnny Burke (lyricist)|Johnny Burke]]. "Misty" rapidly became popular, both as a jazz standard and as the signature song of [[Johnny Mathis]]. It was also recorded by [[Ella Fitzgerald]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Sarah Vaughan]], [[Ray Stevens]] and [[Aretha Franklin]].

''[[One World Concert]]'' was recorded at the 1962 Seattle World Fair (and in 1959 stretching out in the studios) and features [[Eddie Calhoun]] on bass and [[Kelly Martin (musician)|Kelly Martin]] on drums.<ref>{{cite web|first=Scott|last= Yanow |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dreamstreet-one-world-concert-mw0000430900 |title=One World Concert/Dream Street – Erroll Garner &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 2, 2015}}</ref> Other works include 1951's ''[[Long Ago and Far Away (Erroll Garner album)|Long Ago and Far Away]]'', 1953's ''[[Erroll Garner at the Piano]]'' with Wyatt Ruther and Fats Heard,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Erroll-Garner-Erroll-Garner-At-The-Piano/release/1251472 |title=Erroll Garner – Erroll Garner At The Piano (Vinyl, LP) |website=Discogs.com |year=1979 |access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref> 1957's ''[[The Most Happy Piano]]'', 1970's ''[[Feeling Is Believing]]'' and 1974's ''[[Magician (Erroll Garner album)|Magician]]'', on which Garner performs a number of classic standards. Often the trio was expanded to add Latin percussion, usually a conga.

In 1964, Garner appeared in the UK on the music series ''[[Jazz 625]]'' broadcast on BBC Two The programme was hosted by [[Steve Race (musician)|Steve Race]], who introduced Garner's trio with Eddie Calhoun on bass and Kelly Martin on drums.<ref name="bythesea">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204731804574391224002886930?mod=rss_Lifestyle |title=Garner's Serendipitous Hit|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|first=Will |last=Friedwald|date= September 17, 2009}}</ref>

Because Garner could not write down his musical ideas, he used to record them on tape, to be later transcribed by others.<ref>''Erroll Garner – Piano Solos Book 2'', M.H. Goldsen, Criterion Music Corp, 1957. Preface.</ref>

The Erroll Garner Club was founded in 1982 in Aberlady, Scotland. On September 26, 1992, Garnerphiles from England, Scotland, Germany and the US met in London for a unique and historic get-together. The guests of honour were Eddie Calhoun (bassist) and Kelly Martin (drummer), Garner's rhythm section from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. On June 15, 1996, many of the UK's Garnerphiles converged in Cheltenham for an afternoon of music, food and fun on what would have been Garner's 75th birthday. That evening, they learned of the death of jazz legend [[Ella Fitzgerald]].<ref>J.D. Ellis (then Erroll Garner Club Treasurer) and Erroll Garner ''Gems'' Volume 2, Number 4, produced by Jim Doran, Erroll's biographer.</ref>

===Archive and newly discovered material===
[[File:Erroll Garner exhibit at the University of Pittsburgh.jpg|thumb|right|An exhibit in the University of Pittsburgh's William Pitt Union from the [[Erroll Garner Archives]]]]
In 2012 a film on Garner was released by Atticus Brady called ''No One Can Hear You Read'', which Garner used to say when asked why he had never learned to read music. Footage of the piano prodigy playing and speaking was intercut with interviews: with admirers (including [[Woody Allen]], [[Steve Allen]] and his fellow musicians [[Ahmad Jamal]], also from Pittsburgh and [[Ernest McCarty]], his bassist for many years); with family members, including his big sister Ruth Garner Moore and daughter Kim Garner; with [[George Avakian]], the producer of ''[[Concert by the Sea]]''; and with Jim Doran his biographer. The film attempts to address Garner's fall from prominence after his death, reminding viewers how popular and original he was in his day as well as why he is considered in many quarters a legend, one of the true greats of jazz.

On June 15, 2015, the estate of [[Martha Farkas Glaser|Martha Glaser]], Garner's longtime manager, announced the formation of the Erroll Garner Jazz Project, a major new archival and musical celebration of Garner. The project includes the donation of the [[Erroll Garner Archive]]—a huge trove of newly discovered historical material from Garner's life—to the University of Pittsburgh.<ref>{{cite news|last=Niederberger |first=Mary |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2015/06/15/Jazz-musician-Erroll-Garner-donates-materials-to-Pitt-library/stories/201506150062 |title=Jazz musician Erroll Garner's materials donated to Pitt library |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=June 15, 2015 |access-date=September 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/arts/music/erroll-garners-concert-by-the-sea-gets-a-new-sound.html|title=Erroll Garner's 'Concert by the Sea' Gets a New Sound|first=Nate|last=Chinen|date=September 16, 2015|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

On September 18, 2015, ''Concert by the Sea'' was re-released by Sony Legacy in an expanded, three-CD edition that adds 11 previously unreleased tracks.

On September 30, 2016, ''[[Ready Take One]]'' was released on Sony Legacy/Octave featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ready-take-one-mw0002973825|title=Ready Take One – Erroll Garner {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref>

On July 13, 2018, a live concert recording of Garner playing in 1964 at the [[Concertgebouw, Amsterdam|Concertgebouw]] in the Netherlands was released by Mack Avenue Records with the title ''Nightconcert.''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/29/erroll-garner-nightconcert-review-live-amsterdam-concertgebouw-1964|title=Erroll Garner: Nightconcert review – dizzying jazz talent, live in 1964|last=Gelly|first=Dave|date=2018-07-29|newspaper=[[The Observer]]|access-date=2019-02-13|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

Garner was posthumously featured on the track "All Night Parking" with [[Adele]] on her fourth studio album, ''[[30 (album)|30]]'' (2021). The song is built around a sample of [[Joey Pecoraro]]'s "Finding Parking" (2017), which in turn samples Garner's 1964 live performance of his song "No More Shadows" on the BBC television program ''[[Jazz 625]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=2021-11-19 |title=The jazz dalliance on Adele's '30' runs deeper than a sampled groove |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/19/1057381765/the-jazz-dalliance-on-adeles-30-runs-deeper-than-a-sampled-groove |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

===Publishing rights===
In 2016, [[Downtown Music Publishing]] entered an exclusive worldwide administration agreement with Octave Music Publishing Corp. The deal covers all of Garner's works including "[[Misty (song)|Misty]]", as well as Garner's extensive archive of master recordings, many of which remain unreleased.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/152779/downtown-music-publishing-pacts-with-octave-music-|title=Downtown Music Publishing Pacts With Octave Music To Administer Erroll Garner Catalog|website=Allaccess.com|access-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref>

==Discography==
* ''Penthouse Serenade'' (1945–1949), [[Savoy Records|Savoy]] MG12002
* ''Serenade To Laura'' (1945–1949), Savoy MG12003
* ''Giants of the Piano'' (split album with [[Art Tatum]]) (1947 Hollywood recordings with [[Red Callender]], [[Doc West|Hal West]]), [[Roost Records|Roost]] 2213; Vogue LAE 12209
* ''Early in Paris'' (1948), Blue Music Group
* ''Back To Back'' (split album with [[Billy Taylor]]) (1949), Savoy MG12008
* ''Erroll Garner'' (August 1949) (Los Angeles recordings with [[John Simmons (musician)|John Simmons]], [[Alvin Stoller]]), (2 volumes: Joker BM 3718 and BM 3719)
* ''The Greatest Garner'' (1949–1950), [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]] 1227
* ''Piano Moods'' (1950), [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] CL6139 [10"]
* ''Gems'' (1951), Columbia CL6173 [10"]; (1954); Columbia CL583 [12"]
* ''Solo Flight'' (1952), Columbia CL6209 [10"]; [[Philips Records|Philips]] B 07602 R [10"]
* ''Plays for Dancing'' (1953), Columbia CL6259 [10"]; (1956) Columbia CL667 [12"]
* ''Erroll Garner (At the Piano)'' (1953) (with [[Wyatt Ruther]], [[Fats Heard]]), Columbia CL535; Philips B 07015 L; reissue: CBS [UK] 62 311
* ''Gone With Garner'' (1954), [[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]] MG26042
* ''Garnering'' (1954), EmArcy MG36026
* ''Mambo Moves Garner'' (1954), [[Mercury Records|Mercury]] MG20055
* ''[[Contrasts (Erroll Garner album)|Contrasts]]'' (1955), EmArcy MG36001
* ''Erroll! (Erroll Garner In The Land Of Hi-Fi)'' (1954–1955), EmArcy MG36069
* ''Plays Misty'' (1954–1955), Mercury MG20662
* ''Solitaire'' (1955), Mercury MG20063 
* ''Afternoon of an Elf'' (1955), Mercury MG20090
* ''Gone Garner Gonest'' (1955), Columbia CL617
* ''Music for Tired Lovers'', with [[Woody Herman]] singing (!) (1955), Columbia CL651
* ''[[Concert by the Sea]]'' (September 19, 1955), Columbia CL883; also released later in an expanded three-CD version ''The Complete Concert by the Sea'' (2015)
* ''Garnerland'' (1955), Columbia CL2540 [10"] released in Columbia's "House Party Series"
* ''He's Here! He's Gone! He's Garner!'' (1956), Columbia CL2606 [10"] released in Columbia's "House Party Series"
* ''After Midnight'' (1956), Columbia CL-834
* ''The Most Happy Piano'' (1957), Columbia CL939 [Italian CBS reissue, ''Il magico pianoforte di Erroll Garner'', CBS Serie Rubino 52065, 1967]
* ''Other Voices'', with [[Mitch Miller]] and orchestra (1957), Columbia CL1014
* ''Soliloquy'' (1957), Columbia CL1060
* ''Encores in Hi-Fi'' (1958), Columbia CL1141
* ''Paris Impressions, Vol. 1'' (1958), Columbia CL1212
* ''Paris Impressions, Vol. 2'' (1958), Columbia CL1213
* ''The One and Only Erroll Garner'' (1960), Columbia C1452
* ''Swinging Solos'' (1960), Columbia CL1512
* ''The Provocative Erroll Garner'' (1961), Columbia CL1587
* ''Dreamstreet'' (1961), [[ABC-Paramount Records|ABC-Paramount]] 365
* ''Closeup in Swing'' (1961), ABC-Paramount 395
* ''Informal Piano Improvisations'' (1962), Baronet B-109
* ''One World Concert'' (1963), [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] R9-6080
* ''A New Kind of Love: Erroll Garner with Full Orchestra, Conducted by [[Leith Stevens]]'' (1963), Mercury SR-60859; Phillips BL 7595
* ''Mr. Erroll Garner and the [[Maxwell Davis]] Trio'' (1964), [[Crown Records|Crown]] CLP-5404
* ''Serenade in Blue'' (1964), Clarion 610<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Erroll-Garner-Serenade-In-Blue/release/3906206 |title=Erroll Garner – Serenade In Blue (Vinyl, LP) |website=Discogs.com |year=1965 |access-date=August 19, 2015}}</ref>
* ''Amsterdam Concert'' (November 7, 1964), Philips BL 7717; Philips 632 204 BL
* ''Erroll Garner Plays'' (1965), Ember FA 2011
* ''Now Playing: A Night at the Movies'' (1965), [[MGM Records|MGM]] SE-4335
* ''Campus Concert'' (1966), MGM SE-4361
* ''That's My Kick'' (1967), MGM SE-4463
* ''Up in Erroll's Room (Featuring 'The Brass Bed')'' (1968), MGM SE-4520; Pye International NSPL.28123
* ''Feeling is Believing'' (1970), Mercury SR-61308
* ''Gemini'' (1972), [[London Records|London]] XPS-617
* ''Magician'' (1974), London APS-640
* ''Play it Again, Erroll!'' (1975), Columbia PG-33424 (double album)
* ''The Elf: The Savoy Sessions'' (1976), Savoy SJL-2207 (double album)
* ''Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin & Kern'' (1976), Polydor [Fr] 2445 030; (1985), EmArcy 826 224
* ''Yesterdays'' (1978), Savoy SJL-1118
* ''Long Ago and Far Away'' (1987), Columbia CK-40863
* ''Body & Soul'' (1991), Columbia CK-47035
* ''Erroll Garner's Finest Hour'' (2003) Verve 589 775
* ''The Complete Concert by the Sea'' (2015), Columbia/[[Legacy Records|Legacy]] 888751208421 (3-CD set)
* ''The Real...Erroll Garner (The Ultimate Collection)'' (2016), Sony Music 889853056323 (3-CD set)
* ''[[Ready Take One]]'' (2016), Octave Music/Legacy 889853633128
* ''Nightconcert'' (2018), [[Mack Avenue Records|Mack Avenue]]
* “All Night Parking” (2021), Columbia/[Melted Stone], Adele ([[30 (album)|30]])

==Personal life==
Garner did not marry, but fathered a daughter, Kim Garner, who is interviewed in ''No One Can Hear You Read''.<ref name="nepr.net"/>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography|Jazz}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p6558|label=Erroll Garner}}
* {{Find a Grave|1774}}
* {{IMDb name|0307702|Erroll Garner}}
* [http://www.errollgarner.com Repository of the Erroll Garner Estate]

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