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Dan Morgenstern - Erroll Garner, Master of the Keyboard 1981

Erroll Garner Master of the Keyboard Album cover

Dan Morgenstern Grammy Award for Best Album Notes
"Erroll Garner, Master of the Keyboard 1981"

1981 Book of the Month Records 81-5403

Read Dan's Grammy winning essays and album notes on Erroll Garner:

Erroll Garner, Master of the Keyboard 1981 complete album notes

(text searchable transcript created and provided for research and education under a National Endowment for the Arts -Art Works grant # 1807859-31 “Reminiscences of NEA Jazz Master Dan Morgenstern”)

This 2 record set contains 30 Garner performances between 1961 and 1970. Dan's essay, introduction, personnel, recording dates, and his personal friendship and recollections of Erroll are THE example of jazz journalism, with detailed research, coupled with love and devotion to a superlative musician.