Erroll arriving for a European tour stop in Paris in 1958. In an interview, Erroll said that Europe has the "earliest newspaper men and camera men in the world." They would greet him at the airport, no matter how early his plane got in. Photo by Jean-Pierre Leloir.

"I just play what I feel. Suddenly I hit a groove that moves me, and then I take off. I don't worry about how it'll come out." – Erroll Garner as quoted in Time Magazine, 1952 (Photo by Dennis Stock)

From the Erroll Garner archives: a British souvenir programme, sold for two shillings and six pence.

"Garner is the only musician I know who can make a room or concert hall vibrate with laughter not at him but with him, and in purely musical terms; it is something very, very special." - Dan Morgenstern

Erroll Garner, George Shearing, and Louis Armstrong at Lewisohn Stadium in Harlem, NY. The three musicians were featured artists during the 2nd Annual Jazz Jamboree on July 6th, 1957.

"Erroll epitomized all that makes jazz the great music of our age. He was a natural and his music communicated to those who knew nothing of the meaning of jazz." - George Wein (1977)

Only 10 days until the first Ready Take One double vinyl giveaway winner is announced! Enter now to to be included in all twelve monthly drawings. Open to USA residents only. Click here to enter: errollgarner.com/ready-take-one… Photo by Chuck Stewart.

In July of 1961, Garner recorded a number of songs that would end up on his 'Closeup In Swing' album. "Garner is an institution....that quickness of thought, that turn of a phrase, that delicacy in interpretation, can only happen once in a century."–London Music Mirror, c.1961

Erroll Garner's Nightconcert was released five years ago today! Recorded during a midnight concert at the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 1964, Nightconcert was mixed and restored from new transfers of the original 3-track analog tapes found in Garner’s personal archive.

Erroll Garner on the cover of the June 1962 issue of British magazine Jazz Journal. This was Garner's second Jazz Journal cover feature of 1962, also appearing on the January cover.

"I play what I feel. At a record session, I shut my eyes and I feel an audience. You always go with the people" - Erroll Garner