Erroll Garner Laura Jazz 625

Laura is a 1945 popular song composed by David Raksin, with lyrics written by Johnny Mercer from the 1944 movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. It has since become a jazz standard with over four hundred known recordings. Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His bestknown composition, the ballad Misty, has become a jazz standard. calls him one of the most distinctive of all pianists