The brilliant self-taught musician Erroll Garner changed jazz forever. His song Misty, which he allegedly composed between two concerts on an airplane, immediately became one of the great jazz standards and is still one of the most covered ballads in the world today. Who was the man behind the ever-friendly smile from the ghettos of Pittsburgh, whose talent brought him to the biggest international stages?
“Ladies and gentlemen, the man for whom the piano was invented: Mr. Erroll Garner!”