The bodyguard, Tony “Lip” Vallelonga, became the chauffeur for Dr. Don Shirley, a piano prodigy who collected two honorary degrees and made his concert debut at 18 playing Tchaikovsky’s ...

“Don Shirley, obviously we all thanked Mahershala, gave him a great thank you. If you’re discussing the Don Shirley family thing, it falls on me, but Don Shirley himself told me to not speak ...

In 1974, the year Ellington died, Shirley presented an orchestral homage of his own, “Divertimento for Duke by Don,” with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra of Ontario, Canada.

Dr. Don Shirley was a pianist, composer, and arranger born on January 29, 1927. At a young age he became one of the most sought after American pianists – something that came with many barriers ...

If the 2018 flick "Green Book" was your first reference to the concert pianist Don Shirley, you're likely not alone. The Golden Globe award-winning, five-time Oscar-nominated movie, starring ...

Let’s look on the bright side of “Green Book.” It has revived Don Shirley’s music. Like a lot of people, I wasn’t crazy about the movie, a buddy pic with a racial twist and a smiley face ...

I cold-called Donald — “I’m not a Don; that’s a stage name” — in 1980, and for a few years, we were friends. I’d just graduated from Yale and moved to Manhattan to seek my fortune.

I’m happy to report my friend and colleague Don Shirley, longtime theater writer at the Los Angeles Times, is now weighing in regularly on all things theatrical in Los Angeles for LA Stage Blog ...

The homework that film composer and music mentor Kris Bowers had to do before taking on his latest assignment speaks volumes about the unique niche in contemporary American music that pianist Don ...

Don and Shirley Lautenbach grew up in the same hometown, but their first meeting happened 4,000 miles to the east. “They met on the opera steps in Paris when they separately traveled to Europe as ...

In 1974, the year Ellington died, Shirley presented an orchestral homage of his own, “Divertimento for Duke by Don,” with the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra of Ontario, Canada.