Continental Experience


Continental Experience is a studio album by British jazz pianist George Shearing, billed as part of the 'George Shearing Quintet and Amigos'.

Critical reception

Ken Dryden of AllMusic thought that while the album was an improvement over the band's previous albums, it failed to reach the level of the band's earlier works. He criticized it for the "rather conservative arrangements" and for the "incessant and generally extraneous" Latin percussion. Roger Dean, writing for Jazz Journal, also criticized the Latin percussion, which he called "quite predictable", while also pointing out the "excessive sentimentality" of the standards chosen for the album. The journalist felt the album was "extremely distasteful".

Track listing

  1. "Lullaby of Birdland" – 3:08
  2. "When Your Lover Has Gone" – 2:55
  3. "To a Wild Rose" – 3:07
  4. "I'll Be Around" – 2:36
  5. "Thine Alone" – 2:53
  6. "Don't Blame Me" – 5:27
  7. "The Continental" – 3:10
  8. "The Nearness of You" – 3:00
  9. "Roses of Picardy" – 2:53
  10. "Someone to Watch Over Me" – 2:33
  11. "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" – 3:25
  12. "We'll Be Together Again" – 1:55