In 1947, Shearing emigrated to the United States, where his harmonically complex style mixing swing, bop and modern classical influences gained popularity.

This one is harmonically complex, with ruminative lines that test a performer's ability to maintain lyrical tension.

Everyone concedes, though, that it is a great asset for rehearsing harmonically complex music, especially atonal 20th-century works.

What he discovered was a vast literature of structurally and harmonically complex songs, performed in a rough-hewn but compelling vocal style.

Nor were his influences limited to jazz: his harmonically complex improvisations were also informed by his extensive classical training.

"Roughly speaking, the larger the limit number, the more harmonically complex and potentially dissonant will the intervals of the tuning be perceived."

The title track of Round Room is a Gordon-penned piece with a more rhythmically and harmonically complex style.

It merges Southern rock with jazz-rock, topping blues and funk riffs with speedy, harmonically complex solos.

He has been praised by such musicians as Michael Brecker for his technical facility and innovative harmonically complex improvisation.

Among the finest writers and pianists to arrive in the late 1950's and early 60's, he orchestrated a synthesis of harmonically complex writing and improvisation.