The Erroll Garner Songbook Owned and published by Octave Music.
"Misty"
Composed by Erroll Garner in 1954, "Misty" has been recorded by hundreds of artists. Johnny Mathis’s 1959 vocal recording, with Johnny Burke’s lyric, helped establish it as one of the most-performed compositions in American popular music.
Beyond Misty.
Garner’s compositions extend well beyond “Misty.” Octave Music publishes the full songbook.
The complete catalog comprises over 200 compositions, administered by Downtown Music Publishing.
Recent Octave Music Releases
Erroll Garner’s recordings in their definitive forms, drawn from his original archive, featuring previously unreleased recordings and compositions.
Garner on film and television.
For more than fifty years, “Misty” has turned up on screen — from a thriller built entirely around it to a string of films and sitcom punchlines.
Back in the crates.
Garner’s songs and recordings keep finding new ears
For her album “30,” Adele built an entire song around a Garner piano recording of his composition, "No More Shadows" .
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One melody became a standard — and behind it stands a songbook still finding its first listeners.
About Octave Music
The music publisher of Erroll Garner’s compositions. The successor to the company founded by Garner himself in 1952 to control the publishing of his original works.
The full catalog is administered by Downtown Music Publishing.
Octave Music also controls the majority of Garner’s recorded works and is committed to releasing them in their definitive forms.