Marian McPartland
Albums
In jazz, two pianos are usually one too many - but not when the second pair of hands belongs to Marian McPartland. As the host of National Public Radio's Piano Jazz, the longest-running jazz program in the history of network radio, McPartland has played more duets with more different pianists than anyone in the history of jazz, and the fruits of her vast experience can be heard on Just Friends, in which six of her favorite on-the-air partners join forces to celebrate her 80th birthday. -Terry Teachout
Some jazz fans casually dismiss duo piano performances as mere novelties that all too often result in train wrecks. With hundreds of {#Piano Jazz} sessions and a few additional [more]
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Marian McPartland, who recorded for Concord for over 20 years, recorded many different types of projects for the label. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Concord [more]
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This album consists primarily of performances recorded at the Hickory House Club in October 1953, with a trio consisting of bassist Vinnie Burke and the great drummer Joe [more]
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One of Marian McPartland's first guests in her long-running NPR radio series was Teddy Wilson, an old friend with whom she had occasionally played [more]
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Appearances
This is not and cannot be the Complete Cole Porter Songbooks, but it's a marvelous collection of 48 timeless jazz interpretations drawn from the Verve catalog. [more]
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In jazz, two pianos are usually one too many - but not when the second pair of hands belongs to Marian McPartland. As the host of National Public Radio's Piano Jazz, the longest-running jazz program in the history of network radio, McPartland has played more duets with more different pianists than anyone in the history of jazz, and the fruits of her vast experience can be heard on Just Friends, in which six of her favorite on-the-air partners join forces to celebrate her 80th birthday. -Terry Teachout
Some jazz fans casually dismiss duo piano performances as mere novelties that all too often result in train wrecks. With hundreds of {#Piano Jazz} sessions and a few additional [more]
- List Price: $17.98
- Member Price: $11.98
Marian McPartland, who recorded for Concord for over 20 years, recorded many different types of projects for the label. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Concord [more]
- List Price: $17.98
- Member Price: $11.98
This album consists primarily of performances recorded at the Hickory House Club in October 1953, with a trio consisting of bassist Vinnie Burke and the great drummer Joe [more]
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Romantic inspiration can be found in many places, but song stylist Michael Feinstein finds his in motion picture film scores and Broadway musicals on his [more]
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Not that fans ever need a new movie blockbuster as an excuse to release a collection of jazz and swing classics, but no doubt the film {#Pearl Harbor} [more]
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Marian McPartland, who is now 81, is one of the most beloved musicians in jazz. She has gained her greatest fame for hosting [more]
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One of Marian McPartland's first guests in her long-running NPR radio series was Teddy Wilson, an old friend with whom she had occasionally played [more]
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Right in the middle of celebrating his 79th birthday, Clark Terry went into the studio for several days to record 14 duets with a different pianist on each track, with many of them being [more]
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Between 1946 and 1950, the King Cole Trio recorded nearly 75 titles for Capitol's transcription service, songs that were then serviced to radio stations for airplay. Although [more]
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Biography
- Born Mar 20th 1918 in Windsor, England
Marian McPartland has become famous for hosting her Piano Jazz radio program since 1978, but she was a well-respected pianist decades before. She played in a four-piano vaudeville act in England and performed on the European continent for the troops during World War II. In Belgium in 1944, she met cornetist Jimmy McPartland and they soon married. Marian moved with her husband to the United States in 1946, where she sometimes played with him even though her style was more modern than his Dixieland-oriented groups. McPartland eventually had her own trio at the Embers (1950) and the Hickory House (1952-1960), which until 1957 included drummer Joe Morello. She recorded regularly for Savoy and Capitol during the 1950s and also made sessions for Argo (1958), Time (1960 and 1963), Sesac, and Dot. Although eventually divorced from Jimmy, they remained close friends, sometimes played together, and even remarried just weeks before his death. She formed her own Halycon label and recorded several fine albums between 1969-1977. McPartland also made three albums for Tony Bennett's Improv label during 1976-1977 before signing with Concord, where she has been since 1978. The Jazz Alliance label has made available over 30 CD's worth of material from Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz show, some of which are quite fascinating and significant. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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