Marian McPartland

...Jazz Press. His choral music is published by Santa Barbera Music Publishers. Bill is a Baldwin Pianos artist, and was Marian McPartland's guest on her famed Piano Jazz" radio show in June '98. As a composer and arranger, Bill has been...

In this article: Bill Cunliffe, Grammy, It's a Wonderful Life, Bernie Grundman, First Baptist Church, Duke University, and Eastman School of Music

...Rager has been preceded by a celestial pantheon of female pianists, including towering personalities Mary Lou Williams and Marian McPartland,, the elusive Jane Getz, and Geri Allen. To stake her claim and strut her stuff in a gallery with...

In this article: Miles, Mary Lou Williams, Jane Getz, John Coltrane, Geri Allen, and Giant Steps

...sax; Wycliffe Gordon: Trombone, vocals; Howard Alden: guitar, banjo; Jay Leonhart: bass, vocals; Chuck Redd: drums, vibraphone; Marian McPartland: piano, Barbara Carroll: piano. Be the first to post a comment on: This article first...

In this article: Wycliffe Gordon, Come Rain or Come Shine, Midnight Sun, Jerry Dodgion, Jeepers Creepers, and Dream

...questions. And her queries weren't reflexively polite. She was genuinely interested to learn and understand. [Pictured: The Marian McPartland Trio at New York's Hickory House in 1956] In Part 1 of my two-part interview series with...

In this article: Jimmy McPartland, London, Bill Crow, NPR, Joe Morello, England, and World War II

...Bill Charlap were among the musicians featured on the recent 30th anniversary celebration of NPR's Piano Jazz" program, hosted by Marian McPartland. Elling will be in St. Louis the first week in December to perform at Jazz at the Bistro,...

In this article: St. Louis, Jimmy Cobb, Vijay Iyer, NPR, Miles Davis, John Pizzarelli, James Carter, and Sonny Rollins

Your host is Charles Osgood, longtime CBS newsman and host of CBS Sunday Morning since 1994. When Piano Jazz began in 1979, Marian McPartland's guests were primarily piano players, and the prominence of the piano led to a distinctive...

In this article: Lush Life, John Coltrane, The Healers, Cedar Walton, Taylor Eigsti, Renee Rosnes, and Randy Weston

...his voice is smooth and mellow. In addition to his own trio, John has performed with the likes of Anita O'Day, Natalie Cole, and Marian McPartland. John is also a Grammy-winning composer. Jazz legend Nancy Wilson recorded These Golden...

In this article: Grammy Award, Nancy Wilson, Mary Stallings, Natalie Cole, and Anita O'Day

...Jazz" Eldridge was one of the most exciting musicians to emerge from the Swing era. Eldridge first met Marian McPartland in 1950, when she invited him to play with her one night at The Embers in New York. By the time he joined her for this...

In this article: Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa, Oscar Peterson, Artie Shaw, Ella Fitzgerald, Fletcher Henderson, and Count Basie

...the late saxophonist Bud Shank, one of the most original musical voices of the post-Charlie Parker generation. He joined Marian McPartland for a 2006 session that was swinging from start to finish. He died April 2, 2009. In the 1940s, Ohio...

In this article: Bud Shank, West Coast jazz, Laurindo Almeida, and The Americanization of Emily

...graduate of the Eastman School, he has won several impressive competitions and was one of only 12 pianists nationwide chosen for Marian McPartland's list, too. At the start of the session she recalls, "When I heard him play, I knew I must...

In this article: Noel Coward, Stevie Wonder, Seasons of Love, Skylark, Eastman School of Music, Rent, and Hoagy Carmichael