Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland was a renowned jazz pianist who was born in the United Kingdom
but lived in America from 1945 after she married trumpeter Jimmy McPartland. She
hosted a programme on National Public Radio titled 'Marian McPartland's Piano
Jazz' from 1978 until 2011. She performed and recorded with a great many top
jazz artists and she was lauded by many institutions as a player, broadcaster
and teacher. She received the Grammy Trustees Award from the American recording
academy in 2004, and she died aged 95 in New York City in 2013.
Born in Slough, England, she studied the vio...
The Very Thought of YouElvis Costello and Marian McPartland
Kojak Variety
3:49
Sweet and LovelyGeorge Shearing and Marian McPartland
Getting In The Swing Of Things
3:07
Santa Claus Is Coming to TownMarian McPartland, Holly Hofmann and Darek Oles
4:20
So RareGeorge Shearing and Marian McPartland
Like Fine Wine
2:57
In a Mellow ToneDizzy Gillespie and Marian McPartland
A Portrait of Duke Ellington
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SolitudeMercer Ellington and Marian McPartland
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