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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Marian McPartland (1918–2013)

One of the original great jazz pianists. Jazz radio broadcaster, Pacifica Radio and NPR. Participant in that amazing photo of 57 jazz artists in Harlem in 1958. Jazz composer until she was almost 90 years old. Wikipedia praises her "encyclopaedic knowledge of jazz standards," and lists seven (7) different major categories of jazz into which her long career carried her. Oh, and she was British, and eventually OBE. (She studied at Guildhall. So did several of my early music buddies, many years later.)

They don't make 'em like McPartland anymore. She will be greatly missed.
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2 comments:

  1. BryanAugust 21, 2013 at 7:57 PM

    I listened to her show every Friday at 9pm for years. She had everybody who was anybody on her show. She will definitely be missed.

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  2. ntoddAugust 22, 2013 at 9:57 AM

    Geesh, talk about a case of Abe Vigoda-itis: I thought she'd already died since I didn't hear her on the radio any more...

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