Results for "Marian McPartland"

Christian McBride: Knocking on the Door

by Bob Kenselaar
June 25, 2012

Christian McBride was talking about the Grammy he received in October, 2011 for his big band album, The Good Feeling (Mack Avenue, 2011)--his first Grammy as a leader and third overall. While the bassist certainly appreciated getting the nod from his peers and from the Recording Academy, he said he gets just as much of a ...

England Swings Like A Pendulum Do

by Skip Heller
May 9, 2012

Several years ago, when the Skip Heller Trio was touring all the time, I came across a disc called London Is The Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950-1956 (Honest Jons, 2002), a collection of calyspo music recorded in London. The music and accompanying thick booklet were full of revelations: the history of postwar migration ...

Billy Hart: All Our Reasons

by John Kelman
March 24, 2012

In a career spanning work with saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and trumpeter Miles Davis to pianists Tommy Flanagan and Marian McPartland, drummer Billy Hart has pretty much seen it all, from the most centrist mainstream to the outer reaches of free playing and beyond. But as he approaches 72 later in 2012, there's one thing Hart hasn't ...

Jazz Musician of the Day: Marian McPartland

March 20, 2012

All About Jazz is celebrating Marian McPartland's birthday today! Marian McPartland has made jazz piano duets into something of an art form. Sure, it\'s been done before, but not very often. There are the Pete Johnson/Albert Ammons duet sessions that made both boogie pianists stars, but save for the occasional live performance where a couple of ...

Marian McPartland - Afterglow

Featuring the music of Marian McPartland
Duration: 4:02
March 20, 2012

Marian McPartland Film Screenings

March 20, 2012

In Good Time, The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland, A Film By Huey, 86 minutes, 2011 Upcoming in person screenings this weekend are in NJ and MA.   Next in person screenings: March 24, Saturday Garden State Film Festival 6PM Chico's House of Jazz Asbury Park, NJ

Bob Brookmeyer: Jack of All Trades, Master of Valves

by Jack Bowers
February 5, 2012

Bob Brookmeyer, a Renaissance man among jazz musicians who died December 15, 2011, four days before his eighty-second birthday, will be remembered as many things: composer, arranger, musician, educator, outspoken arbiter who brooked no nonsense and wasn't shy about letting others know when he believed they were not giving the music he loved the best they ...

2011: The Year In Jazz

by Ken Franckling
January 5, 2012

The ebb and flow of jazz in 2011 was marked by a Grammy Awards coup, a Grammy dustup, economic changes that consolidated the recording industry a bit, impacted clubs in various locales, and provided some new opportunities. The U.S. Postal Service literally put its stamp on jazz, even as the government wrestled with the future of ...

Jazz Education Pioneer Clem DeRosa Dies, At Age 86

December 23, 2011

A drummer, leader, composer, educator, and author, DeRosa was co-founder of the International Association for Jazz Education Clem DeRosa, a major figure in jazz performance and education, died peacefully in his sleep, December 20. Succumbing after a long struggle with cancer, he was surrounded by family at his home near Denton, Texas, where he had moved ...

Terri Lyne Carrington: The Mosaic Project

by Mark F. Turner
November 14, 2011

Historically, female artists have not gotten the props they've deserved in jazz's male-dominated environment. Though imperfect, things have improved, thanks in part to the efforts of Billie Holiday, Mary Lou Williams, Marian McPartland, and other matriarchs who helped pave the way for a current generation of stellar voices as assembled in drummer/composer Terri Lyne Carrington's exceptional ...