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Marian McPartland: Living Through the History
by Maxwell Chandler
Marian McPartland, whose personal artistic history is deeply entwined with that of jazz, continues writing, touring and educating. Following her muse, she has encountered a who's who of jazz while leaving her own indelible mark on the music. Her radio program, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, is the longest running show on National Public Radio, and she ...
Daryl Sherman Jazz Tribute to Johnny Mercer June 1, 8 and 15
In celebration of her new Arbors CD Johnny Mercer: A Centennial Tribute, singer/pianist Daryl Sherman will be appearing three Mondays, June 1, 8, 15 (one 8pm show) at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room, NYC. Guest musicians sharing in this salute to one of America's greatest songwriters include James Chirillo, Boots Maleson, Wycliffe Gordon, Howard Alden and ...
Gary Burton: Forging Ahead
by R.J. DeLuke
"I got started in Nashville and knew a lot of the country musicians. I got my first record contract from Chet Atkins who saw me playing in a local club in Nashville and who decided to talk to RCA and get them to offer me a long-term contract," says this renowned musician born in a small ...
Take Five With Eric Mintel
by AAJ Staff
Meet Eric Mintel: Eric Mintel and the Eric Mintel Quartet have cultivated a distinctive style in jazz, combining an exciting and delicate lyrical sense with a powerful and dramatic musical force. Going beyond the traditional forms and standard techniques of American jazz, this quartet is changing the landscape of jazz and broadening its audience.
The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Gets "Thrasched"
by Jack Bowers
The thirty-third annual Albuquerque Jazz Festival ended its two-day run on February 21, 2009. The event is devoted mainly to performances by high school and middle school bands, while the grand finale features the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra with invited guests, this year the saxophone quartet Thrascher (Randy Hamm, soprano; Tim Ishii, alto; Ed Petersen, tenor; Glenn ...
Twilight World
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2008
Track listing: Twilight World; The Days Of Love; Turn Around; Close Enough For Love; How Deep Is The Ocean; Alfie; Lonely Woman; Blue In Green; Afternoon In Paris; Stranger In A Dream; Blackberry Winter.
Marian McPartland: Twilight World
by Graham L. Flanagan
Jazz icon Marian McPartland turned 90 years young in March, 2008, and the special occasion produced an all-star party at Dizzy's Club in New York. National Public Radio has made some of the performance available online as part of the legendary pianist's weekly radio series Piano Jazz, an institution since 1979. As if 2008 couldn't be ...
Marian McPartland at 90
By Dan Morgenstern There comes a time when it IS nice to mention a lady's age. Marian McPartland took the plunge in 1998, when she marked her 80th birthday with a concert at New York's Town Hall, a high point of which was the reunion with bassist Bill Crow and drummer Joe Morello, her trio partners ...
Marian McPartland: Twilight World
by C. Michael Bailey
Marian McPartland can be described on one word: gracious. Listeners have been treated to weekly installments of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, on US National Public Radio, for the past twenty-nine years, experiencing firsthand her graciousness in her light but stubborn Berkshire accent, her unmatched interview style, and, above all, her gin-crystalline pianism. That would be impressive ...
In a Mist
Featuring the music of Marian McPartland
Duration: 4:36
