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Marian McPartland's Hickory House Trio: Reprise
by Ed Kopp
Along with fellow pianist Dave Brubeck, Marian McPartland is a jazz wonder who continues to make great music at an advanced age. To celebrate her 80th birthday, McPartland reconvened her 1950s trio that served as the house band at the old Hickory House on 52nd Street in New York.Bassist Bill Crow and drummer Joe ...
Marian McPartland: Reprise
by Jim Santella
The reunion of Marian McPartland’s Hickory House Trio on a September weekend in 1998 was recorded live at Birdland. The format they use for much of the session hasn’t changed in fifty years: piano lead, bass solo, and trading fours with a charged-up drummer. And why shouldn’t the format remain constant? McPartland, Bill Crow, and Joe ...
Just Friends
Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1998
Track listing: Jeepers Creepers; I've Got a Crush on You; Some Time Ago; It's You or No One; Just Friends; Twilight World; Lullaby of the Leaves; Chrysalis (an improvisation); Gone with the Wind; Marian McPartland; There Will Never Be Another You; Lady Be Good; When the Saints Go Marching In (72:53).
Marian McPartland: Just Friends
by Jack Bowers
One of the nicer things about reviewing a new release by Marian McPartland is that one needn't prattle on about what a marvelous pianist she is - everyone knows that - and can move on to other fundamentals such as her choice of playing partners and the music itself, both of which are, in this case, ...
Marian McPartland: Just Friends
by Robert Spencer
Marian McPartland is a magnificent institution, and this is a magnificent musical distillation of what she does best on her celebrated “Piano Jazz" series. There's none of the fascinating conversation, but the duets are here: two each with Tommy Flanagan, Renee Rosnes, George Shearing, Geri Allen, Dave Brubeck, and Gene Harris. McPartland rounds out the disc ...
Marian McPartland With Strings: Silent Pool
by Douglas Payne
Simply gorgeous. This beautiful, if not altogether outstanding, piano trio-and-orchestra recording is a natural for the romantic pianist Marian McPartland. Heroes like Bill Evans, George Shearing, Nat King Cole and Ahmad Jamal have all recorded with similar success in these situations – and many probably already know the mastery of Dave Grusin and Lalo Schifrin in ...
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Guest Les McCann
Label: The Jazz Alliance
Released: 1996
Track listing: Conversation; Every Time I See A Butterfly; Conversation; The Prince Of Peace; Conversation; Marian & Les Together; Conversation; Just Squeeze Me; Conversation; My Funny Valentine; Conversation; With These Hands; Conversation; Bill Evans; Conversation; Why; Conversation; Compared To What; Conversation;
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz With Guest Alice Coltrane
Label: Audiophile Records
Released: 1995
