Search - Artist/Band: Marian McPartland

• Name: Marian McPartland
• Birthday: 03/20/1918
• Birth Place: Slough, Berkshire, England
• Decades Active: 1940,1950,1960,1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Jazz
• Styles: Bop, Cool, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Standards, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz
• Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Elegant, Energetic, Freewheeling, Intimate, Passionate, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Sophisticated, Stylish, Sweet, Bright, Carefree, Cheerful, Confident, Dramatic, Earnest, Earthy, Exuberant, Laid-Back/Mellow, Literate, Melancholy, Nostalgic, Plaintive, Precious, Reflective, Relaxed, Sentimental, Stately, Thoughtful, Warm, Witty

Title	Release
Twilight World W	03/11/2008
An NPR Jazz Christmas with Marian McPartland and Friends, Vol. 3 W	09/19/2006
Yesterdays: Marian McPartland - The First Lady of Jazz Piano	07/25/2006
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Medeski WA	04/04/2006
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Wilson [2005] WA	09/27/2005
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Steely Dan WA	03/15/2005
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Hampton [2004] WA	06/22/2004
Giants of Jazz: Marian McPartland	05/04/2004
Windows	02/24/2004
Contrasts	06/10/2003
All My Life	06/03/2003
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Brubeck [2003]	02/25/2003
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Gillespie [2003]	02/25/2003
Timeless WA	06/04/2002
Portraits [2002]	2002
Looking for a Boy	05/15/2001
The Single Petal of a Rose: The Essence of Duke Ellington WA	08/22/2000
On 52nd Street	03/14/2000
The Concord Jazz Heritage Series	08/25/1998
Just Friends	06/09/1998
Portraits [1998]	1998
An NPR Jazz Christmas with Marian McPartland and Friends WA	11/01/1997
An NPR Jazz Christmas With Marian McPartland and Friends II WA	1997
Silent Pool	1997
Piano Jazz: McPartland/McShann	04/1996
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Peterson	01/30/1996
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Brown	03/07/1995
Piano Jazz: McPartland/McKenna WA	05/19/1994
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Ellington	01/24/1994
Plays the Music of Mary Lou Williams	1994
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Terry	09/21/1993
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Burrell WA	04/15/1993
In My Life	01/1993
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Brubeck [1993]	1993
Piano Jazz: McPartland/DeJohnette WA	12/11/1992
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Richards	10/16/1991
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Clooney WA	10/1991
With Guest Lee Konitz WA	09/06/1991
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Myers WA	08/29/1991
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Hinton WA	08/15/1991
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Joe Williams WA	1991
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Hyman	12/07/1990
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Carroll	01/30/1990
Plays the Benny Carter Songbook WA	01/1990
Piano Jazz: McPartland/McCann WA	09/27/1989
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Carter	02/20/1989
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Hampton [1996]	01/11/1989
Plays the Music of Billy Strayhorn	03/1987
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Short WA	11/10/1986
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Eldridge	08/18/1986
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Mancini WA	03/14/1985
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Gillespie [1993]	01/1985
Willow Creek and Other Ballads	01/1985
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Wilson [1985]	1985
Personal Choice	06/1982
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Coltrane WA	12/04/1981
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Stacy	12/01/1981
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Wellstood	06/27/1981
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Cowell	06/26/1981
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Blake WA	12/15/1979
Portrait of Marian McPartland	05/1979
From This Moment On	12/1978
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Evans WA	11/06/1978
Piano Jazz: McPartland/Williams	10/08/1978
Plays the Music of Alec Wilder WA	1974
A Sentimental Journey	1973
Ambiance	07/1970
Interplay	1969
Bossa Nova + Soul	09/1963
With You in Mind	1957
Jazz at Storyville/At the Hickory House	10/1953
My Old Flame: Marian McPartland Performs the Classic Hits of Sam Coslow

Marian McPartland has become famous for hosting her Piano Jazz radio program since 1978, but she was a well-respected pianist decades before. She played in a four-piano vaudeville act in England and performed on the European continent for the troops during World War II. In Belgium in 1944, she met cornetist Jimmy McPartland and they soon married. Marian moved with her husband to the United States in 1946, where she sometimes played with him even though her style was more modern than his dixieland-oriented groups. McPartland eventually had her own trio at the Embers (1950) and the Hickory House (1952-1960), which until 1957 included drummer Joe Morello. She recorded regularly for Savoy and Capitol during the 1950s and also made sessions for Argo (1958), Time (1960 and 1963), Sesac, and Dot. Although eventually divorced from Jimmy, they remained close friends, sometimes played together, and even remarried just weeks before his death. She formed her own Halycon label and recorded several fine albums between 1969-1977. McPartland also made three albums for Tony Bennett's Improv label during 1976-1977 before signing with Concord, where she has been since 1978. The Jazz Alliance label has made available over 30 CD's worth of material from Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz show, some of which are quite fascinating and significant. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide