Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE, was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth20 March 1918
calls casual dates evening jason jazz played together turns
that evening with 30-year-old Jason Moran. It turns out they've played together before -- on McPartland's show, at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and on what McPartland calls ''several casual dates here and there.
anyone ballad known slowly
I've never known anyone that could do a ballad that slowly and keep it musical, keep it happening.
music tunes millions
There are a million good tunes.
space house kitchen
The house is in turmoil with records on every space. In the kitchen and in the dining room is covered with records. I don't have a big enough house to accommodate everything.
house risk needs
At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my house that I would be sitting in front of for hours.
long fax mail
So I have a friend who works for me once a week. She's got e-mail, so anybody that must send an e-mail, they send it to her and she faxes it to me. Sounds like a long way of doing things, but it works for me.
blue yellow keys
The key of D is daffodil yellow, B major is maroon, and B flat is blue.
play records teens
I started to play Jazz music in my early teens. A boyfriend brought records over, so I listened to everything
boys records looks
Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.
affection sometimes
I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.
cat guy world
Sometimes go around with guys who are scuffling -- for awhile. But usually they end up marrying some cat with a factory. This is the way world ends, not with a whim but a banker.
birthday party years
I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.
play keys people
I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can.
long stills i-can
As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great.