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.
way thrill bigs
By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.
knees needs get-up
I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening.
yamaha steinway wells
I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.
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.
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.
affection sometimes
I'm not too fond of changing things into waltzes, but sometimes that works.
boys records looks
Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out.
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.
music tunes millions
There are a million good tunes.