submitted on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 07:06 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
Marian McPartland can be described on one word: gracious. Listeners have been treated to weekly installments of Marian McPartlanda€(TM)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 enough if one were not to consider the fact that McPartland is the living corporate memory of jazz...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: C. Michael Bailey
