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Jazz with Marian McPartland
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
Mondays 2:06pm
Program Website: http://www.npr.org/programs/pianojazz/
For more than twenty years, legendary pianist Marian McPartland
has welcomed a stellar line-up of jazz artists for conversation and improvisation.
Fans say the show’s intimate style is “like listening in on
a conversation in someone’s living room." A Peabody Award-winning
program, Piano Jazz presents a forum for jazz legends and influential
performers as well as up-and-coming talents, who offer dynamic duets and
discuss their lives and music. McPartland has been honored with an NEA
American Jazz Master and received the ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award
and the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Award for her contributions to
jazz.
August 23
Marian Selects: Clark Terry
Legendary trumpeter and educator Clark Terry got his jazz education playing
with the Basie Band and Duke Ellington's orchestra. Commanding a wide
range of styles and a dazzling technique, Terry went on to become one
of the most influential jazz horn players of his generation. On this 1994
session, he joins Marian McPartland for Ellington's "Come Sunday"
and Terry's most famous tune, "Mumbles."
August 30
Allen Toussaint with Guest Host Elvis Costello
Five years ago Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but the city's
musical heritage is indestructible. Piano Jazz pays tribute to the Crescent
City on this session with one of her favorite sons -legendary pianist,
singer, composer and producer Allen Toussaint. The ever-eclectic Elvis
Costello sits in as guest host for this session, which features Toussaint
singing and playing his hit tune "Southern Nights" and a duet
with Costello on the pair's recent collaboration -- "Ascension Day."
September 6
Vijay Iyer with Guest Host Arturo O'Farrill
The multifaceted Vijay Iyer's resume includes pianist, composer, bandleader,
writer and PhD. candidate in Physics. Last year his Vijay Iyer Trio won
a treasure trove of accolades for the album Historicity. On this session,
Iyer performs Geri Allen's "I'm All Smiles," and duets with
guest host Arturo O'Farrill on the bluesy Iyer original "Abundance."
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September 13
Jean Bach
Jean Bach was nominated for a 1995 Academy Award for her film A Great
Day in Harlem, documenting the gathering of 57 jazz greats on a Harlem
front stoop for an Esquire magazine shoot in 1959. Marian McPartland was
there, standing right next to friend Mary Lou Williams. Bach remembers
the legacy of this iconic image, including those who have appeared on
Piano Jazz: Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Hank Jones,
Roy Eldridge, Milt Hinton, and Gerry Mulligan.
September 20
Joan Stiles with guest host Jon Weber
Pianist Joan Stiles is known for her brilliant playing, painted by a deep
understanding of the roots of jazz. As a full-time educator, Stiles has
been presenting the music of Mary Lou Williams for the past decade. She
also knows how to swing on a Monk tune or two. On this session with guest
host Jon Weber, Stiles performs her tunes "Spherical" and "Hurly-Burly,"
and a duet on "Jitterbug Waltz."
September 27
Marian Selects: Helen Merrill
Vocalist Helen Merrill got her start singing with the Earl Hines Band
and recorded an acclaimed album with Clifford Brown, Oscar Pettiford and
Milt Hinton. She worked with other greats and lived in Italy and Japan
before returning to the U.S. in the 1970s. On this 1995 Piano Jazz session,
Merrill is joined by host Marian McPartland for duets on "Home on
the Range" and "Don't Explain."
October 4
Nels Cline Singers with guest host Jon Weber
Nels Cline is well-known as the lead guitarist for the indie rock band
Wilco, but he has been playing and recording in jazz groups since the
1980s. He brings his free jazz trio, the Nels Cline Singers (which includes
no singers!), to this Piano Jazz session with guest host Jon Weber for
a set of richly layered free improvisations and a familiar tune or two.
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