Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE (née Turner;[1] 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), 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.[2]
After her marriage to trumpeter Jimmy McPartland in February 1945,[3] she resided in the United States when not travelling throughout the world to perform. In 1969 she founded Halcyon Records, a recording company that produced albums for ten years. In 2000 she was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. In 2004 she was given a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. In 2007 she was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. Although known mostly for jazz, she composed other types of music as well, performing her own symphonic work A Portrait of Rachel Carson with the University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra in 2007. In 2010 she was named a member of the Order of the British Empire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_McPartlandMarian McPartland - In A Mist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PMP8RZ2-eoThere Will Never Be Another You - Marian McPartland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgmy9t6QlacMarian McPartland Things Ain't What They Used To Be (June 1964)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1JGCXECmFgAvalon - Jimmy and Marion McPartland Jam 1975.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWNuAHW_escNorah Jones & Marian McPartland - I Can't Get Started (With You)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMp-7TKLXA0Marian McPartland Trio: Live In San Diego, 1998; Club Date
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNWZ3bfCBgMarian McPartland & Clint Eastwood - 2004 Piano Jazz Monterey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxAw8BX8jFMRemembering Marian McPartland at 92Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbfBKEbMAZsLinda Ronstadt w/ Marian McPartland - 2013 Piano Jazz NPR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uI5YwSBjj8Marian McPartland Trio (Full Album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbUqWRytk1Y&list=PL5alipHGWPQqWD4u8BtqAgeJ9yYJmqKaMBill Evans and Marian McPartland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zufMaufJZoTeddy Wilson, Marian McPartland – Elegant Piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXyFa12a-wI&t=55sMarian McPartland With Guest Steely Dan - Piano Jazz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJKOcTaJ_4QA Siren's Song of Jazz (Marian McPartland)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkwGcCJou3sMarian McPartland - Like Someone In Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JJiYrcjkB8Marian McPartland - Skylark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx0avLnj4OsTwilight World - Marian McPartland (Solo Piano)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pS_ikwppiMMarian McPartland- Melancholy Mood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2lTctqUgZ0Marian McPartland - On Green Dolphin Street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9taZGQrWNcMarian McPartland & Roy Hargrove - My Foolish Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia-EDNVVq2IIn A Mellow Tone by Marian McPartland & Dizzy Gillespie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy4uvoWJiLkGeorge Shearing, Marian McPartland and Billy Taylor Remember
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YyAeCNxvGkTake The 'A' Train (Live In New York) Marian McPartland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VYqRLmwQr4Lullaby of Birdland Marian McPartland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkQER_IKnH4Stella By Starlight (Live) Marian McPartland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN_Xf2_8m1kTwo For the Road (Live) Marian McPartland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QDggnhRHM0Pete Jolly & Marian McPartland - I Hear A Rhapsody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC3PPMNRh-4