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Marian McPartland

Margaret Marian McPartland OBE (née Turner; 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.

After her marriage to trumpeter Jimmy McPartland in February 1945, she resided in the United States when not travelling throughout the world to perform. In 1969, she founded Halcyon Records, a recording company that issued albums for 10 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.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 20, 1918 (Slough), Died August 20, 2013 (Port Washington)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 84618 5/27/1953 St. Louis blues Hot Lips Page instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 84619 5/27/1953 On the sunny side of the street Hot Lips Page instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 84620 5/27/1953 St. James infirmary Hot Lips Page instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 84621 5/27/1953 The Sheik of Araby Hot Lips Page instrumentalist, piano  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McPartland, Marian," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/330872.

McPartland, Marian. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/330872.

"McPartland, Marian." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/330872

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