Marian McPartland
Jazz Pianist, Musical Artist
1918 – 2013
Who was Marian McPartland?
Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE, was an English-born American jazz pianist, composer and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 until 2011.
After her marriage to 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 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. Known mostly for jazz, nonetheless, 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.
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- Born
- Mar 20, 1918
Slough - Also known as
- Margaret Marian Turner
- Marian McParland
- McPartland, Marian
- Marian McPartland with Strings
- Spouses
- Jimmy McPartland
(1946/02/04 - 1974)
- Jimmy McPartland
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bowling Green State University
- Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- Died
- Aug 20, 2013
Long Island
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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