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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.

January 25
Cedar Walton with guest host Bill Charlap
Pianist Cedar Walton was a guest on the very first season of Piano Jazz, and he returns as part of the program's continuing 30th Anniversary celebration. Walton joins guest host Bill Charlap to talk about his early attempts at composition and plays his tunes "Midnight Waltz" and "Braymon's Blues." The two pianists perform duets of "All the Things You Are," "Star Eyes," and "Willow Weep for Me."

February 1
Ron Carter
Ron Carter has set the standard for modern jazz bass players. He rose to fame with Miles Davis and went on to play with Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, and Thelonious Monk. His recording work spans 2,000 albums and he's had equally successful careers as a bandleader, composer and educator. He joins McPartland for standards and a pair of Oscar Pettiford tunes, "Bohemia After Dark" and "Blues in the Closet."

February 8
Remembering Eubie Blake
This month marks the 122nd anniversary of the birth of James Herbert "Eubie" Blake. He was the last-known original ragtime pianist when he appeared on the second season of Piano Jazz at the age of 93. On this program from 1980, Blake remembers his vaudeville days, writing classics "Charleston Rag" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry." Blake and McPartland get together for duets on "St. Louis Blues" and "The Star Spangled Banner."

February 15
Janis Siegel
Singer Janis Siegel is one quarter of the jazz supergroup, The Manhattan Transfer. Throughout the 30 years she spent with this musical institution, she's also released her own recordings featuring hip, seductive arrangements of standards, as well as newer works. She visits Piano Jazz along with pianist and accordion player Gil Goldstein to perform Tad Dameron's "Whatever Possessed Me" and Annie Lennox's "A Thousand Beautiful Things."

February 22
Marcus Roberts with guest host Christian McBride
Pianist Marcus Roberts draws on his strong improvisational skills and a deep respect for swing and ragtime influences to create his signature style. On this Piano Jazz he sits down with guest host Christian McBride for a discussion of Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and the future of jazz. Roberts plays his own tunes "The Party Is Almost Over" and "Hidden Hues," and ends the program by playing a duet of his composition "Country By Choice," with McBride on bass.

March 1
Steve Kuhn
Pianist Steve Kuhn is a highly accomplished player, a creative composer and a longtime friend of McPartland. In his youth, Kuhn played with Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz and John Coltrane. Over the years, he's honed a unique style built on melodic variation, rhythmic sparkle and his ceaseless imagination. He joins McPartland for "Walkin'" and "Too Late Now."

March 8
Remembering Stacey Rowles
Trumpeter, flugelhorn player, and vocalist Stacy Rowles was a fixture on the Los Angeles jazz scene and played regularly in all-female jazz groups the Jazz Birds and Maiden Voyage. This program from 2001 is presented as a tribute to Rowles, who passed away last year. Rowles talks about working with her father, pianist and composer Jimmy Rowles. She brings along bass player Todd Warrington and joins Marian McPartland for trio renditions of "Emily," "Prelude To A Kiss," and "Time After Time."

March 15
Loston Harris with guest host Michael Feinstein
Singer/pianist Loston Harris began his musical study as a percussionist, but shifted to the piano after Ellis Marsalis overheard him tinkering at the keys. Today, the Loston Harris Trio is a mainstay of the Bemelmans Bar at Manhattan's Carlyle Hotel. On this Piano Jazz, Harris and guest host Michael Feinstein sit down to discuss the cabaret tradition and, of course, to play a few tunes. Harris plays "Jitterbug Waltz," "Route 66," and "Misty." He joins Feinstein for a piano duet of "The Way You Look Tonight."

March 22
Remembering Jimmy McPartland
Jimmy McPartland was one of the great cornet players from the early jazz era and late husband of Marian McPartland. In this program, Piano Jazz celebrates the jazz legend with excerpts from a special centennial concert at the Danny Kaye Playhouse at the 2007 JVC Jazz Festival. Tunes include "Struttin' With Some Barbeque," "St. James Infirmary," and "Basin St. Blues."

March 29
Bill Frisell
Guitarist Bill Frisell has been on the cutting edge of jazz guitar since his arrival on the scene in the early '80s. With an amazing technique and creative mind, he has incorporated the whole of American music in his work, relying on country, blues, rock and jazz. He solos on the Hank Williams honky-tonk classic, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," before joining McPartland for "Blue Monk."

April 5
Bucky Pizzarelli with guest host John Pizzarelli
Guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli is known for playing the great guitar compositions of the '30s on his seven-string guitar. He played with Benny Goodman and for many years was a member of Doc Severinson's Tonight Show Band. As part of the 30th Anniversary celebration, Bucky Pizzarelli returns to Piano Jazz with guest host John Pizzarelli -- his son and fellow guitarist. The duo plays "Tangerine" and "My Blue Heaven," with John Pizzarelli also supplying vocals.


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