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John Pizzarelli On Piano Jazz
If classic jazz has a contemporary voice, it's that of guitarist, vocalist and bandleader John Pizzarelli. He's fashioned an ultra-cool style that's both modern and rooted in the jazz tradition. Here, the John Pizzarelli Trio swings on "Here Comes the Sun" before Pizzarelli and McPartland perform "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning."
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Friday, January 2, 2009
Richard Sudhalter On Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke
A cornetist and jazz scholar, Sudhalter remembers overlooked cornetist Bix Beiderbecke with Marian McPartland. Beiderbecke had a short career in the 1920s, but he influenced a wide spectrum of artists, from Hoagy Carmichael to Miles Davis. McPartland plays Beiderbecke's most famous piano composition, "In a Mist," before getting together with Sudhalter on "Davenport Blues."
()Friday, December 26, 2008
John Harmon On Piano Jazz
Harmon is an enthralling jazz pianist, a tireless educator and a widely commissioned composer. In both his playing and his compositions, he draws on his love of the outdoors and Native American traditions, which is plainly evident when he performs his own composition, "Taos Pueblo."
()Eartha Kitt's Piano Jazz Session
The late entertainer's career spanned every facet of show business: theater, film, cabaret, TV and, of course, music. Piano Jazz remembers her in this 1993 interview and duet with Marian McPartland.
()Friday, December 19, 2008
A Holiday Gift From Marian McPartland
Renee Fleming, Mimi Fox, Blossom Dearie and Suzanna McCorkle join Piano Jazz host Marian McPartland to celebrate the season with new holiday recordings. McPartland also reprises her improvised score to the classic O. Henry story, The Gift of the Magi.
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