Piano Jazz

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Marian McPartland

Since 1979, Marian McPartland has hosted top Jazz musicians for conversation and live Jazz performances on this weekly program. Tune in to Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz, Mondays, 1:00 AM. until 2:00 AM; Thursdays from 2:00 AM until 3:00 AM; and, Sundays from 5:00AM until 6:00 AM.

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Piano Jazz
11:37 am
Fri May 17, 2013

Grady Tate On Piano Jazz

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Grady Tate.

Originally published on Fri May 17, 2013 3:25 pm

Grady Tate has been lucky enough to have two distinct careers in jazz. He made a name for himself as a session drummer with impeccable rhythm, for music legends such as Quincy Jones, Wes Montgomery, Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin.

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Piano Jazz
3:40 pm
Fri December 7, 2012

Dave Brubeck On Piano Jazz

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Dave Brubeck at the 32nd Kennedy Center Honors.

David Warren Brubeck (Dec. 6, 1920 - Dec. 5, 2012) in Concord, Calif. His father was a cattle rancher and his mother taught piano. His two older brothers, Henry and Howard, studied to become musicians, but Dave had no intentions of following them, although he took lessons from his mother. He could not read sheet music, but played well enough that this deficiency went mostly unnoticed.

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Piano Jazz
7:23 pm
Fri November 30, 2012

Russell Malone On Piano Jazz

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Russell Malone.

Originally published on Sat December 1, 2012 8:56 pm

On this episode of Piano Jazz, guitarist Russell Malone stops by along with bassist Richie Good for a set of solo, duo and trio performances with host Marian McPartland.

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Piano Jazz
9:35 am
Fri November 23, 2012

Tony Bennett On Piano Jazz

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Tony Bennett.

Originally published on Sun December 2, 2012 12:01 pm

On this Piano Jazz session from 2004, Tony Bennett brings his effortlessly swinging singing to an impeccable set of tunes from the Great American Songbook, including music from Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Van Heusen, Ted Koehler, Alec Wilder and more.

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Piano Jazz
10:11 am
Mon November 19, 2012

Anat Cohen on Piano Jazz

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Anat Cohen.

Originally published on Fri November 30, 2012 4:17 pm

Israel-born clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen joins Marian McPartland, along with bassist Gary Mazzaroppi and drummer Glenn Davis, for a quartet edition of Piano Jazz.

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Piano Jazz
4:52 pm
Fri November 9, 2012

Pete Malinverni On Piano Jazz

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Pete Malinverni.

Pianist, composer and teacher Pete Malinverni is a multifaceted player known for his attention to melody and delicate phrasing. Spiritual influences radiate throughout his arrangement of "Deep River," and Malinverni and host Marian McPartland end a delightful hour as they join together in a performance of the Harold Arlen standard "Get Happy."

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Piano Jazz
4:42 pm
Fri November 2, 2012

Elizabeth Doyle On Piano Jazz

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Elizabeth Doyle.

Elizabeth Doyle was brought up around all kinds of music from an early age, thanks to a truly musical family in South Dakota. Three of her four grandparents were professional musicians, including one radio performer and singing cowboy. Her father had played saxophone and clarinet in the Navy during WWII, and her mother was an avid singer and pianist. Both parents were fans of big-band music, jazz, and the show tunes of the '30s, '40s, and '50s.

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Piano Jazz
10:25 am
Fri October 26, 2012

Willie Nelson On Piano Jazz

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Willie Nelson.

Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson was born April 30, 1933, in the small farming community of Abbott, Texas. His early interest in music came about through singing in church, and he wrote his first song at age 7. By age 9, he'd begun playing in a local band; after high school, Nelson served briefly in the Air Force and studied at Baylor University. In the mid-'50s, he worked as a disc jockey in Texas and Washington state, played in honky-tonks and continued to write songs.

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Piano Jazz
5:06 pm
Fri October 19, 2012

Eubie Blake On Piano Jazz

This week, Piano Jazz digs deep into the archives with a session featuring James Herbert "Eubie" Blake. He was the last of the known living original ragtime pianists when he appeared on the program in 1980 with host Marian McPartland.

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