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 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. 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.
Peabody Award, Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada, Grammy Trustees Award, In the Days of Our Love, Almost Blue, Twilight World
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Jazzscapes: Music with a View: Into the Evening, Art Tatum: The Art of Jazz Piano
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My mother said, "Oh, you'll come to no good, you'll marry a musician and live in an attic." Of course, that did happen.
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USA [May 2010]
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She celebrated her 90th birthday surrounded by friends and celebrities at Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center, New York City. She played several of her signature tunes, as well as selections from her latest album, "Twilight World". [March 2008]
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Popular host of the internationally syndicated radio show "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz".
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In the U.S. from 1946.
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Trained as a classical pianist at the Guildhall School of Music in London.
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She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to music and radio in the United States.
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She met Chicago jazz musician Jimmy McPartland during WWII when they were entertaining troops in Belgium in 1944. After the war, he introduced his British war bride to American jazz audiences.
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She remarried Jimmy McPartland in early 1991, but he died shortly after.
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Jazz pianist.
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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Jazz musician.
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The IT Crowd
TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2008 writer - 2 episodes, 2008
The Human Stain
2003
performer: "Day Dream" 1939
Knockaround Guys
2001
writer: "Small Talk"
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The 56th Annual Grammy Awards
2014
TV Special
Herself - Jazz Pianist / NPR Radio Host (In Memoriam) (credit only)
The Girls in the Band
2011
Documentary
Herself
In Good Time: The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland
2011
Documentary
Herself - Jazz Pianist
Long Island Music Hall of Fame's 1st Induction Awards Gala
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