Marian McPartland 1918-2013

[Mark Stryker]

Marian McPartland has died at age 95. First obituary I've seen: http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/08/21/161653933/marian-mcpartland-piano-jazz-host-has-died

[king ubu]

Very sad!

Love what she did on "Piano Jazz" and have the highest respect for what she achieved there!

[uli]

RIP

[Hardbopjazz]

What a loss. RIP Marian. Thanks for all your music you gave us, and for all those years on Piano Jazz.

It's been a real bad few months for piano players. We've lost three great ones.

[jazztrain]

Just heard the news while driving to work. Too much bad news lately.

I had the opportunity to meet Marian a few times. She was very pleasant and almost self-effacing.

RIP.

[Stereojack]

Marian was a marvelous musician and a great ambassador for jazz. RIP.

[Dan Gould]

Wow the hits keep on coming. I wonder if Marian will be remembered more for Piano Jazz or for her own work? Both were so very, very good.

[mr jazz]

RIP

[alocispepraluger102]

RIP. let me second each and every comment. i go back to her records with husband jimmy, her own recordings, a tv special with george shearing, and thousands of hours of music and fine disarming conversation on piano jazz.

[mjzee]

And books...

Here's to a great jazz ambassador; she and Billy Taylor can play some duets in heaven. RIP.

[Peter Friedman]

More sad news. Marian lived a long and meaningful life. Her contributions to jazz, especially through her Piano Jazz program, were important. I particularly remember seeing her leading an all female quintet in Rochester, New York in the 70's.

R.I.P.

[Michael Weiss]

What a loss. RIP Marian. Thanks for all your music you gave us, and for all those years on Piano Jazz.

It's been a real bad few months for piano players. We've lost three great ones.

Now four:

Cedar Walton

Mulgrew Miller

George Duke

Marian McPartland

[B. Goren.]

This is a very sad week.

RIP Marian.

[colinmce]

A great, long life. RIP.

[Jim R]

A great, long life. RIP.

Indeed. Thank you, Marian.

[Claude Schlouch]

RIP

[GA Russell]

RIP

http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-marian-mcpartland-20130822,0,6722735.story

[disaac]

If someone could be said to ooze class, it was Marian. I always took such great delight in listening to her on PJ -- she was like a giddy young girl so full of enthusiasm with every guest I ever heard her with and seemed to so greatly the duets that were a staple of that show. She was also on Bob Edwards and was so charming and self-effacing. I will really miss her.

[mikeweil]

One more great gone ... too many this summer. R.I.P.

[Blue Train]

Only Benny Golson, Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver are remaining from the Great Day in Harlem picture.

Be well...

[jazzliker]

RIP, and thank you for many years of great jazz.

[ejp626]

RIP

[JSngry]

I remember when Piano Jazz first came on. I was skeptical at first, knew very little of McPartland as a player, and her semi-giggly British White Lady voice had me wondering Oh jeez, this is gonna be as unnecessary as it will be disastrous.

Well, I could not have been more wrong, and it didn't take that very much long to realize it.The Piano Jazz archives are a wonderful resource, if not always for performances, then for anecdotes, revealing of personalities, whatever, as much a revealing of the people as of the music. Two pianists talking piano, excellent premise excellently executed over a lot of years.

RIP, and thanks.

[clifford_thornton]

She was great.

RIP.

[Hardbopjazz]

What a loss. RIP Marian. Thanks for all your music you gave us, and for all those years on Piano Jazz.

It's been a real bad few months for piano players. We've lost three great ones.

Now four:

Cedar Walton

Mulgrew Miller

George Duke

Marian McPartland

How could I forget George Duke. Forgive me George.