NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland tells of her marriage to a jazz player
Series: Jazz Masters Moments
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Length: 00:01:29
NEA Jazz Masters Moments highlight the jazz greats honored through the NEA Jazz Masters, a comprehensive program of jazz support that includes the NEA Jazz Masters Award, an NEA Jazz Masters tour with performances and educational activities, radio programming, a compilation CD, educational resources, and publications and reports. Nearly 100 radio segments feature eighteen NEA Jazz Masters, providing musical samples, historical information, and first-person anecdotes designed to give listeners added insight into the artists and their art.
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NEA Jazz Masters Moments highlight the jazz greats honored through the NEA Jazz Masters, a comprehensive program of jazz support that includes the NEA Jazz Masters Award, an NEA Jazz Masters tour with performances and educational activities, radio programming, a compilation CD, educational resources, and publications and reports. Nearly 100 radio segments feature eighteen NEA Jazz Masters, providing musical samples, historical information, and first-person anecdotes designed to give listeners added insight into the artists and their art.
Transcript
NOW, A JAZZ MOMENT…
Music: It Never Entered My Mind
CD: Windows, Concord CCD2-2233-2, (disc 1, cut2)
NEA JAZZ MASTER MARIAN MCPARTLAND
Marian McPartland: It’s something I’m so glad I did although when I started, my parents, they were embarrassed.
THEY THOUGHT THEIR “PROPER” BRITISH DAUGHTER SHOULDN’T PLAY JAZZ PIANO.
Marian McPartland: I think now they must have really suffered, letting me do this and my mother said, oh, you’ll come to no good, you’ll marry a musician and live in an attic! I tell the kids at school that’s exactly what happened…quick laf…
IN 1943, MCPARTLAND MET CORNETIST JIMMY MCPARTLAND AT A USO CAMP IN BELGIUM. SHE WAS THE PIANIST AND HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BAND THAT PLAYED FOR ALL THE OFFICERS COMING IN ON VACATION. THEY CAME TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND GENERALLY MISBEHAVE.
Marian McPartland: And so that was the atmosphere into which J...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embraceable You | Marian McPartland | Timeless Marian McPartland. | Savoy SVY-17117 | 00:00 |
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