MARIAN MCPARTLAND 

PIANO JAZZ - NPR

Born March 20, 1918, in Windsor, England
Died August 20, 2013, in New York, NY

• Pianist and composer
• First job in New York on 52nd Street
• Parents disapproved because she was involved in "the bad life".
• Two-weeks at the Hickory House lasted a year and all of the greats came to hear her, Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie
• 1971, she formed her own record company, Halyceon Records
• Worked for an extensive time at Cafe Carlyle
• “Piano Jazz” radio show on National Public Radio, since 1970
• Public Broadcasting System 13-series Women in Jazz program.
• Guest of national symphonies