Ocean Grove. March 6, 2015. By Jean Bredin, Blogfinger staff. © (Click on image to turn the gulls into eagles.)
MARIAN McPARTLAND “Blackberry Winter” from her album Twilight World
Editor’s note: Marian McPartland (1918-2013) , a Grammy winning jazz pianist and composer, was one of the few women to become famous in the male dominated jazz star firmament. She lived in the jazz world being married to cornetist Jimmy McPartland. From 1978 to 2011 she hosted a jazz show on NPR called “Piano Jazz.”
We heard her play live in the 1970’s in a small theatre in South Hampton. We became fans immediately and saw her play live on other occasions.
There was a sweet heart-felt romanticism in her music, and I couldn’t help but think that she brought some deeply rooted feminine expressiveness to her playing. She had a long career, and her bio. is worth Googling.—-Paul Goldfinger Blogfinger.net
