Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

KPBX 91.1, Wednesday, 10pm-11pm
(or directly following World of Opera)

Piano Jazz is a forum for jazz legends and influential performers as well as up-and-coming talents. Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Diana Krall, Max Roach, Cassandra Wilson and Tony Bennett are among the over 500 guests who have joined McPartland to create dynamic duets and discuss their lives and music.

Program Listings

November 26, 2008
Detroit-born pianist, composer and educator Geri Allen is a musician of great depth and creativity. She plays her own tune "Avatar," and she gets together with McPartland on Monk's "Well You Needn't."

December 3, 2008
Sixteen-year-old jazz phenom Grace Kelly has played with a host of jazz legends, including Phil Woods. Kelly displays her vocal acumen on "East of The Sun" before showing off her sax skills on "Round Midnight."

December 10, 2008
Columbia University student Sam Reider performs his composition "Tatiana" before joining McPartland for a duet of Ellington's "Warm Valley."

December 17, 2008
Boston-based singer Rebecca Parris has been compared to Rosemary Clooney and Dinah Washington, but her sound is very much her own. She and pianist Brad Hatfield perform "Weaver of Dreams," and McPartland joins in on "Alone Together."

December 24, 2008
John Harmon draws on his love of the outdoors and Native American traditions as you'll hear when he performs his composition "Taos Pueblo."

December 31, 2008
Jazz scholar Dick Sudhalter examines the important but often overlooked cornetist Bix Beiderbecke. McPartland plays Beiderbecke's most famous piano composition "In A Mist," before getting together with cornetist Sudhalter on "Davenport Blues."