Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland
Margaret Marian McPartland, OBE, was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer. She was the host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth20 March 1918
thinking stuff records
Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame.
cat guy world
Sometimes go around with guys who are scuffling -- for awhile. But usually they end up marrying some cat with a factory. This is the way world ends, not with a whim but a banker.
birthday party years
I'm trying to get the record that I made at my birthday party last year, trying to get that out, and the lawyers are diddling around with it and it probably won't be out until next year. I don't know.
play keys people
I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can.
long stills i-can
As long as I can still be on my own and do my own thing and be working full time, it's great.
men piano oscars
One should leave the piano when Oscar comes in. This man is dangerous.
fall play feelings
That's something Mary Lou Williams used to tell me: If you're not feeling right about what you're doing and you play a minor tune it all comes back, falls into place. I don't know if that's true, but I do it.
thinking hands piano
My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.
jobs years piano
Baldwin is sort of getting to be a bit funny. I don't know what happened, but a few years ago they suddenly went bankrupt and Gibson bought the whole outfit. Since then they haven't seemed to be doing an awfully good job of providing pianos.
thinking i-can ifs
So if I think of something in my head I don't have to do it. If I can't do I don't do it, I do something else.
song writing trouble
Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.
yamaha steinway wells
I'd just as soon be on a good Steinway or Yamaha just as well.
hate mail enough
I would really hate to have e-mail. It's bad enough with all the mail I get.
knees needs get-up
I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening.