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Piano Jazz for August 23, 2007
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Jim Cullum & Band in a Tribute to Jimmy McPartland"
Famed bandleader Jim Cullum joins McPartland with his Riverwalk Band for a special tribute to the music of Jimmy McPartland, whose centennial is celebrated this year. In this program from 2001, recorded before a live audience in San Antonio, Texas, McPartland shares stories about her late husband while Cullum and his band recreate the jazz of Chicago in the 1920s and 30s.
For over 20 remarkable years, jazz pianist Marian McPartland and her guests have teamed up for an hour of weekly jazz sessions. Whether it's solos, collaboration, reminiscences, or straight talk about influences and style, no two Piano Jazz sessions are ever the same.
More than 500 exciting, talented, jazz professionals (newcomers and all-time favorites) have joined Marian over the years. In fact, Piano Jazz, a production of South Carolina Educational Radio, has been hailed as the "definitive" place to hear the greats of jazz.
Why? Piano Jazz hits a perfect balance between historical perspective and sheer entertainment, a formula that has made the series the longest-running national performance program on public radio.
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