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Piano Jazz for November 15, 2007
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Michael Kocour"
Pianist and educator Michael Kocour spent years on the Chicago jazz scene, leading his own trio and playing high profile gigs with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and the Chicago Symphony. Now he's arrived at Arizona State University, where he serves as the director of jazz studies. Kocour talks about the transition from gigging to teaching and joins McPartland on "Ask Me Now" and "I Should Care."
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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