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Piano Jazz for January 24, 2008
1:05 PM - 2:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Amina Figarova"
Amina Figarova grew up behind the iron curtain in Azerbaijan. Originally a conservatory trained classical pianist, Figarova studied jazz performance in Rotterdam and at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. Her tasteful, refined and lyrical style is on display, as she performs her own "Night Train" and as McPartland joins her for "Body and Soul."
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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