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Piano Jazz for June 20, 2010
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Remembering John Dankworth"
Saxophonist John "Johnny" Dankworth was one of the most celebrated jazz musicians and bandleaders of his native Great Britain. He performed with Charlie Parker during the bop era, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006. Dankworth passed away earlier this year at age 82. Piano Jazz remembers Dankworth on this 1998 session, recorded before an audience at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Dankworth joins vocalist and wife Cleo Laine, along with McPartland, for "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," and "Fine and Mellow."
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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