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Piano Jazz for September 12, 2010
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Jean Bach"
Jean Bach was nominated for a 1995 Academy Award for her film A Great Day in Harlem, documenting the gathering of 57 jazz greats on a Harlem front stoop for an Esquire magazine shoot in 1959. Marian McPartland was there, standing right next to friend Mary Lou Williams. Bach remembers the legacy of this iconic image, including those who have appeared on Piano Jazz: Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, Hank Jones, Roy Eldridge, Milt Hinton, and Gerry Mulligan
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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