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Piano Jazz for July 08, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Dick Hyman"
Pianist, composer and arranger Dick Hyman has made two appearances on Piano Jazz, the first in 1979 and this reprise from 2009. Always the fleet-fingered pianist and versatile musician, Hyman performs tunes by George Gershwin, Antonio Carlos Jobim and a James P. Johnson rag before winding up the hour with host McPartland on improvised blues.
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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