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Piano Jazz for August 12, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: Pianist Hod O'Brien is a stalwart be-bop acolyte. Since emerging on the scene in the late 1950s playing with Oscar Pettiford and Stan Getz, O'Brien has garnered critical acclaim and accolades from his peers. He joins McPartland and performs an original tune written for the occasion, "Clarion for Marian," before paying tribute to his be-bop roots with Bud Powell's "Un Poco Loco"
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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