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Piano Jazz for September 09, 2012
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: During the 1930s, violinist Stephane Grapelli founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with legendary guitarist Django Reinhardt. And Grappelli went on to discover a young English pianist named George Shearing. On this delightful Piano Jazz from 1990, Grapelli and McPartland duet on George Gershwin favorites "I Got Rhythm," "Someone to Watch Over Me," and "Oh, Lady Be Good."
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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