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Margaret McPartland was an English-American jazz pianist, composer and writer. She was the host of "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" on National Public Radio from 1978 to 2011.
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Marian McPartland | |
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 McPartland playing at St. Joseph's Villa near Rochester, New York, in 1975 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Margaret Marian Turner |
| Born | 20 March 1918 Slough, United Kingdom |
| Died | 20 August 2013 (aged 95) Port Washington, New York, United States |
| Genres | Cool jazz, bebop, mainstream jazz, swing, post-bop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, radio host, writer, composer |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1938–2013 |
| Labels | Halcyon, Concord Jazz, Jazz Alliance, Bainbridge, Savoy, Capitol, RCA |
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