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Marian McPartland (Piano)

Born: 20th March 1918, Slough, United Kingdom

Died: 20th August 2013, Port Washington, New York, United States

Nationality: British-American

Margaret Marian McPartland OBE 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.

After her marriage to trumpeter Jimmy McPartland in February 1945, she resided in the United States when not travelling throughout the world to perform. In 1969, she founded Halcyon Records, a recording company that issued albums for 10 years. In 2000, she was named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. In 2004, she was given a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement.

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