Marian Mcpartland Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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 Un...
August 20, 2013, Port Washington, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Slough
Profession
Writer, Composer, Radio personality, Jazz Pianist
Education
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Nationality
United Kingdom
Spouse
Jimmy McPartland (m. 1991–1991), Jimmy McPartland (m. 1946–1974)
Parents
Frank Turner, Janet Turner
Siblings
Joyce Turner
Nicknames
Margaret Marian Turner , Marian McParland , McPartland, Marian , Marian McPartland with Strings , Margaret Marian McPartland
Awards
Peabody Award, Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada, Grammy Trustees Award, In the Days of Our Love, Almost Blue, Twilight World
Movies
Art Tatum
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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My mother said, "Oh, you'll come to no good, you'll marry a musician and live in an attic." Of course, that did happen.
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Fact
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USA [May 2010]
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She celebrated her 90th birthday surrounded by friends and celebrities at Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center, New York City. She played several of her signature tunes, as well as selections from her latest album, "Twilight World". [March 2008]
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Popular host of the internationally syndicated radio show "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz".
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In the U.S. from 1946.
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Trained as a classical pianist at the Guildhall School of Music in London.
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She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2010 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to music and radio in the United States.
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She met Chicago jazz musician Jimmy McPartland during WWII when they were entertaining troops in Belgium in 1944. After the war, he introduced his British war bride to American jazz audiences.
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She remarried Jimmy McPartland in early 1991, but he died shortly after.
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Jazz pianist.
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Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999.
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Jazz musician.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The IT Crowd
TV Series performer - 2 episodes, 2008 writer - 2 episodes, 2008
The Human Stain
2003
performer: "Day Dream" 1939
Knockaround Guys
2001
writer: "Small Talk"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards
2014
TV Special
Herself - Jazz Pianist / NPR Radio Host (In Memoriam) (credit only)
The Girls in the Band
2011
Documentary
Herself
In Good Time: The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland
2011
Documentary
Herself - Jazz Pianist
Long Island Music Hall of Fame's 1st Induction Awards Gala
$1 Million