March 20, 2008 marks the 90th birthday of one of the jazz world's
living legends and the indefatigueable Marian McPartland has quite of
year of celebrating ahead of her. She not only continues to tape her
acclaimed weekly radio show, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz for NPR,
but will release her first studio cd in 9 years, TWILIGHT WORLD on
March 11 from Concord Records.

"The Grande Dame of Jazz", an NEA Jazz Master, celebrates her 29th
year as a Concord Records artist as well as 29 years at Piano Jazz.
The new cd, TWILIGHT WORLD features her regular Piano Jazz trio of
bassist Gary Mazzaroppi and drummer Glenn Davis and is rich with
sumptuous ballads including some rarely heard Marian originals and a
handful of tunes she has yet recorded in her nearly 100 sessions over
the years. Ms. McPartland, known for her encyclopedic knowledge of the
jazz repertoire even includes two riveting versions of compositions by
jazz innovator Ornette Coleman. She also interprets tunes by her
friends songwriters Alec Wilder ("Blackberry Winter"), Burt Bacharach
("Alfie") But, anyone who has listened to her playing on on the radio
or in the concert hall will not be surprised by the breadth and
diversity of Marian's adroit pianistic versatility and taste.

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