"The life of the unparalleled purveyor of the Great American Songbook, Marian McPartland, is celebrated in this engrossing biography. From Bobby Short to Esperanza Spalding, across the 33-year run of the acclaimed radio show Piano Jazz, Marian McPartland conversed and played piano duets with jazz greats and, via National Public Radio syndication, brought the best of jazz standards to listeners. In Shall We Play That One Together?, Paul de Barros considers McPartland's full life and shows her to have been a courageous ...
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"The life of the unparalleled purveyor of the Great American Songbook, Marian McPartland, is celebrated in this engrossing biography. From Bobby Short to Esperanza Spalding, across the 33-year run of the acclaimed radio show Piano Jazz, Marian McPartland conversed and played piano duets with jazz greats and, via National Public Radio syndication, brought the best of jazz standards to listeners. In Shall We Play That One Together?, Paul de Barros considers McPartland's full life and shows her to have been a courageous compositional innovator as well as an immensely talented popularizer and educator. Her standing among jazz artists and her advocacy for women jazz musicians made McPartland a natural to host Piano Jazz show, conceived in 1978, and first broadcast on WLTR out of Columbia, South Carolina, in 1979. That show secured her reputation in the musical form and allowed her to introduce American and then global audiences to a diverse array of musicians developing the Great American Songbook"--
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Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Acceptable in VERY GOOD jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Hardcover in unclipped jacket has previous owner's writing: "Up Against the Wall, Nixon Came Down in Pajamas" on front flyleaf. Stated First Edition and full number line on copyright page. There are also a few pages with bracketing and notes in margins. Top and leading page edges have very light foxing. One small section with B&W photos of family and her on tour. No wear on DJ but front flap has been creased.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. St. Martin's Press, 2012. 1st printing. Signed and dated by author on half title page. A crisp, clean copy, NF/NF. 484pp. In a very nice unclipped jacket. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
