Marian McPartland: The Grand Lady Of Jazz Piano
By Duane Shinn
A born child prodigy, Marian Portland started playing the piano at the age of three. She is formally trained in both the violin and the piano. Her real name is Margaret Marian Turner. A student of classical music, she got her music education at the Guildhall School of Music in London but her heart was not in studying classical music. She fell in love with the jazz masters including Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson, Mary Lou Williams and the likes. Her family opposed her tendency towards jazz music and tried to keep her jazz grounded at Guildhall.
She went against her family’s wishes and joined a group - Billy Mayerl’s Claviers- a four piano vaudeville ensemble. jazz
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