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Marian McPartland

1918 - 2013

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Margaret Marian McPartland OBE (née Turner; 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English and 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marian McPartland is the 2,292nd most popular musician (down from 2,222nd in 2019), the 5,865th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,573rd in 2019) and the 381st most popular British Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Marian McPartland ranks 2,292 out of 3,175. Before her are Carita Holmström, Billy Powell, Slim Whitman, Jack Johnson, Sufjan Stevens, and Wayne Sermon. After her are Les Brown, André 3000, Amjad Ali Khan, Kim Thayil, Guy Chambers, and Alexander Hacke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Marian McPartland ranks 319. Before her are P. H. Newby, Allenby Chilton, Kenneth Connor, Richard Greene, Frank Armi, and Gerald Wilson. After her are Ben Klassen, Bertie Mee, Mahmoud Namjoo, Dave Bartholomew, Fay McKenzie, and Evelyn Ankers. Among people deceased in 2013, Marian McPartland ranks 483. Before her are Sayan Sanya, Noel Harrison, Reg Presley, Haji, Sylvia Browne, and Slim Whitman. After her are Bob Kurland, Ruth Asawa, Ruth R. Benerito, Arthur Wightman, Ernest Chapman, and Jo Benkow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Marian McPartland ranks 5,867 out of 8,785. Before her are George Moorhouse (1901), Alan Hodgkinson (1936), Bernardine Evaristo (1959), Peter Ashdown (1934), Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), and Adrian Metcalfe (1942). After her are Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), Tony Cascarino (1962), Walter Besant (1836), Anna of East Anglia (null), Guy Chambers (1963), and Charles Hutton (1737).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Marian McPartland ranks 381. Before her are Guy Fletcher (1960), Guy Berryman (1978), Guy Pratt (1962), Will Champion (1978), Steven Isserlis (1958), and Julian Lloyd Webber (1951). After her are Guy Chambers (1963), James Newman (1985), William Orbit (1956), Ian Mosley (1953), John Dankworth (1927), and Atticus Ross (1968).

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