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Marian McPhartland - A National Treasure

Marian McPhartland is in my opinion a national treasure,and as she now approaches her 90th birthday I think she should be acknowledged as one of the driving forces in jazz of the past century. Her NPR radio program is the longest running on NPR ever. As a jazz pianist she has few peers indeed. Someone once said about her. That she had three strikes against her,before she even got to bat and that was she's white, she's British and she's a woman. But with that being said she has managed to carve out an enviable career approached by few.

Shall we honor her now?
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I would be terribly remiss if I did not thank Ponnie for reminding me of Marian McPhartland a few weeks back and since that time I have managed to acquire some of her LPs as that is my favorite playback medium. The albums she did for Concord are spectacular such as "Personal Choice" and "From This Moment On"

Many thanks to Rayhall for the tip on the 85 Candles CD, I now have that ordered.

I have listen to her for many years now on NPR and have learned so much from her to further my appreciation of the jazz art form, one could not ask for more.
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