Piano Jazz: McPartland/Ellington

Piano Jazz: McPartland/Ellington Artist: Marian Mcpartland , and Mercer Ellington
Label: Jazz Alliance
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 727489201420
EAN: 0727489201420
ASIN: B000005HKE


Release Date: 1994-12-13

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Tracks:

  1. Conversation
  2. C Jam Blues
  3. Conversation
  4. Kinda Dukish
  5. Conversation
  6. Caravan
  7. Conversation
  8. Prelude To A Kiss
  9. Conversation
  10. Chelsea Bridge
  11. Conversation
  12. Moon Mist
  13. Conversation
  14. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  15. Conversation
  16. Portrait Of Mercer Ellington
  17. Conversation
  18. Solitude
  19. Conversation

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Lively show........2004-07-05

For those not familiar with the MMPJ discs, these are commercially realeased tapes of a too-small selection of the 100s of radio shows Ms. McParland has hosted. The format of almost all of them (at least where the guest is a pianist) is conversations with the guest artist alternating with solos by the guest, duos with the guest and McPartland, and maybe a solo by McPartland. Very few of the shows are bad, but some are great while others are merely good or interesting.

I'd say this one is great or close to it. While I never doubted that Mercer Ellingnton was a talented professional, I'd always thought of him exclusively as a curator of Ellingtonia. Of course, much of the music and conversation is focused on Duke, and who wouldn't want it to be?. But Mercer reveals himself to be a lively, thoughtful, and well-spoken guest with both personal anecdotes (funny story about Chelsea Bridge) and musical insights to share.

The piano playing is lively as well. Mercer has a secure swinging style that provides a nice counterpoint for McPartland, who often mentions how highly she regards Duke but sometimes plays more "introspectively" with complex chord extensions tacked on.

The result is a disc that's well worth hearing both for the music and conversation.

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  6. The Prestige Legacy, Vol. 2: The Battle of the Saxes ~ Various Artists
  7. Lester Leaps In ~ Lester Young
  8. Piano Jazz: McPartland/Coltrane ~ Marian McPartland With Alice Coltrane
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