Marian McPartland: The Grand Lady Of Jazz Piano

January 28th, 2010

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, jazz she got her music education at the Guildhall School of Music in London but her heart was not in studying classical music. jazz

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