All in Good Time

by Marian McPartland

Book Overview

"Once a man stood at the bar watching me intently, and when the set was finished he came over and said with a smile, 'You know, you can't be a respectable woman the way you play piano.'" This autobiographical incident is just one of the marvelous anecdotes recalled by Marian McPartland in her book, All in Good Time. McPartland is one of the most famous contemporary jazz pianists. Brought up in England, she married the jazz trumpeter Jimmy McPartland...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195048717
• ISBN13: 9780195048711
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Writing from the First Lady of Jazz

If you're a fan of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz show on NPR, you'll adore reading this fabulous book about her life in the music business. Music flows through her writing. It's clear that her radio skills stem from her uncanny ability to really listen to what's going on around her, and she achieves the same warm and intelligent result with her writing. As my friend Daryl Sherman says, Marian is one of the wonders of the world. [ASIN:0879308826 Piano Girl: A Memoir]]