Piano Jazz is a weekly one hour radio show produced and distributed by National Public Radio. It started on June 4, 1978 and has always been hosted by jazz pianist Marian McPartland. It is the longest running cultural program on NPR.
The show features a single guest, and usually consists of about an equal mixture of discussion and playing, often duets with Marian. Initially the guests were limited to jazz pianists, but out of necessity the format was expanded to include performers on other instruments as well as other genres (though the performances remain focused on jazz tunes). The show provides an inside look at the relationships of jazz musicians, since Marian has often had long friendships with many of her guests. A few examples of guests are Cy Coleman, Henry Mancini, Percy Faith, Jon Weber, and Gary Burton.
A number of shows have been released commercially on compact disc.
Guest list
- 781008 Mary Lou Williams
- 781106 Bill Evans
- 800000 Oscar Peterson
- 830500 Dorothy Donegan
- 840323 Dave Brubeck
- 850129 Dizzy Gillespie
- 850311 Carmen McRae
- 870500 Bobby Short
- 871100 Sharon Freeman
- 880100 Nadine Jansen
- 890000 Les McCann
- 890111 Lionel Hampton
- 890220 Benny Carter
- 890700 Shirley Horn
- 900130 Barbara Carroll
- 900400 Cy Coleman
- 910829 Amina Claudine Myers
- 911014 Rosemary Clooney
- 911016 Red Richards
- 930415 Kenny Burrell
- 930921 Clark Terry
- 940000 Stanley Cowell
- 940124 Mercer Ellington
- 950100 Paquito D'Rivera
- 950307 Charles Brown
- 011210 Chick Corea
- 020100 Artie Shaw
- 020100 Kurt Elling
- 020900 Mulgrew Miller
- 030506 Elvis Costello
- 040000 Taylor Eigsti
- 040300 Steve Kuhn
- 040400 Bill Kirchner
- 040400 Gary Burton
- 040400 Lee Musiker
- 040600 Loren Schoenberg
- 040700 Jodie Christian
- 040700 Jon Weber
- 040700 Noah Baerman
- 040700 Ramsey Lewis
- 041000 Ann Hampton Callaway
- 041000 Dave Peck
- 041000 Eric Mintel
- 041100 Burt Bacharach
- 041200 Earma Thompson
- Willie Nelson
- Jack Sheldon
- Joey Calderazzo
- Roy Eldridge
- Toots Thielemans
- Steely Dan
- Travis Shook
- Eliane Elias
- Paul Shaffer
- Herbie Hancock
- Veronica Nunn
- Bruce Hornsby
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