Jimmy and Marian McPartland collection, 1923-1990 (inclusive).

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Jimmy and Marian McPartland collection, 1923-1990 (inclusive).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/605906479

Jimmy and Marian McPartland, cornetist and pianist. The Jimmy and Marian McPartland Papers contain photographs, reviews, concert ephemera, correspondence, and material from the making of The Magic Horn, a television program part of the television series The Alcoa Hour.

2.5 linear ft. (2 boxes)

University of Chicago Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7780701

University of Chicago Library

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McPartland, Jimmy, 1907-1991

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Jimmy McPartland, a cornetist, was born in 1907 in Chicago, IL. While in Europe during WWII, McPartland met and married English pianist Marian Turner. After becoming one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz in Chicago, Jimmy McPartland died in 1991. Marian (Turner) McPartland was born in 1918 and was classically trained. Marian hosts the longest running and most widely carried jazz program on National Public Radio. Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz went on air for the first time i...

University of Chicago. Chicago Jazz Archive

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Founded in 1976, the University of Chicago Library's Chicago Jazz Archive initially sought to preserve materials documenting the birth and early growth of jazz in Chicago. In partnership with the Jazz Institute of Chicago the collections grew significantly. Collections now detail more than eight decades of Chicago jazz life and history. Recordings, publications, photographs, articles, posters, programs, ticket stubs, and other ephemera of musicians, clubs, record companies, and jazz...

McPartland, Marian

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