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Jimmy McPartland
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James Dugald McPartland, legendary jazz cornetist, was born on March 15, 1907, in Chicago, Illinois. He started playing violin at age five, then took up the cornet at age 15. |
As a teenager, he became interested in jazz at the "Spoon And Straw," a drug store where Austin High School students gathered to listen to jazz records on the victrola. Those jazz records would have a profound effect on the young McPartland.
Jimmy became the leader of the now legendary sextet, The Austin High School Gang. This group originally included Jimmy and his brother Dick, Frank Teschemacher and Bud Freeman. Eddie Condon, Dave Tough, Jim Lanigan and Joe Sullivan later joined the group.
When Bix Beiderbecke left The Wolverines, he recommended that the 17-year-old Jimmy replace him. McPartland made his first recording while he was with the Wolverines in 1925. He remained with this group for just over a year, and then worked with bandleader Art Kassel and others before joining Ben Pollack in 1927. His band mates included Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, and Bud Freeman. Jimmy's work with different ensembles continued until the start of World War II, when he and Jack Teagarden enlisted in the Army.
During the war McPartland met his bride to be, Marian Turner, in Eupen, Belgium, while she was playing for USO camp shows. A G.I. musicians' jam session brought them together. After many performances with a small G.I. combo playing for front line troops, they were married in Aachen, Germany. In 1946, Jimmy McPartland returned to the United States with his British bride, and they formed a quartet in Jimmy's hometown of Chicago.
Later, the McPartlands moved to New York where Jimmy was instrumental in helping Marian form her own trio. Marian attributes much of her success to Jimmy's help and support. They were later divorced, but remained friends and musical partners for the rest of Jimmy's life. The couple were remarried in 1991, just two weeks before Jimmy's death.
During his long, illustrious career, McPartland starred in a television special "The Magic Horn," and acted in summer stock in "Show Boat." He also appeared on network TV shows and recorded landmark albums, of which "Shades of Bix", featuring Coleman Hawkins, George Wettling, and Gene Krupa, is undoubtedly the finest.
Jim Cullum and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band
Jimmy became the leader of the now legendary sextet, The Austin High School Gang. This group originally included Jimmy and his brother Dick, Frank Teschemacher and Bud Freeman. Eddie Condon, Dave Tough, Jim Lanigan and Joe Sullivan later joined the group.
When Bix Beiderbecke left The Wolverines, he recommended that the 17-year-old Jimmy replace him. McPartland made his first recording while he was with the Wolverines in 1925. He remained with this group for just over a year, and then worked with bandleader Art Kassel and others before joining Ben Pollack in 1927. His band mates included Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, and Bud Freeman. Jimmy's work with different ensembles continued until the start of World War II, when he and Jack Teagarden enlisted in the Army.
During the war McPartland met his bride to be, Marian Turner, in Eupen, Belgium, while she was playing for USO camp shows. A G.I. musicians' jam session brought them together. After many performances with a small G.I. combo playing for front line troops, they were married in Aachen, Germany. In 1946, Jimmy McPartland returned to the United States with his British bride, and they formed a quartet in Jimmy's hometown of Chicago.
Later, the McPartlands moved to New York where Jimmy was instrumental in helping Marian form her own trio. Marian attributes much of her success to Jimmy's help and support. They were later divorced, but remained friends and musical partners for the rest of Jimmy's life. The couple were remarried in 1991, just two weeks before Jimmy's death.
During his long, illustrious career, McPartland starred in a television special "The Magic Horn," and acted in summer stock in "Show Boat." He also appeared on network TV shows and recorded landmark albums, of which "Shades of Bix", featuring Coleman Hawkins, George Wettling, and Gene Krupa, is undoubtedly the finest.
Jim Cullum and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band
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Famed bandleader Jim Cullum joins Marian with his "Riverwalk" band for a special tribute to the music of Jimmy McPartland, who would have been 96 years old this March. |
Recorded before a live audience in San Antonio, Texas in 2001, Marian McPartland shares stories about her late husband, while Cullum and his band recreate the music of Chicago-era jazz with tunes such as "Jazz Me Blues" and "Sugar."
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band (JCJB) plays jazz in the classic manner - that is, in the style of small, hot ensembles that were active on the jazz scene prior to WWII. The band's repertoire covers a lot of ground--from 19th-century cakewalks to the small pre-war Benny Goodman ensembles. The group creates its signature sentimental sound by using vintage instruments and styles of playing developed by jazz players in the first part of this century. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band can be heard each week on the public radio program, Riverwalk, Live from the Landing.
Set List for Jimmy McPartland Tribute on Piano JazzJazz Me Blues (T. Delaney)
Sugar (S. Mitchell/E. Pinkard/M. Pinkard)
Nobody's Sweetheart (E. Erdman/G. Kahn/B. Meyers/E. Schoebel)
Melancholy Mood (Marian McPartland)
Improvisation on "Riverwalk" Theme (Marian McPartland)
Davenport Blues (Bix Beiderbecke)
China Boy (P. Boutelje/RA Winfree)
Embraceable You (G. Gershwin/I. Gershwin)
There'll Be Some Changes Made (W. Blackstone/B. Overstreet)
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The Jim Cullum Jazz Band (JCJB) plays jazz in the classic manner - that is, in the style of small, hot ensembles that were active on the jazz scene prior to WWII. The band's repertoire covers a lot of ground--from 19th-century cakewalks to the small pre-war Benny Goodman ensembles. The group creates its signature sentimental sound by using vintage instruments and styles of playing developed by jazz players in the first part of this century. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band can be heard each week on the public radio program, Riverwalk, Live from the Landing.
Set List for Jimmy McPartland Tribute on Piano Jazz
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