1.Twilight World
2.In The Days Of Love
3.Turn Around
4.Close Enough For Love
5.How Deep Is The Ocean
6.Alfie
7.Lonely Woman
8.Blue In Green
9.Afternoon In Paris
10.Stranger In A Dream
11.Blackberry Winter

Glenn Davis – Drums
Gary Masaroppi - Bass
Marian McPartland - Composer, Piano

With her long-running series on public radio, Marian McPartland has seemed to many fans to always be a part of jazz. Just a few months shy of celebrating her 90th birthday at the time of these 2007 sessions, the pianist demonstrates why she has been able to play with so many different guests on her program. But this is a regular trio date with her attentive, longtime rhythm section, bassist Gary Mazzaroppi and drummer Glenn Davis. It's hard not to be enchanted immediately with new versions of her upbeat "Twilight World" and the elegant "In the Days of Our Love," the latter played with a hint of looking back on life without getting overly sentimental. McPartland has long been praised as a masterful interpreter of ballads, so her lyrical takes of "Close Enough for Love" and "Alfie" only serve to reinforce her strength in that department. Her good friend, the late Alec Wilder, penned the lush, intricate ballad with her in mind, and it is hard to imagine the notoriously hard-to-please composer (whose frequent comment, according to Marian, was "Play the melody!") not being overjoyed with McPartland's warm rendition. She also delves into the works of other jazz composers with equal enthusiasm, including two spirited explorations of songs by Ornette Coleman, John Lewis' spry "Afternoon in Paris," and a shimmering take of the modal masterpiece "Blue in Green" that is notable for its imaginative introduction. Marian McPartland's Twilight World is among the very best CDs of her long, impressive career. ---Ken Dryden, Rovi

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1. Conversation
2. Two For The Road
3. Conversation
4. Meggie's Theme
5. Conversation
6. The Pink Panther
7. Conversation
8. Mr. Lucky
9. Conversation
10. Dreamsville
11. Conversation
12. Charade
13. Conversation
14. Days Of Wine And Roses
15. Conversation
16. Moon River
17. Conversation
18. Baby Elephant Walk

Henry Mancini - Piano
Marian McPartland - Piano

Henry Mancini saw his role in music as a film and television composer rather than as a songwriter. During his interesting hour on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio show, Mancini discusses his life with good humor and modesty. He takes two brief melody choruses (on "Two for the Road" and "Meggie's Theme"), duets with McPartland on several songs (including "The Pink Panther" and a touching version of "Days of Wine and Roses" and enjoys hearing McPartland interpret "Mr. Lucky" and "Charade." Although only one of his songs ("Days of Wine and Roses") really became a jazz standard, Mancini enjoyed jazz and loved to hear improvising musicians develop his themes. This is an enjoyable set worth a few listens. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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01  Conversation 1     		
02  September In The Rain 	
03  Conversation 2 	
04  In The Dark 
05  Conversation 3	
06  Comes Love 	
07  Conversation 4	
08  For All We Know 	
09  Conversation 5
10  I Can't Get Started 	
11  Conversation 6 	
12  Don't Know Why  	
13  Conversation 7
14  Peace 	
15  Conversation 8	
16  Nearness Of You, The 	
17  Conversation 9 	
18  Beautiful Friendship	
19  Conversation 10

Norah Jones - piano, vocals
Marian McPartland – piano

Marian McPartland, who died on Tuesday at 95, was an erudite jazz pianist whose career stretched back to the heyday of 52nd Street. But she will be best remembered for “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz,” the public radio show she hosted for more than 30 years, featuring duets and conversation with an array of musicians. Some of those guests, like Eubie Blake, were her elders, others her accomplished peers. And some grew up listening to the show. That was the case for Norah Jones, who was an aspiring jazz pianist in Texas before she moved to New York and made her name as a singer-songwriter.

Ms. Jones, 34, first appeared on “Piano Jazz” shortly after releasing her debut album, “Come Away With Me” (Blue Note), which earned eight Grammy Awards. “It made me happy because I had listened to Marian for so long,” she said. “My mom and her ended up becoming friends, writing letters for the last 10 years.”

Speaking by phone from her apartment in Brooklyn, Ms. Jones reflected on both Ms. McPartland and the show. Here are some excerpts:

FIRST LISTEN My first exposure to Marian McPartland actually wasn’t through “Piano Jazz.” When I was 14 or 15, my mom took me to a free concert in Dallas with Marian and her trio. I was already into jazz and going to a performing arts school. But up until then I hadn’t seen a lot of women perform jazz, certainly no women instrumentalists. And to see this lady who was my grandmother’s age up there, playing with a piano trio, was just the coolest thing I’d ever seen.

I went to school that week, and I had a teacher, Kent Ellingson, who had every “Piano Jazz” show on cassette. So I dubbed all the tapes, and listened to almost all of them. ---nytimes.com

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