Discography

Early
Halcyon
Other
TJA
Concord
NPR
Miscellaneous

Marian McPartland Appeared On The Following Recordings From The 1940s To 1969

Early Labels

Harlequin Records HQ 3010 (1946) Vic Lewis Jam Sessions, Volume 3: 1945-1946, The Jimmy And Marian McPartland Sessions And The 1946 Jazzmen

Unison Records (1948-1949) Jimmy McPartland Band (Sessions later released in 1972 as Marian And Jimmy McPartland: Goin' Back A Ways, on Halcyon Records - HAL-116)

Unison Records MCP 501 (1949) Jimmy McPartland Band

Esquire Records 306 (1949) The Carlo Krahmer Memorial Album: The Carlo Krahmer Chicagoans

Unison Records (1949) Marian McPartland Quartet (unissued)

Prestige Records 304 (1949) Jimmy McPartland All Stars

Federal Records 12029 (1951) The Marian McPartland Quintet

Savoy Jazz MG 12004 (1951) Jazz At Storyville Vol 3: Featuring Marian McPartland

Savoy Jazz MG 15027 (1952) Marian McPartland: Moods Vol 2

Savoy Jazz MG 15021 (1952) The Magnificent Marian McPartland At The Piano

Savoy Jazz MG 12016 (1952) Great Britain's: Marian McPartland And George Shearing Trios (SV 0160 Re-issued on Denon Records in 1992)

Savoy Jazz MG 12005 (1953) Lullaby Of Birdland (Moods)

Brunswick/Coral Records BL 54002 (1953) Jazztime, USA, Vol II (With 'Hot Lips' Page)

Savoy Jazz MG 12004 (1953) Jazz At The Hickory House (Reissued in 2000 as Marian McPartland: On 52nd Street)

Savoy Jazz MG 12043 (1953) The Jazz Keyboards (Marian McPartland and other pianists)

Savoy Jazz MG 12097 (1953) Looking For A Boy (Marian McPartland and other pianists)

Capitol Records CAP T574 (1954) Marian McPartland Trio

Capitol Records CAP T574 (1954) Marian McPartland Trio With Strings

Capitol Records CAP T699 (1954) Marian McPartland Trio

Capitol Records CAP T699 (1955) Marian McPartland Trio With Strings: After Dark

Capitol Records CAP T699 (1955 ) Marian McPartland Trio

Grand Award Records 33-334 (1956) Jimmy McPartland Quintet

Jazztone Records J 1034 (1956) Jimmy McPartland's Chicago Stompers

Capitol Records CAP T785 (1956) Marian McPartland Trio

Capitol Records CAP T895 (1957) Marian McPartland Trio With Strings: With You In Mind

EmArcy Records MG 36107 (1957) Helen Merrill With The Hal Mooney Orchestra

Epic Records LN 3453 (1958) Jimmy McPartland's All Stars

Argo Records LP S640 (1958) Marian McPartland Trio: At The London House

Design Records DCF 1032 (1960) Jimmy & Marian McPartland: Thanks For Dropping By (Released on Simitar Entertainment Inc - 56142 - in 1998)

Bainbridge Records BT 1013 (1960) Marian McPartland Plays Music Of Leonard Bernstein

Time Records LP 52013 (1960) Marian McPartland Plays Music Of Leonard Bernstein

Cedar Records LJCD 103 (1960) Marian McPartland Plays Leonard Bernstein

Time Records LP 2073 (1963) Marian McPartland: Bossa Nova + Soul

Sesac Records N6501/2 (1964) She Swings With Strings (Marian McPartland With The Frank Hunter Orchestra)

Jazzology Records JCD 16(1966) Jimmy McPartland And His All-Stars

Dot Records DLP 25907 (1968) My Old Flame: Marian McPartland Performs The Classic Hits Of Sam Coslow

MIS-5 Records (More Informal Sessions - 1969) Marian McPartland (With Jimmy McPartland, Bobby Hackett and Michael Moore)

Savoy Reissues

Savoy Jazz SV 0202 (1993) Reissue of tracks recorded by the Marian McPartland
Trio at the Storyville Club, Boston in 1951 and at the Hickory House, New York in 1953 - Marian McPartland: In Concert

Savoy Jazz SV 12004 (2000) SV 92880-2 Reissue of tracks recorded by the Marian McPartland Trio at the Hickory House in 1953 - Marian McPartland: On 52nd Street

Savoy Jazz SV 17117 (2002) Reissue of tracks recorded by the Marian McPartland Trio in New York City in 1952 and 1953 – Timeless: Marian McPartland

Savoy Jazz SV 17363 (2004) - Reissue of tracks recorded by the Marian McPartland Trio at the Hickory House during the 1950s - Giants Of Jazz: Marian McPartland

Halcyon Label

(As far as possible, the recording date of each issue is provided)

Halcyon Records HAL 100 (ca 1969) Interplay: Marian McPartland

Halcyon Records HAL 101 (1970) Earl Hines: Quintessential Record Session

Halcyon Records HAL 102 (1970) Bobby Henderson: A Home In The Clouds

Halcyon Records HAL 103 (1970) Ambiance: The Marian McPartland Trio

*(One source refers to this recording as Ambience or Ambiance: An Encompassing Atmosphere, and incorrectly lists the Catalogue Number as HAL 102)

Halcyon Records HAL 104 (Unknown date) Willie 'The Lion' Smith: Live At Blues Alley

Halcyon Records HAL 105 (ca 1971-72) Marian McPartland: A Delicate Balance

Halcyon Records HAL 106 (ca 1972) Teddy Wilson And Marian McPartland: Elegant Piano

Halcyon Records HAL 107 (1972) Live At The Monticello: Jimmy And Marian McPartland

Halcyon Records HAL 108 (1973) Dave McKenna: Cookin' At Michael's Pub

Halcyon Records HAL 109 (1973) Marian McPartland: Plays The Music Of Alec Wilder

Halcyon Records HAL 110 (1973) The Special Magic Of Jimmy Rowles

Halcyon Records HAL 111 (1974) Marian McPartland: Solo Concert At Haverford

Halcyon Records HAL 112 (1973) The Maestro And Friend: Marian McPartland And Joe Venuti

Halcyon Records HAL 113 (1974) Concert In Argentina: Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Marian McPartland, Ellis Larkins (double album)

Halcyon Records HAL 114 (1973) Swingin': Marian And Jimmy McPartland And Guests

Halcyon Records HAL 115 (1977) Now's The Time (An all-female group including Marian McPartland)

Halcyon Records HAL 116 (1972) Marian And Jimmy McPartland: Goin' Back A Ways

Halcyon Records HAL 117 (1979) Marian McPartland: Live At The Carlyle

Halcyon Records HAL 118 (1973) Marian McPartland Teddi King: Marian Remembers Teddi (A double album tribute to singer Teddi King)

Zaimont, J. L. (1984) The Musical Woman: An International Perspective, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press

Other Labels

The duo album with Teddy Wilson was released in January 1974 on the Australian Swaggie label (S 1330) under the title Elegant Piano: Solos And Duets By Teddy Wilson and Marian McPartland

RCA Records LSA 3304 (1974) Let It Happen, featuring Marian McPartland, Dick Hyman, Roland Hanna and Hank Jones (deleted from RCA catalogue)

TDK Records TDCN 5141 (1976) Live In Tokyo: Marian McPartland And Hank Jones

Improv Records IMP 7115 (1976) Marian McPartland: A Fine Romance (Also listed as Send In The Clowns)

Improv Records IMP 7122 (1977) Wanted

Improv Records IMP 7132 (1977) Tony Bennett, The McPartlands, And Friends Make Magnificent Music

The Jazz Alliance Label

Four albums from the Halcyon Records catalogue were later released on CD on The Jazz Alliance label, a subsidiary label of Concord Records 

TJA-10029 (1996) Ambiance: The Marian McPartland Trio

TJA-10025 (1994) Marian And Jimmy McPartland: A Sentimental Journey (With Special Guests Vic Dickenson, Gus Johnson and Buddy Tate) - Originally HAL 107 and HAL 114

TJA-10016 (1992) Marian McPartland: Plays The Music Of Alec Wilder

TJA-10008 (Unknown release date) Concert In Argentina: Marian McPartland And Friends

In 2003, a double album of Marian McPartland's previous recordings was released on The Jazz Alliance label - combining Marian McPartland: Plays The Music Of Alec Wilder and Marian And Jimmy McPartland: A Sentimental Journey (With Special Guests Vic Dickenson, Gus Johnson and Buddy Tate)

TJA-12044-2 (2003) Marian McPartland: Contrasts (2-CD set) combining TJA-10025 and TJA-10016

Piano Jazz Programs Released On The Jazz Alliance Label

Some of these broadcasts were initially released on cassette tape under the Camco label, then in 1993 Concord Records began to release selected Piano Jazz programs on CD under The Jazz Alliance label.

TJA-12001 Dave Brubeck

TJA-12002 Teddy Wilson

TJA-12003 Rosemary Clooney

TJA-12004 Bill Evans

TJA-12005 Dizzy Gillespie

TJA-12006 Eubie Blake

TJA-12007 Dick Wellstood

TJA-12008 Barbara Carroll

TJA-12009 Clark Terry

TJA-12010 Bobby Short

TJA-12011 Red Richards

TJA-12012 Dick Hyman

TJA-12013 Stanley Cowell

TJA-12014 Mercer Ellington

TJA-12015 Benny Carter

TJA-12016 Milt Hinton

TJA-12017 Jess Stacey

TJA-12018 Jack DeJohnette

TJA-12019 Mary Lou Williams

TJA-12020 Alice Coltrane

TJA-12021 Kenny Burrell

TJA-12022 Amina Claudine Myers

TJA-12023 Dave McKenna

TJA-12024 Henry Mancini

TJA-12025 Roy Eldridge

TJA-12026 Lee Konitz

TJA-12027 Joe Williams

TJA-12028 Oscar Peterson

TJA-12029 Lionel Hampton

TJA-12030 Jay McShann

TJA-12031 Les McCann

TJA-12032 Charles Brown

Piano Jazz Re-releases And New Releases On The Jazz Alliance Since 2002

TJA-12041-2 Rosemary Clooney

TJA-12042-2 Dizzy Gillespie

TJA-12043-2 Dave Brubeck

TJA-12038-2 Bill Evans

TJA-12040-2 Chick Corea

TJA-12039-2 Carmen McRae

TJA-12033-2 Oscar Peterson

TJA-12045-2 Mary Lou Williams

TJA-12046-2 Lionel Hampton

TJA-12047-2 John Medeski

TJA-12048-2 Steely Dan

TJA-12049-2 Elvis Costello

TJA-12051-2 Bruce Hornsby

TJA-12052-2 Teddy Wilson

TJA-12053-2 Shirley Horn

Concord Records

CCD-4086-2 (1978) Marian McPartland: From This Moment On

CCD-4101-2 (1979) Portrait Of Marian McPartland (also on Festival D-39501)

CCD-4118-2 (1979) Marian McPartland: At The Festival (Guest Mary Fettig Park)

CCD-4171-2 (1981) George Shearing And Marian McPartland : Alone Together

CCD-4202-2 (1982) Marian McPartland: Personal Choice

CCD-4272-2 (1985) Marian McPartland: Willow Creek And Other Ballads

CCD-4326-2 (1987) Marian McPartland: Plays The Music Of Billy Strayhorn

CCD-4412-2 (1990) Marian McPartland: Plays The Benny Carter Songbook

CCD-4460-2 (1991) Marian McPartland: Live At The Maybeck Recital Hall Volume Nine

CCD-4561-2 (1993) Marian McPartland: In My Life

CCD2-7002-2 (1993) Fujitsu 25th Concord Jazz Festival - Silver Anniversary 2-CD set

CCD-4605-2 (1994) Marian McPartland: Plays The Music Of Mary Lou Williams

CCD-4712-2 (1996) The Marian McPartland Trio: Live At Yoshi's Nitespot

CCD-4745-2 (1997) Marian McPartland With Strings: Silent Pool (Also on SACD-1023-6)

CCD-4853-2 (1998) Marian McPartland's Hickory House Trio: Reprise

CCD-4824-2 (1998) The Concord Jazz Heritage Series: Marian McPartland

CCD-4805-2 (1999) Marian McPartland: Just Friends

CCD-4895-2 (2000) Marian McPartland: The Single Petal Of A Rose, The Essence Of Duke Ellington

CCD-4968-2 (2001) Marian McPartland And Willie Pickens: Ain't Misbehavin' – Live At The Jazz Showcase

CCD-4991-2 (2002) Marian McPartland Trio With Joe Morello And Rufus Reid: Live At Shanghai Jazz

CCD2-2233-2 (2004) Marian McPartland: Windows

CCD2-2218-2 (2005) Marian McPartland & Friends: 85 Candles- Live In New York (2-CD set)

The Concord Jazz Heritage Series Sampler

Concord Records Women In Jazz

Jazz Moods

Concord Records has also released a series of Moods albums featuring different artists.  For this series Marian McPartland has appeared on several recordings:

CCD-5200-2 Jazz Moods: Brazilian Romance

CCD-5201-2 Jazz Moods: Dinner By Candlelight

CCD-5202-2 Jazz Moods: Jazz At Night's End

CCD-5203-2 Jazz Moods: Jazz At Week's End

Jazz Moods: Tranquility

Jazz Moods: Feeling Sentimental

Jazz Moods: An Intimate Evening (Box)

Jazz Moods: Cocktail Party

Miscellaneous Recordings

LP 1169 (1980) Bubba Kolb Trio: Under Full Sail (Marian McPartland on one track)

Concord Jazz Inc CJ 273 (1985) Mary Fettig Quartet: In Good Company (Marian McPartland on Piano)

MM 5042-2-C Music Masters (1987) Piano Players And Significant Others (Marian McPartland is featured on several titles, possibly with a rhythm section)

Concord Jazz Inc CCD-4645 (1994) There Again (Marian McPartland accompanies singer Eden Atwood on two titles)

Chesky JD-198 (1999) Clark Terry: One On One (Marian McPartland on one track)

Concord Music Group CCD-2121-2 George Shearing: Duets (Marian McPartland on some tracks)

Jazz Piano Essentials: The Music Of Duke Ellington

Jazz Piano Essentials: The Music Of Jerome Kern

An Era To Remember - From Pearl Harbour To VJ Day

Jazz At The 19th Hole

Jazz Party Mix

One On One

NPR Classics

JA CD 0005 (1997) An NPR Jazz Christmas With Marian McPartland And Friends

JA CD (2001) An NPR Jazz Christmas With Marian McPartland And Friends II

JA CD (unknown year and catalogue number) An NPR Jazz Christmas With Marian McPartland And Friends III

NPR Classics CD 0010 (1999) Marian McPartland: Portraits

Additional Albums From The Shelf List References On Marian McPartland At The Institute Of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Phontastic Records 8814 (1958) Newport Jazz Festival July 3 -6

Savoy Jazz 92856 (1944-1959) Savoy Story

Verve Records 840937 Jazz Round Midnight - Piano

Federal Records 257 Progressive Piano

Quality Records 110 Moods Volume 1 (= Savoy 110)

Quality Records 112 Moods Volume 3 (= Savoy 112)

Savoy Jazz 8032 Moods Volume 1

Savoy Jazz 8033 Moods Volume 2 (See MG-15027)

Savoy Jazz 8034 Moods Volume 3

Savoy Jazz 8106 Moods Volume 4

Savoy Jazz 8108 Moods Volume 5

Savoy Jazz 15022 Marian McPartland: Moods

Savoy Jazz 15032 Trio

Allegro Records (UK) 737 Jazz Greats

Atlantic Records 81844 Chicago Jazz Summit: Live At JVC Festival, New York

Audiophile Records 216 Cleo Brown: Living In The Afterglow, With Guest Marian McPartland

Brunswick Records 54002 Jazztime USA Volume II (With 'Hot Lips' Page)

Capitol Records PRO 246 Selections From New Capitol Albums

Columbia Records Music Treasures 6499 Thirteen Jazz Piano Classics

Design Records 144 Play TV Themes

Design Records 1032 Play TV Themes

Effects Records 5006 Jazz Gold (4 LPs)

Jazz Vault Records 113 Trio

King Records 540 Piano Variations

MCA Records 4113 Jazztime USA (2 LPs)

Reader's Digest Records RDA 17 Reader's Digest All-Star Festival (8 LPs)

Reader's Digest Records RDA 24 I Love A Piano (8 LPs)

Reader's Digest Records 3 Original Session Collection

Sesac Records PM 209 For Drive Time

Showcase Records 102 Great Jazz Of All Time (Records 34, 7 & 10)

Silvercrest Records 10 (1971) Menc Eastern Jazz Night

Stash Records 109 Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective (2 LPs)

Time Records 52203 Cocktails For Two: Piano

[Author’s note: This discography was compiled from information available in the public domain]

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