Marian McPartland

British-American jazz pianist, broadcaster, songwriter and author. Born March 20, 1918 in Slough, (then Buckinghamshire), UK. Died August 20, 2013 at her home on Long Island in Port Washington, New York, USA. Raised in Windsor, Berkshire (sometimes given as her place of birth) and Bromley, Kent, she trained at the Guildhall School of Music, London in classical piano but soon dropped out, to her parents displeasure,…