In Good Time, The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland Trio, Hickory House, NYC, 1954
Selected by DownBeat Magazine as a Must Have Jazz DVD of 2011
Winner, Manny Berlingo Award, Best Documentary, Garden State Film Festival
Reviews below
If there ever was a lady with a capital “L” who has earned her recognition in jazz, it is Marian McPartland.
George Wein, founder, Newport Jazz Festival
World Premiere, Maine International Film Festival, July, 2011
Selected second place, Audience Favorite Film Award, MIFF
On Screen/In Person Tour, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Reel Music Festival 29, Northwest Film Center, Portland, OR
Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Sedona International Film Festival, Sedona, AZ
Green Mountain Film Festival, Montpelier, VT
In Good Time, The Piano Jazz of Marian McPartland documents the life and career of jazz legend Marian McPartland as a musician, composer, and host of National Public Radio’s Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz. A native of England, McPartland arrived in America in 1948 with her husband Jimmy McPartland and established herself as a leading musician in the male dominated jazz world. Now 93, McPartland tells her own story through interviews filmed over 4 years. The film features McPartland’s own musical compositions and piano improvisations. She is seen performing and regaling audiences with her wit and stories in clubs, concerts, and Piano Jazz recording sessions with Dr. Billy Taylor, Elvis Costello, Dave Brubeck, Diana Krall, Bill Frisell, Nnenna Freelon, Renee Rosnes, Dick Hyman, and others.
Marian’s open mind, generous musical spirit and wicked sense of humour are here for all to see and hear. Anyone who could live such a remarkable life and sit in these grand days beneath a sign that reads, “No Whining”, deserves all our admiration and affection.
Elvis Costello and Diana Krall
In Good Time will in my judgment enter the realm of one of the hands-down best jazz documentaries, ever. Your editing was just so masterful — you told Marian’s story in an intimate way and yet best of all, you let the music through and gave it space.
The program was a resounding success! There was just a special feeling in the theater that night — one of those evenings that makes all we do worthwhile.
Carol Johnson, executive director of Amherst Cinema
Film Trailer
Reviews
Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy
http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/under-the-radar-a-kiwi-western-and-a-jazz-doc
Jazz Police
http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/9951/115/
Maine Sunday Telegram
http://www.pressherald.com/life/lady-grand20111009.html
Maine Public Radio Report
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/18334/Default.aspx
KJZZ-FM, Phoenix, interview with Huey
http://kjzz.org/content/1202/sedona-film-festival-features-piano-jazz-documentary
Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/places-faces-in-scottsdale/happy-birthday-marian-mcpartland-with-love-huey
The New York City Jazz Record
http://www.nycjazzrecord.com/, click on January issue, then go to page 37
New Jazz Archive, Interlochen Public Radio. On Marian McPartland’s career in radio, includes interview with Huey. http://www.prx.org/pieces/72423-jazz-on-the-radio
Film Review of In Good Time by Tom Cunniffe,
https://jazzhistoryonline.com/Marian_McPartland.html
Oregon Music News
http://oregonmusicnews.com/2011/10/14/reel-music-29-the-piano-jazz-of-marian-mcpartland/
Podcast Interview with Huey
Boston and Portland Phoenix
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/136971-crossing-the-blue-sea/
DVD
Is now available for sale online http://www.filmsbyhuey.com/films/in-good-time/
Also for sale at all screenings.