Marian McPartland, a jazz pianist and host of the National Public Radio show "Piano Jazz," has died in New York. She was 95.
An NPR spokeswoman says she died of natural causes Tuesday night at her home.
Her career spanned more than six decades. She became a fixture in the jazz world as a talented musician and radio personality.
McPartland recorded more than 50 albums for the Concord Jazz label and played in venues across the US
In 1978, she brought her talent for composition and status as a jazz insider to radio and began hosting the Peabody Award-winning "Piano Jazz." On the show, she hosted hundreds of jazz professionals.
