Friday, May 4, 2012

Art Tatum; the greatest improvising pianist in the history of recorded music

"Anything you do with your right hand, I'll do with my left". - Art Tatum to Bud Powell

"Ladies and Gentleman, I only play the piano, but tonight, God is in the house". - Fats Waller as he left the band stand.

"First you speak of Art Tatum. Then you take a long breath. Then you speak of other pianists." - Dizzy Gillespie

Humoresque
Yesterdays
Art Tatum and Ben Webster's sumptuous collaboration - 1956

Art Tatum & Ben Webster - The Album (1956)


track listing is  1. all the things you are 2. Gone with the Wind 3. Have You Met Miss Jones 4. Day and Night 5. Where or When 6. My Ideal 7. My One And Only Love 8-12 are solo takes of 1-5 respectively


1 comment:

Stinson said...

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