Art Tatum: The Definitive Art Tatum

Art Tatum: Piano With Everett Barksdale, guitar and Slam Stewart, bass

The Shout / Sweet Emalina, My Gal / Elegie / Get Happy / Aunt Hagar's Blues / Nice Work If You Can Get It / It's the Talk of the Town / Makin' Whoopee / Goin' Home / Blue Skies / Someone to Watch Over Me / Mine / Yesterdays / Jitterbug Waltz / Mr. Freddie Blues / (Back Home Again In) Indiana

When a young Hank Jones first heard Art Tatum on radio, he was convinced that a trick record was being aired-one where two or even three pianists' playing had been overlaid. Tatum had a similarly incredulous effect even on those who went to his live appearances - he played so much piano that they couldn't believe what they were seeing. There is no argument anywhere about Tatum's superhuman technique: He was the most accomplished pianist in jazz history. But while his complex, dense harmonies have always been identified by other pianists as beyond reach, it has been his fantastic rhythmic sense that always attracted fans. That ceaseless swing never deserted him, even in his valedictory, unaccompanied solo recordings, which were done for Norman Granz. Art Tatum: Piano With Everett Barksdale, guitar and Slam Stewart, bass.

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