The Complete Capitol Recordings Of Art Tatum

Disc: 1 1. Willow Weep For Me 2. I Cover The Waterfront 3. Aunt Hagar's Blues 4. Nice Work If You Can Get It 5. Someone To Watch Over Me 6. Dardanella 7. Time On My Hands 8. Sweet Lorraine 9. Somebody Loves Me 10. Don't Blame Me 11. My Heart Stood Still 12. You Took Advantage Of Me 13. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 14. How High The Moon 15. Promotional Interview With Art Tatum, Paul Weston And You Disc: 2 1. Makin' Whoopie 2. Goin' Home 3. Blue Skies 4. It's The Talk Of The Town 5. Dancing In The Dark 6. Tenderly 7. September Song 8. Melody In F, Opus 3, No. 1 9. Tea For Two 10. Out Of Nowhere 11. Just One Of Those Things 12. Indiana 13. Would You Like To Take A Little Walk 14. Lover

Art Tatum was universally recognised as the greatest jazz pianist of all time with a command of the keyboard that defied description. Nothing seemed beyond his capabilities and his whole being was channelled into music. He spent much of his working life playing in small clubs away from the glare of publicity and Capitol is to be congratulated for putting him in a studio in 1949 at a time when he was in danger of being forgotten. (He hadn't made any records for over two years). Of the tracks here the solos provide the meat of the collection. They rank amongst the finest recordings that he ever made. Songs such as "Sweet Lorraine" and "Nice Work If You Can Get It" are three-minute masterpieces and it is doubtful if WC Handy's "Aunt Hagar's Blues" has ever been given such depth of expression. The remaining tracks have guitar and bass added in the trio format that Tatum had used in the mid-1940s. --Steve Voce

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