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For technical facility and harmonic imagination, Art Tatum was in a class by himself. Geoffrey Smith salutes a legendary virtuoso who astonished both jazz and classical masters.

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Music Played

  • Art Tatum

    Humoresque

    • Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 6.

  • Art Tatum

    Tea For Two

    • Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 2.

  • Art Tatum

    Wee Baby Blues

    Performer: Edmund Hall. Performer: Art Tatum. Performer: Big Joe Turner. Performer: Joe Thomas.
    • Art Tatum Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 16.

  • Ebenezer Paul, Frankie Newton & Art Tatum

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    • God Is In The House.
    • Polydor.
    • 5.

  • Art Tatum

    My Ideal

    • THE TATUM GROUP MASTERPIECES.
    • PABLO.
    • 9.

  • Art Tatum

    Too Marvellous For Words

    • 20th Century Piano Genius.
    • Verve.
    • 14.

  • Art Tatum

    Mr Freddie Blues

    • 20th Century Piano Genius.
    • Verve.
    • 16.

  • Art Tatum

    Don't Blame Me

    • 20th Century Piano Genius.
    • Verve.
    • 1.

  • Art Tatum

    Willow Weep for Me

    • Art Tatum Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 10.

  • Art Tatum

    Esquire Bounce

    Performer: Art Tatum. Performer: Coleman Hawkins.
    • Art Tatum Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 26.

  • Art Tatum

    Aunt Hagar's Blues

    • Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 12.

  • Art Tatum

    Elegie

    • Art Tatum Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 5.

  • Art Tatum

    The Shout

    • Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 15.

  • Art Tatum

    I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Tiny Grimes. Performer: Art Tatum. Performer: Slam Stewart.
    • Piano Grand Master.
    • Proper.
    • 24.

  • Art Tatum

    Tea for Two

    Composer: Caesar, Youmans Performers: Art Tatum, p. March 1933

    • Piano Grand Master: Tea For Two.
    • Proper.
    • P1337, Tr. 2.

  • Art Tatum

    The Shout

    Composer: Tatum Performers: Art Tatum, p. August 1934

    • Piano Grand Master: Tea For Two.
    • Proper.
    • P1337, Tr.15.

  • Art Tatum

    Humoresque

    Composer: Dvorak Performers: Art Tatum, p. February 1940

    • Piano Grand Master: Elegie.
    • Proper.
    • P1338, Tr.6.

  • Art Tatum

    Elegie

    Composer: Massenet Performers: Art Tatum, p. 1940

    • Piano Grand Master: Elegie.
    • Proper.
    • P1338, Tr.5.

  • Art Tatum

    Wee Baby Blues

    Composer: Turner, Johnson Performers: Art Tatum, p; Joe Turner, v; Edmond Hall, cl; Joe Thomas, t; John Collins, g; Billy Taylor, b; Eddie Dougherty, d. January 1941

    • Piano Grand Master: Elegie.
    • Proper.
    • P1138, Tr.16.

  • Art Tatum

    Aunt Hagar's Blues

    Composer: Handy Performers: Art Tatum, p. July 1949

    • Piano Grand Master: Willow Weep for Me.
    • Proper.
    • Proper P1339, Tr.12.

  • Art Tatum

    I Got Rhythm

    Composer: G and I Gershwin Performers: Art Tatum, p; Tiny Grimes, g; Slam Stewart, b. January 1944

    • Piano Grand Master: Elegie.
    • Proper.
    • P1338, Tr.24.

  • Art Tatum

    Esquire Bounce

    Composer: Feather Performers: Art Tatum, p; Coleman Hawkins, ts; Roy Eldridge, t; Jack Teagarden, tb; Barney Bigard, d; Al Casey, g; Oscar Pettiford, b; Sid Catlett, d. January 1944

    • Piano Grand Master: Elegie.
    • Proper.
    • P1338, Tr.26.

  • Art Tatum

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Composer: N/A Performers: Art Tatum, p; Frankie Newton, t; Ebenezer Paul, b. September 1941

    • God Is In The House.
    • Polydor.
    • 2344 043, S.2, T.5.

  • Art Tatum

    Willow Weep for Me

    Composer: Ronnell Performers: Art Tatum, p. July 1949

    • Piano Grand Master: Willow Weep for Me.
    • Proper.
    • P1339, Tr.10.

  • Art Tatum

    Don't Blame Me

    Composer: McHugh, Fields Performers: Art Tatum, p. 1955

    • 20th Century Piano Genius.
    • Verve.
    • 531 763-2. D2, Tr.1.

  • Art Tatum

    Mr. Freddie Blues

    Composer: Shayne Performers: Art Tatum, p. 1950

    • 20th Century Piano Genius.
    • Verve.
    • 531 763-2. D2, Tr. 16.

  • Art Tatum

    Too Marvellous for Words

    Composer: Whiting, Mercer Performers: Art Tatum, p. 1950

    • 20th Century Piano Genius.
    • Verve.
    • 531 763-2. D2, Tr.14.

  • Art Tatum

    My Ideal

    Composer: Chase, Whiting, Douglass Performers: Art Tatum, p; Ben Webster, ts; Red Callendar, b; Bill Douglas, d. 1956

    • The Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces.
    • Pablo.
    • 6PACD44012 (6); D6, Tr.9.

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