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Documentary: Art Tatum
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Art Tatum changed pop and rock 'n' roll. As Les Paul tells it, he was originally a pianist with a trio and determined to be exceptional. Until his friend played him a record by Art Tatum. Paul says he stopped playing piano and switched to guitar. Had Paul not heard Tatum and had he gone on to lead a piano trio, we likely wouldn't have had overdubbing, tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording not to mention the solid body ...
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Art Tatum and Ben Webster
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
For me, jazz is divided between those who recorded with Art Tatum and those who didn't. Tatum remains king of the jazz piano—a briskly shaken cocktail of unrivaled technique, impeccable taste and a staggering ability to make you fall in love whatever song he's playing. Every one of his recordings is a gem, exhibiting daring, speed and lyricism. In solo and trio recordings, you are exposed to raw Tatum in all his centipedic glory. But in group settings, you get ...
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Videos: Art Tatum at the Piano
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Speaking of jazz piano, fans may be unaware that videos of Art Tatum in action exist and that the piano master also appeared in a couple of movies. There's also tape of Tatum's voice, which turns a name on a record label into a warm and charming guy... Here's Tatum at New York's 3 Deuces, at 72 W. 52nd St.... Here's Tatum playing Yesterdays... Here's Tatum in The Fabulous Dorseys. The personnel can be seen in the first ...
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Rowles on Tatum
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Many stories about jazz heroes are apocryphal. This is one is true. One night in the late 1930s, Fats Waller And His Rhythm were playing at the Yacht Club on 52nd Street in Manhattan. Art Tatum, the other half of the Tatum-Waller mutual admiration society, came in to listen. When he first moved to New York, Tatum’s almost superhuman virtuosity at the piano had bowled over every pianist in town, including Waller. Introducing his friend to the audience, Fats said, ...
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Concord/Pablo jazz reissues include Ellington, Gillespie/Pass, Tatum, Sims, Peterson/Grappelli
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conqueroo
Concord Music Group will release five new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on September 17, 2013. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, bonus tracks (some previously unreleased), and new liner notes to provide historical context to the originally released material, the series celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pablo Records, the prolific Beverly Hills–based label that showcased some of the most influential jazz artists and recordings of the 1970s and ’80s. The five new titles in the ...
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Trumpeter Tatum Greenblatt And His Quintet To Perform At Smalls Jazz Club August 30th
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Jennifer Kramer
Tatum Greenblatt Quintet August 30 at Smalls Jazz Club, NYC 9:30pm – Midnight | $20 cover featuring Tatum Greenblatt, trumpet Geoff Vidal, tenor sax Adam Birnbaum, piano Sam Minaie, bass Ulysses Owens, drums For his Smalls Jazz Club debut, Tatum and his band will perform selections from his latest 2012 release, Imprints as well as favorites from his two previous recordings and new compositions. His third recording as a leader, ...
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Trumpeter Tatum Greenblatt To Release Third Recording "Imprints" Available March 13, 2012
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Jennifer Kramer
BI-COASTAL CD RELEASE CONCERTS IN MARCH 2012: NEW YORK CITY'S DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA MARCH 12 & SEATTLE'S TULA'S JAZZ CLUB MARCH 29 Tatum Greenblatt offers his third recording as a leader, Imprints, which will be released for digital and hard copy sales beginning March 13, 2012. Imprints is a follow-up to his two previous recordings; Break of Day (2008) was recorded with The Here and Now Quintet for Origin Records OA2 label, and Mance's Dance (2006) recorded with Tatum's quintet ...
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Shelly Berg Plays Art Tatum This Week on Riverwalk Jazz
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Don Mopsick
This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actor Vernel Bagneris offers a glimpse of Art Tatum through the words of jazz musicians who knew him, and noted pianist Shelly Berg performs Tatum masterworks with the Jim Cullum Jazz Band. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Squarely grounded in the stride piano style of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, Art Tatum took solo ...
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Who is Art Tatum Dating? By Steve Provizer
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Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
Was the saturation coverage of George Shearing's recent death commensurate with his musical contributions? To my ears, Shearing's music is pleasurable and well-crafted but unexciting. He was capable of playing any style, but the chosen format of his most well-known groups was harmonically consonant and the soloing, while very adept, lacked edge. Shearing's coverage was the equal of that given to Billy Taylor. Taylor was a creative musician, not a musical innovator, but his work as activist/mentor/educator kept his profile ...
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