The highly-celebrated 20th Century classical and jazz pianist-conductor, André Previn, rightfully said of this man that he did things that should have been humanly impossible to do on the piano.
Answering ContraPoints: All classical music players practice on the piece they intend to play and refine it ad nauseam. Art Tatum and other Jazz players invents everything you hear on the spot as he plays. He creates the List music as he plays. No classical pianist can do that (Mozart could....)
Even The Great Oscar Peterson has Great Respect for Art Tatum! And when Oscar said Art was Blind with a slight sarcasm He were just admiring At Greatness! That's a Huge Compliment coming from One of The Best Oscar Peterson!
Con los primeros segundos de la canción quedé con la boca tapada y los oídos muy abiertos, en serio que tal talento tenía Art Tatum,, la palabra único no describe la grandeza ee Art. Aún no sé nada de comprensión musical, pero con todo wste tiempo que llevo oyendo a Tatum, su música me hace comprender el sonido de una manera mucho más abstracta y libre
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If we leave out the personal taste and if music was not art but competition , it is undeniable that Tatum was the number one.Horowitz and Rubinstein were simply flabbergasted by Tatum technical ability and control.It was like Charlie Parker , tons of notes but when you trancribe you see that they all make sense. An insane control,but the ability to swing and to play with feelings not found in many other musicians. If we are talking solo piano probably only Tatum and Peterson could entertain a crowd for an hour playing solo piano. Great entertainment with the highest musical qualities. The kings of swing but with very complex textures lush chords fantasy speed and soul. I don d think we can even compare them to Evans or Jarret,two different gods, that reached the highest level of introspection and were not show musicians. Peterson and Tatum were rooted on blues the post stride pianists more on on intellectual and artistical roots.Music is not competition but Tatum was incredible in every sense. For me the king of high quality entertainment piano. Without any doubt.To many runs too many notes,but in those years you had to show what you could do and virtuosity,like in classic music,had his importance.
This is the only piece by Tatum that i actually didn't like, possibly because the melody just doesn't fit this kind of music so the contrast with the intro and the impossibly fast stride section the follows just seem to clash awkardly more than anything.
Johnny Costa....hmmmmmm? I've only been listening to jazz piano for around 60 years, but this name is entirely new to me. Not impressed! Surely Errol Garner deserved a place in this compilation. And Ken Hall????
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If you listen to no other part of this breathtaking delivery, start at 2:17" , but preferably start at the beginning and hear the whole of this astonishing rendition....never ever surpassed or even equalled.
Agreed! A masterpiece. Just unbelievable in conception, architecture, arrangement, and execution. Nothing since has come close. I wonder how many pianists in this world can play the transcription of this flawlessly? Certainly very very few could match that stride tempo.
@@PeterBrownPianist I guess I'd be massively overstepping if I called myself a musician since I only have four years of experience. However, I do play jazz piano, mostly stride. So one could say thay I most certainly am just a mere mortal, but haven't given up hope for becoming an actual pianist.
Aaron Like you, I started out with Fats. A great, great player, a humorist and all his music never fails to put a smile on my face.....I just love 'Handful of Keys' plus all his songs with 'his Rhythm'. But musically, he's just not in Tatum's league (in my humble opinion).
@@PeterBrownPianist I do agree. I was just saying that in my opinion Fats also deserves at least an honorable mention for the very reasons you've just mentioned. It takes some time to fully learn to appreciate Art and his genius. However, I like to wonder if purposefully deciding to cut back a little on maybe additional harmonic movement or ornamentation etc. also showcases musical ability?
Aaron You have a point, but I would hate Art to 'cut back' on any of his colossal inventiveness, which, no matter how many times I hear a track of his, takes my breath away completely....find Art playing Sweet Lorraine....Mozartian perfection!.......ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GfxmrtmkZOM.html For me, his 1949 version is the tops!
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Michel Petrucciani, Brubeck, Monk, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Art Tatum, Ahmed Jamal, Bill Evans, Nat King Cole, Wynton Kelly,
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder . Please consider that Tatum was blind , then possible reassessments may ensue . So sad that more " notes " didn't find their way into his ever deserving wallet . The greatest American virtuoso of all .
