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| Art Tatum's Finest Hour |
| Art Tatum |
| első megjelenés éve: 2000 |
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| (2000)
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| 3.228 Ft
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| 1. | Liza
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| 2. | Gone With The Wind
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| 3. | Stormy Weather
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| 4. | Tea For Two
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| 5. | Deep Purple
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| 6. | Sweet Lorraine
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| 7. | Get Happy
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| 8. | Tiger Rag
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| 9. | Begin The Beguine
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| 10. | Rosetta
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| 11. | Wee Baby Blues
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| 12. | I Got Rhythm
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| 13. | Mine
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| 14. | Yesterdays
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| 15. | Tea For Two / Honeysuckle Rose
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| 16. | Would You Like To Take A Walk? / After You've Gone
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| 17. | Too Marvelous For Words
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| 18. | Jitterbug Waltz
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| 19. | Moon Song
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Jazz
Recorded between August 24, 1934 and July 3, 1955
Digitally remastered by Opposite Wave (Universal Mastering Studios-East).
Art Tatum (piano); Joe Turner (vocals); Joe Thomas (trumpet); Edmond Hall (clarinet); John Collins, Tiny Grimes (guitar); Billy Taylor, Slam Stewart (bass); Eddie Dougherty (drums)
There are many Art Tatum samplers to choose from on the market and all of them contain moments of brilliance. As part of Verve's Finest Hour series, the blind virtuoso pianist is spotlighted on versions of "Liza," "Tea for Two," "Deep Purple," "Tiger Rag," and "Rosetta." Tatum is heard unaccompanied and with small combos on this 19-song budget sampler. While it would be inconceivable to compile a single disc of Tatum's contribution to jazz, this collection is satisfying, especially for anyone new to the extraordinary pianist.
Al Campbell, Courtesy All Music
Producers include: Ray Heindorf.
Compilation producer: Bryan Koniarz.
Includes liner notes by Arnold Laubich.
This is part of Verve's Finest Hour series.
Art Tatum
Active Decades: '20s, '30s, '40s and '50s
Born: Oct 13, 1909 in Toledo, OH
Died: Nov 05, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Boogie-Woogie, Swing, Stride
Art Tatum was among the most extraordinary of all jazz musicians, a pianist with wondrous technique who could not only play ridiculously rapid lines with both hands (his 1933 solo version of "Tiger Rag" sounds as if there were three pianists jamming together) but was harmonically 30 years ahead of his time; all pianists have to deal to a certain extent with Tatum's innovations in order to be taken seriously. Able to play stride, swing, and boogie-woogie with speed and complexity that could only previously be imagined, Tatum's quick reflexes and boundless imagination kept his improvisations filled with fresh (and sometimes futuristic) ideas that put him way ahead of his contemporaries.
Born nearly blind, Tatum gained some formal piano training at the Toledo School of Music but was largely self-taught. Although influenced a bit by Fats Waller and the semi-classical pianists of the 1920s, there is really no explanation for where Tatum gained his inspiration and ideas from. He first played professionally in Toledo in the mid-'20s and had a radio show during 1929-1930. In 1932 Tatum traveled with singer Adelaide Hall to New York and made his recording debut accompanying Hall (as one of two pianists). But for those who had never heard him in person, it was his solos of 1933 (including "Tiger Rag") that announced the arrival of a truly major talent. In the 1930s, Tatum spent periods working in Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and (in 1938) England. Although he led a popular trio with guitarist Tiny Grimes (later Everett Barksdale) and bassist Slam Stewart in the mid-'40s, Tatum spent most of his life as a solo pianist who could always scare the competition. Some observers criticized him for having too much technique (is such a thing possible?), working out and then keeping the same arrangements for particular songs, and for using too many notes, but those minor reservations pale when compared to Tatum's reworkings of such tunes as "Yesterdays," "Begin the Beguine," and even "Humoresque." Although he was not a composer, Tatum's rearrangements of standards made even warhorses sound like new compositions.
Art Tatum, who recorded for Decca throughout the 1930s and Capitol in the late '40s, starred at the Esquire Metropolitan Opera House concert of 1944 and appeared briefly in his only film in 1947, The Fabulous Dorseys (leading a jam session on a heated blues). He recorded extensively for Norman Granz near the end of his life in the 1950s, both solo and with all-star groups; all of the music has been reissued by Pablo on a six-CD box set. His premature death from uremia has not resulted in any loss of fame, for Art Tatum's recordings still have the ability to scare modern pianists.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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