Art Tatum - Blue Skies [CD Digipack]

SUNSET BLVD RECORDS

£27.34

Cat. no: CDSBR7062
Format: CD Digipack
Barcode: 708535706229
Release Date: 21 Jun 2024
Genre: Jazz

Limited Edition 2 CD Set / 32 Performances - Post 1945 "Art Tatum was the greatest soloist in Jazz History, regardless of the instrument." - Leonard Feather."First you speak of Art Tatum, then take a long deep breath, and you speak of the other pianists." - Dizzy Gillespie."If you put a piano in a room, just a bare piano

Then you get all the fnest jazz pianists in the world and let them play in the presence of Art Tatum. Then let Art Tatum play ... everyone there will sound like an amateur." --Teddy Wilson. 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 refexes and boundless imagination kept his improvisations flled with fresh (and sometimes futuristic) ideas that put him way ahead of his contemporaries. This collection of post 1945 performances is culled from unreleased studio sessions, Radio & Television appearance and private home recordings.

Tracks: Disc 1 - Solo / All The Things You Are / Have You Met Miss Jones / Body & Soul / Fine And Dandy / Over The Rainbow (Version 1) / Over The Rainbow (Version 2) / Over The Rainbow (Version 3) / It's The Talk Of The Town / I'll Never Be The Same / Night And Day / Someone To Watch Over Me / Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / Begin The Beguine / I Cover The Waterfront / Body And Soul / Someone To Watch Over Me / Flying Home / Fine And Dandy / Disc Two - Trio / Tenderly / Body And Soul / I Know That You Know / On The Sunny Side Of The Street / Someone To Watch Over Me / Would You Like To Take A Walk? / Sweet Lorraine / Cocktails For Two / Exactly Like You / Memories Of You / Soft Winds, Pt / I Cover The Waterfront