[78-L] Art Tatum recordings

[Julian Vein]

RUSSELL BARNES wrote:
> Re Art Tatum :
>  
> The late Sinclair Traill  (Editor and Founder of the UK's Jazz Journal)  once told me that in the 1930's, he saw Tatum on the stage of a small North of England Theatre. 
>  
> His performance was sandwiched between a number of boring and inconsequential acts - and few, if any, of the audience appreciated the artistry placed before them.
>  
> I have often wondered if the BBC took the oportunity to record him.
>  
> RB
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I was told by Alf Lumby (an Erroll Garner collector) that Tatum appeared 
on the BBC's radio show "In Town Tonight" at the time, but may have only 
been as an interviewee. He was paid the princely sum of £5.00.

      Julian Vein