[78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday

[Kristjan Saag]

Taylor Bowie wrote:

> I prefer his ballads to his up-tempo numbers/ snip
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Ballads?
I searched two dozens of his albums the other day without finding one. 
Unless you mean the down-tempo numbers with a lot of fast runs every 15 
seconds. Made me exhausted all the same.
Remember: a ballad, originally, was a song to be danced to, later denoting 
anything singable.
You'd break your feet (and lose your breath) trying to follow Tatum...
Kristjan