[78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday

Julian Vein julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
Wed Oct 14 11:08:47 PDT 2009


Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
> 
>> I prefer his ballads to his up-tempo numbers/ snip
> --
> 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 
> 
> _______________________________________________
If you don't enjoy a particular artist, then no amount of theorising is 
going to change your mind!

      Julian Vein


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