[78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday

[Cary Ginell]

Actually the correct definition of "ballad" is a song that tells a story. The term got distorted by people who equate it with tempo. This irks me as much as "cover version" irks Biel.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> From: saag at telia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:02:12 +0200
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday
> 
> 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 
> 
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