[78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday

[Taylor Bowie]

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> This was the definition I learned when studying Folklore in grad school. 
> Guess it all depends on what you want to believe, but I think that it has 
> been simplistically reduced to "any tune that is slow."
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> Cary Ginell

I love those old "ballads" like Chopin's Funeral March.

Earlier I was using "ballad" in the Tatum context to describe the somewhat 
less frenetic recordings he made.

Recall how they used to rate tunes on American Bandstand..."It's got a good 
beat and it's good to dance to."  I don't think Tatum would have made it on 
that show!

Taylor