[78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday

[Cary Ginell]

Neither would Chopin.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:11:23 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday
> 
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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."
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> 
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