[78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday

[Erwin Kluwer]

To me one of the greatest technically equiped players that don't move me a
inch....





On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Julian Vein
<julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>wrote:

> Cary Ginell wrote:
> I found Tatum to be an important link between the stride of Waller and
> the more free-thinking work of Monk and Bud Powell. The difference is
> that he could swing better than any bopper could, the result of his
> influence from stride pianists. Anyone who "doesn't get" Tatum probably
> is listening from a melodic point of view. I'm not a pianist, but I am a
> musician, and I hear things that might sound dissonant on first
> listening, but then find out how much sense they really make upon
> repeated listenings. I always thought that Tatum played as if he had
> four hands. Like him or not, there was no piano player who could
> approach his incredible technique.
>
>
>
> Cary Ginell
> ==========
> Back in the mid to late 50s, I bought the few Tatum reissues (not the
> Verves though, although I've since purchased "The Complete Small Groups"
> on CD) then available, and was happy with them. Since then there has
> been a deluge of issues and reissues over the decades, which has tended
> to saturate the market.
>
> I'm happy to stick with the few recordings that I have. I feel the same
> about some other musicians--I reach a point where I consider I'm content
> with the amount of recordings I have by them, and then move on. I call
> this "Comfortable Completeness".
>
>      Julian Vein
>
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