[78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday

[Cary Ginell]

Sorry for being unclear - I meant pianists only when I was talking about Tatum. Hank Jones is one guy who can swing as a bopster or a swingster. 

 

Cary Ginell
 
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> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:35:38 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Art Tatum 100th birthday
> 
> Oh, I don't know Cary. Bird and Dizzy could and did swing as well as anyone. 
> Just give a listen to Parker's three chorus solo on "I'm Forever Blowing 
> Bubbles" from the Savoy Ballroom with Jay McShan's band. (1942) They turned 
> that place upside down. As far as the great Monk is concerned..most of his 
> solos were...well....maybe a little uhhhhh.....halting.
> 
> Al .
> 
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> > 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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