[78-L] How to bait 'em with Tatum

[Taylor Bowie]

I am forced to agree with David on this one...as much as I enjoy 78-L I've 
learned quite a lot about the music and the records via such Facebook groups 
as American Dance Bands,  etc.

I'm not planning to leave this group ever but there does seem to be more 
interesting information for ME on Facebook.

Re:  Art Tatum.  Most of his playing to my dumb guy ear is like taking a 
vitamin pill...you know it's "good" and that it's "good for you"  but 
swallowing it seems more like a duty than a pleasure.

As I recall his first record is backing up Adelaide Hall on her 1932 
Brunswick of "Strange As It Seems."  I love the record but that's in spite 
of Tatum...between her two full choruses he tears off a spectacular,  flashy 
solo which shows amazing technique and complete mastery of the 
keyboard...and yet not only it doesn't add anything to the record,  it 
actually takes something away.  Imagine a performance of some Debussy piano 
piece which is interrupted in the middle by Harry James playing 
Ciribiribin...it just doesn't fit the mood!

:-)



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 5:06 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Facebook - again


> Don't knock it till you've tried it! There's far more interesting activity
> going on in two Facebook 78-related groups than there's been here in the 
> last
> couple of years, and a lot of younger members asking pertinent questions 
> and
> posting images and transfers. This group seems to be bogged down in 
> defining
> rock and roll and who likes Art Tatum and far too much minutiae.
>
> dl
>
> On 4/29/2014 6:38 PM, rjh334578gmail wrote:
>> Facebook.  Videos of windup meat grinders ruining otherwise good
>> records while we listen to the ambiance of a tin can in a hallway.
>>
>> Has its place I'm sure.
>> My Alma mater shut down its alumni website because of it and all the
>> people who invested time and effort to keep up with specific alums
>> have to go searching for them all again - if they can.  Even had a
>> nice place for obits. No more.
>>
>> Surely other lists are losing valuable members to it also.
>>
>> But I also know of two new lists that have started because of fb and
>> the need/desire to close-circuit discussions easily.
>>
>> There are still people who actually play phonograph records, too, so
>> there's all kinds of nuts out there.
>>
>> Sent from my iPod - which explainz any bad typjng
>>
>>
>> On Apr 29, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Sammy Jones<sjones69 at bellsouth.net>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "I wonder what the kids are doing over on facebook...."
>>>
>>> Sharing pictures and videos with each other!
>>>
>>> Seriously, I love the 78-L, and have always found it a great place
>>> to get in-depth information...but Facebook does have its perks.
>>> There's a certain vitality to seeing responses come back instantly,
>>> and the ability to share pictures and videos makes things very
>>> vibrant...
>>>
>>> I wonder if other lists are experiencing a similar "depression" due
>>> to social media...
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones
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