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Art Tatum As Time Goes By
Art Tatum – Tiger Rag (Jazz Standard by the Original Dixieland Jass Band) (piano sheet music)
Art Tatum – All The Things You Are
Art Tatum – Cherokee
Art Tatum – Gershwin – The Man I Love (Piano)
Art Tatum – Jazz Piano solos Vol. 2, including:
Art Tatum 6
The Art Tatum Style 7
Notes on the Solos 10
Ain’t Misbehavin’ 15
Fine and Dandy 22
Moonslow 35
I Sum!nder Dear 46
Sweet Lorraine (I) 55
Sweet Lorraine (Il) · 62
A Selected Discography 70
Art Tatum – New Beginnings, A Piano Improvisation
Art Tatum – Too Marvelous for Words, The Life and Genius of Art Tatum ( Book by James Lster)
Art Tatum 5 Jazz Solos By Frank Paparelli – 1944 Songbook, incl.:
CARNEGIE HALL BOUNCE
GANG O’ NOTHIN’
JUMPIN’ FOR SUMPIN’
LIVE JIVE
NIGHT SCENE
PIANOTATIONS
Art Tatum Artist Transcriptions Solo Book
Art Tatum Honeysuckle Rose (By Fats Waller), including:
All the Things you Are
Caravan
Cherokee
in a Sentimental Mood
Stormy Weather
Tenderly
Art Tatum Improvisations Piano sheet music, incl.:
IF I HAD YOU
STOMPIN’ AT THE SAVOY
l’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM
HOW AM I TO KNOW?
GOOD NIGHT SWEETHEART
l’M COMING VIRGINIA
THE MOON IS LOW
SHOULD I
DON’T BLAME ME
BLUE MOON
Art Tatum Jazz Arr. Cole Porte Begin The Beguine
Art Tatum Tea For Two (Vincent Youmans)
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You Took Advantage Of Me (1st Version) What Is This Thing Called Love My gal Limehouse Blues I’ve Got The World On A String I’ve Got A Right To Sing The Blues I’m Coming Virginia I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plans Fine And Dandy Day in day out Crazy Rhythm Can’t We Be Friends Back Home In Indiana All God’s Children Got Rhythm You Took Advantage of ME (2nd Version
Who was Art Tatum (short bio)
Art Tatum was born nearly blind on October 13, 1910, in Toledo , Ohio (United States).
Son of Arthur Tatum, Sr., guitarist, and Mildred Hoskins, played piano. He had two siblings, Karl and Arlene.
From infancy, he suffered from cataracts which left him blind in one eye, and with the very limited view on the other. After undergoing various surgical processes, to improve your vision, but, it deteriorated when he was assaulted in 1930.
Art Tatum learned to play by ear, listening to church hymns, melodies from the radio and recordings owned by his mother.
In 1932, he moved to the city of New York to accompany Adelaide Hall , with which he made his first recording. He was soon hired as a soloist for different jazz clubs of the 52nd street West of Manhattan.
Recognized for his virtuosity and his improvisations, in 1943 began in the world of solo performances, and formed a trio with the guitar – Tiny Grimes and the bass Slam Stewart . Recorded Masterpieces , with which obtained a great success, but in 1945, Tatum goes back to working alone.
Art Tatum acted in Cleveland and Chicago, and in 1936 he went off to Hollywood. There he remained for a whole year. In 1938, he was in London, and performed at several clubs, he returned to California and shortly after moved to New York permanently.
Despite the fact that he recorded at lonely hundreds of themes ( The Tatum Solo Masterpieces collects 121), was the director of a series of sessions very interesting and involving almost all the musicians of the first category of the era: Roy Eldridge , Ben Webster , Lionel Hampton , Buddy Rich and Benny Carter among others. Part of these collaborations are collected in The Tatum Group Masterpieces.
Art Tatum passed away on November 5, 1956, in Los Angeles. In 1989, he received posthumously the award Grammy to the artistic career.
Discography:
1932 Masters of Jazz, Vol. 8 storyville district
1933 Piano Starts Here Columbia/Legac
1934 Pure Genius Atlantis
1935 Standard Transcriptions Music & Arts
1937 Here’s Art Tatum Brunswick
1937 The Art Tatum Masterpieces MCA
1937 Art Tatum Piano Solos Brunswick
1938 Keystone Sessions Varese
1940 Solos (1940) MCA
1940 The Art of Tatum Decca
1940 God Is in the House High Note
1941 Battle of Jazz, Vol. 2 Brunswick
1944 The Remarkable Art of Tatum Audiophile
1944 The V-Discs Black Lion
1944 Giants of the Piano Roost
1944 Kings of the Keyboard Jazztone
1945 Genius Jazzman
1945 Genius of Art Tatum Black Lion
1945 Art Tatum at His Piano, Vol. 1 GNP
1945 At the Crescendo, Vols. 1 & 2 [live] GNP
1949 In Private Jazz
1949 Gene Norman Concert [live] Columbia
1949 At Shrine Auditorium Columbia
1949 Art Tatum Concert [Columbia] [live] Columbia
1949 The Tatum Touch Columbia
1950 20th Century Piano Genius Verve
1950 Art Tatum at His Piano, Vol. 2 GNP
1950 Art Tatum Asch
1950 Tatum Piano Remington