1:41 - 1:43, he used the thumb as a chromatic anchor and used the mixolydian scale going down. The fingers would hit two notes above the thumbs note, and the fingers would only be playing the mixolydian scale, an effective way to change keys.
@16yearoldwhiteboy - Good comments, about technique. Tatum, the blind man, used certain pianistic devices to embellish his empyrean ways, of improvising. V Horowitz and others were in-AWE of his prodigious technique, and we know that Vladimir Horowitz was NO "slouch", on the piano!! ... Tatum was inimitable, although the latter-day Cecil Taylor (in a different vein, although equally, technically accomplished), is very-fine, also. ... Opinions only.
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EricScottReed 4 days ago
Wow!
datapro007 1 week ago
This is so technically dazzling I simply laugh with incredulity that Tatum could play with such jaw dropping velocity.
meredith218461 3 weeks ago
beyond technique....crazy beautiful.....
kevinherbert 1 month ago
He's not just improvising. He's inventing melodies as he goes along and the harmonies with it.
MrPartidoalto 1 month ago 3
Love the modulations!
bigstriderman 2 months ago
Everybody always marvels at Arts' hands-it's his brain that amazes me.
pretorious700 2 months ago 4
THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!!! MY GOD, HE'S SO GREAT!
jacobruno1 2 months ago
Nobodies ever gonna be this good :(
distress674 2 months ago
最高級、最高位、この世で8番目の不思議、ホロビッツ氏も聞いていますよ！ピーターソンもまだ若い頃、聞いてビックリ1週間寝込んだくらいだから、まあ、とにかくjazzピアノの神様だからね！
3805abc 2 months ago
Je ne connaissais pas cet enregistrement, merci de l'avoir mis en ligne.
C'est incroyable...
nono17891815 3 months ago
it's only when you hear this track that you realize Art Tatum was a talent that hasn't ever been surpassed. truly stunning playing!
brabazon10 3 months ago 2
Truly awesome.... I bet George Gershwin himself never thought there was that much music in that show tune and all in 2 minutes and 7 seconds.
jimaroo100 4 months ago
@jimaroo100
Well-stated.
Horowitz one opined that Tatum was the finest piano player prowling the globe.
Easleytee 2 months ago
@Easleytee Tatum once said he wanted to be a classical concert pianist but that he didn't have the discipline...
OneDownServer 2 months ago
1:41 - 1:43, he used the thumb as a chromatic anchor and used the mixolydian scale going down. The fingers would hit two notes above the thumbs note, and the fingers would only be playing the mixolydian scale, an effective way to change keys.
16yearoldwhiteboy 5 months ago 12
@16yearoldwhiteboy I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS BUT I F*%&ING LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!
LaodMoutH 2 months ago
@16yearoldwhiteboy - Good comments, about technique. Tatum, the blind man, used certain pianistic devices to embellish his empyrean ways, of improvising. V Horowitz and others were in-AWE of his prodigious technique, and we know that Vladimir Horowitz was NO "slouch", on the piano!! ... Tatum was inimitable, although the latter-day Cecil Taylor (in a different vein, although equally, technically accomplished), is very-fine, also. ... Opinions only.
jhb134 19 hours ago
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how many hands have this monster???????????
astusin 5 months ago
How many hands this monster??????????????
astusin 5 months ago
how do you get that good?
wjohc 5 months ago
Art Tatum's rhythm is sublime.
digicam0site 6 months ago 10
1:41-1:43, hey Tiger Rag..
16yearoldwhiteboy 6 months ago
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16yearoldwhiteboy 6 months ago
Stunning. Thank you.
gcpropertymanagement 6 months ago
....wow...just wow....
LoSignorino 6 months ago
He was faster with one hand than many professionals were in two-man teams. teams
The83rdTrombonist 6 months ago
What more can be said. He was the Jazz Pianist's Jazz Pianist. "WOW" says it all.
dnettles 7 months ago
what can you say? so much talent in 2 hands, and all performed with such ease it's gobsmacking.
brabazon10 11 months ago
George would be absolutely flabbergasted.
Hyperclefonical598 1 year ago
Incredible interpretation, he was the greatest
TheMuzyQ 1 year ago