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Art Tatum plays Caravan (1940)

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Uploaded by on Aug 16, 2010

broadcast, Los Angeles 1940

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  • quite unable to put in to words how staggeringly brilliant his playing was; as if he was from another planet. too much for this guy.

  • @brabazon10 I think Tatum was the result of a genetic mutation...

  • Where the heck did you get all these recordings from? What cd do you have?

  • @CBasie2856

    I have all Tatum (except private recordings, of course ...)

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  • f**k yeah, great piano playing :D

  • unbelievably stunning... All put in under 3 mins..

  • Beyond genius!

  • the best thing to ever come out of the town I grew up in :) Toledo, Ohio! genius

  • @gullivior

    Alien life-force.

    Beyond category.

  • From 1:36-:152 Tatum sounds quite a bit like Donald Lambert.

  • @gullivior  I think Tatum was the result of a lot of work and dedication to playing his instrument.

  • @brabazon10 The fact that he played so beautifully while being almost completely blind (clinically, that is) is just another testament to the brilliance. His hands feel the keys like our eyes would see them.

  • The stride piano of doom...

  • Art Tatum's piano playing was so far above ordinary mortals, he was able to coordinate the most extraordinary sense of harmony, time and an ability to modulate which leaves me gobsmacked. RIP Art

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