Ain't Misbehavin', by Fats Waller - as played by Art Tatum

First "transcription" vid in a year, and what better choice than combining the two great stride pianists of the 20th century, Fats Waller and Art Tatum.

sorry about the poor audio...my nice mike screwed up when I recorded this, so I had to go with the mike on the camera--I'd try to record it again, but eh...I find that turning the volume down helps reduce the nastiness.

Although I only started committing this to memory about 5 days ago, I've been studying this piece for about 2 years--as well as hundreds of others by Tatum, Waller, Teddy Wilson, Oscar Peterson, Billy Taylor, Bud Powell, etc--so when I feel up to the challenge, I pick from that repertoire one that I'm more familiar with and that I feel will be easy to memorize, and voila!

happy new year everyone

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[PianoManSam2]

Wow. do you know where I can listen to or get the recording that was transcribed from? I heard two other recordings of him playing it, but I think I like what he did in the version you played better.

[foundring]

@PianoManSam2 Yeah I'm actually not sure where the recording of this is! I learned this from a book I have of Art Tatum transcriptions, and yeah it's my favorite of his versions of this song, glad you like it!

[tocalpianix]

A wonderful, jaw-dropping performance. Thanks for uploading!

[foundring]

Thank you for listening! I'm particularly proud of this performance, but it's nothing like the man Tatum himself...

[blakeada999]

I don't understand: how do you have a large repertoire of unmemorized jazz (there's no scores for playing this the way you're playing it)?

[foundring]

Actually, I'm cheating!

There are in fact scores for some of these tunes--they can be found in the Hal Leonard published "Artist Transcriptions" series, which is dedicated to recreating note-for-note transcriptions of recordings of the greats of yore.

That being said, a transcription is not the piece itself and can only be accurate to a certain point, and when in doubt, I always default to the original recording, although I frequently add my own "flair" to the music. Artistic license!

[SAMIHASSANKAWAS]

My man you're amazing! Genius actually...

[16yearoldwhiteboy]

2:49 - 2:53 !!!!!!! wow!

[16yearoldwhiteboy]

I love this version I love all your videos Kylan you are really talented, you inspired me into playing Tiger Rag. I first saw you playing it before l heard Tatum and I never saw anything like it. And so young that inspired me even more.. Thanks for posting!

[graydeath85]

Love your old piano, sounds so authenticly "salooney". Plus your amazin performance.... just premium entertainment. Gift us with more! :)

[jinn850]

do you have an album yet?

[LeoRomanticGuitar]

Nice work, my friend. 

[chickendanceboy]

Thanks so much!!! I'm all smiles and tapping my foot! Beautiful playing!