Art Tatum plays I Got Rhythm (solo,1940)

no words...Art Tatum, the greatest pianist ever. Incredible Virtuoso and absolute Genius.
broadcast, Los Angeles 1940

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[16yearoldwhiteboy]

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.

[digicam0site]

Art Tatum's rhythm is sublime.

[jhb134]

@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.

[EricScottReed]

Crying

[datapro007]

Wow!

[meredith218461]

This is so technically dazzling I simply laugh with incredulity that Tatum could play with such jaw dropping velocity.

[kevinherbert]

beyond technique....crazy beautiful.....

[MrPartidoalto]

He's not just improvising. He's inventing melodies as he goes along and the harmonies with it.

[bigstriderman]

Love the modulations!

[pretorious700]

Everybody always marvels at Arts' hands-it's his brain that amazes me.

[OneDownServer]

@Easleytee Tatum once said he wanted to be a classical concert pianist but that he didn't have the discipline...

[LaodMoutH]

@16yearoldwhiteboy I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS BUT I F*%&ING LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!