Tea for Two, as played by Art Tatum

Finally got around to rerecording this in its entirety, enjoy!

I plan on rerecording this soon with better sound quality and a better take...

Tea for Two was written by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar in 1925. This Art Tatum rendition can be found on the album Piano Starts Here.

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[Santosificationable]

Good work, but if I should criticize it in any way, I think you're making it too dramatic. Tatum played it in a more chilly way, probably in a softer tone (if you're trying to replicate Tatum's work, then you should play it softer and less rhythmically complex).

[foundring]

@Santosificationable Agreed...what do you think about my follow up recording of this? (version 2)

Also, I'm not making it more rhythmically complex, because this is a memorized performance of a transcribed Art Tatum piece, so yeah I'm pretty much playing the notes he played, with some exceptions.

[polkadottedpolak]

Hot damn.

[colesyboy]

this is really really good. i just think your dog is a bit sick of it....

[PunkFloyd73]

Hi Kilan , hi Tinker !

[clementwarrior]

Thanks for posting this amazing and inspiring piece. Art would be proud of you!

[thrillscience]

Great! But folks on the internet would rather hear a mediocre Chinese girl playing some new age thing with no fingers than real talent.

[Gzaytleo]

The dog makes the video for me.

[FreeTheJambon]

I still remember your old video when you played on your grandma's piano or something. You improved it, but still you had it very good aswell some years ago.

[sunsabre]

Thank you, Kylan!