Art Tatum -- Sweet Lorraine

Art Tatum performing "Sweet Lorraine" in the house of Ray Heindorf. This is from the album 20th century piano genius.

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• jazz
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• piano
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• pianist
• sweet
• lorraine
• genius
• classical

[MarquisEstelle]

I'm so tired of the term 'shredding.' This obviously isn't guitar, in the first place. Few, if any, guitarists are even the in same musical league as Tatum in sheer virtuousity. Shredding is a series of "parlor tricks," as Leopold Mozart called them, this, in distinction, is virtuosity. More shameful still is that the current generation can see no more in this world class musician than a pimped out, lame, and hollow term called 'shredding.'

[wiggins1992]

i'm not gonna make some shite joke about there being 1 dislike and how that person must be a pleb or something. but i am genuinely shocked to see that someone doesnt like this, or doesnt appreciate how amazing this is

[369wk]

The man was a genius. Any other comment is superfluous.

[MarquisEstelle]

@16yearoldwhiteboy It has been written in several places that Tatum only ever spent his waking time playing the piano. He didn't practice, he only played. He probably didn't need to practice. He wrote no original music, he only played familiar tunes in unique ways. He also drank prodigous amounts of...get this....Pabst Blue Ribbon, literally cases at a time, yet he never showed it. This individual lived and breathed the piano, and nothing else. His entire being was consumed with it.

[kitdownesmusic]

@MarquisEstelle i love his shredding though

[TheShivka]

undisputed art tatum amazing playing

[MarquisEstelle]

@songofthewhales As a young person you need to learn to keep your mouth shut and have some respect.....who says it's a stereotype anyway. Are you classically trained? Didn't think so. So keep your stereotypical stereotyping remarks to yourself.

[MarquisEstelle]

@seamothboy He used the German equivalent.....

[songofthewhales]

@MarquisEstelle As a young person I'm getting tired of that stereotype. We can all be deeply moved by this music because we are all humans with souls. Please keep hateful things like this to yourself.

[16yearoldwhiteboy]

Genius + extremely fast reflexes + encyclopedic memory + a whole lot of spare time + perfect posture + confidence + large hands + creativity = Tatum. But still He is not God, as i hear many say, God is the Creator who thought to give him these amazing talents, to Him goes the praise. Peace.