Art Tatum : Art's Blues ( 1947 ) ( Fabulous Dorseys )

Jam Session From The 1947Film "Fabulous Dorseys"

Art Tatum : Piano
Tommy Dorsey : Trombone
Jimmie Dorsey : Clarinet
Charlie Barnet : Sax
George Van Eps : Guitar
Ray Bauduc : Drums
Ziggy Elman : Trumpet
Stuart Foster : Bass

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[williamanesbitt]

Amazing footage... just wish Tatum would've gotten more than one chorus and a little tag at the end. I think people just didn't know what they had then, or there would have been camera and recording crews recording every move Art made.

[coskss]

its has nothing to do with race, art tatum is great, and they should have given him a longer solo but too much and it becomes the fabulous tatum not the fabulous dorsyes like movie where tis clip comes from..

[Duckworth17]

The first, slower part is derived from Pops (Armstrong).

The second is an homage to Beiderbecke...who was white, and recorded with Tommy Dorsey. 

[Redflowers9]

When I hear Art Tatum, I've only got one thing in my head: "How does he do that?"

[shawntoh]

@trump34 Excellent point! Most people just hear music--they don't listen! What I mean specifically is perceptive listening.

[TheBlitz1]

that horn is way too loud

[KareemByEar1Year]

Another video that won't let me go to bed!

[SunsetSix]

Was that a D'angelico New Yorker the guitarist was playing?  Looked like it might have been.

[2300skiddo]

Jimmy Dorsey plays a great solo here, enough said. Tatum was a virtuoso, but that isn't what makes a great jazz musician. In fact, I like this relatively simple solo from him better than the endless variations on variations of his later years. And that certainly is George Van Eps, why wouldn't it be? Another guy whose later playing (fingerstyle, not with a plectrum, as here) was more technical but possibly less rewarding. Anyway, we shouldn't be quibbling and quarreling. This is great - thanks!!

[marvinkmooneyoz]

This is definitely a sort of "old school" jazz that isnt my preference...but art tatum is an exception to that rule 100%!! Its no racism that I dont really feel this track too much but that I love Art Tatums playing during this era; thats just Art Tatum, the individual deity, praise be unto him.

[gtibanez7]

@trump34 Could not agree more. I like to listen you might learn something .The Dorsey got the best musicians and it shows and those were in real racist times that some people can,t let go.Pathetic

[fugueoflife]

I LOVE Art Tatum. This is priceless footage.