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TATUM: Improvisations

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Details

Composer
TATUM
Artist
Steven Mayer
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 19, 2004
Catalog #
8559130
UPC
636943913024

About

Art Tatum-Improvisations is a clever and completely appropriate bit of artist and repertoire marketing. Art Tatum (1909-1956) possessed perhaps the most complete and thorough knowledge of the Great American Songbook (and traditional classical music) and the most commanding piano technique of any American jazz artist. Anecdotal stories of his near-supernatural playing abound. With Art Tatum-Improvisations, the focus is not on the artist's original compositions, but his interpretations of other's compositions. This approach correctly casts improvisation as composition in real time, giving improvisation equal billing with composition.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Tea for Two (arr. for piano) 03:31
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tea for Two (arr. for piano)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  2. 2 St. Louis Blues 02:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    St. Louis Blues
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    William Christopher Handy
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  3. 3 Tiger Rag 02:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    Tiger Rag
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    D.J. La Rocha, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Harry De Costa
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  4. 4 Aunt Hagar’s Blues 03:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    Aunt Hagar’s Blues
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    William Christopher Handy, J. Tim Brymn
  5. 5 8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7. Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major (arr. A. Tatum) 04:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    8 Humoresques, Op. 101, B. 187: No. 7. Poco lento e grazioso in G-Flat Major (arr. A. Tatum)
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  6. 6 Sweet Lorraine 03:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sweet Lorraine
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Cliff Burwell
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  7. 7 Get Happy 02:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    Get Happy
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Harold Arlen
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  8. 8 The Jitterbug Waltz 04:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Jitterbug Waltz
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Fats Waller
  9. 9 Tatum Pole Boogie 02:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tatum Pole Boogie
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Art Tatum
    Performer
    Steven Mayer
  10. 10 Cherokee 03:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    Cherokee
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Ray Noble, John E. Davis Jr.
  11. 11 Lover Come Back to Me! 07:44
    Track
    11
    Title
    Lover Come Back to Me!
    Duration
    07:44
    Composer
    Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg
  12. 12 Elegy 03:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Elegy
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Jules Massenet
  13. 13 Hallelujah 03:03
    Track
    13
    Title
    Hallelujah
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Leo Robin, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans
  14. 14 Willow Weep for Me 03:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    Willow Weep for Me
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Ann Ronell
  15. 15 Emaline 02:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    Emaline
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Frank Perkins
  16. 16 Yesterdays 03:42
    Track
    16
    Title
    Yesterdays
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern
  17. 17 I Know that You Know 02:52
    Track
    17
    Title
    I Know that You Know
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans, Anne Caldwell O'Dea