Artist: Art Tatum

Title: Art Tatum Collection 1932-47

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2021

Label: Acrobat

UPC: 824046715526

Genre: Jazz

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Strange As It Seems
2. Tiger Rag (5 Aug. 1932)
3. Tea for Two (21 Mar. 1933)
4. St. Louis Blues (21 Mar. 1933)
5. Sophisticated Lady
6. Moonglow
7. When a Woman Loves a Man
8. Emaline (22 Aug. 1934)
9. Love Me (22 Aug. 1934)
10. Cocktails for Two (22 Aug. 1934)
11. Ill Wind
12. The Shout
13. Liza
14. I Would Do Anything for You
15. After You've Gone (9 Oct. 1934)
16. Star Dust
17. I Ain't Got Nobody
18. Beautiful Love
19. Body and Soul (Feb 26 1937)
20. With Plenty of Money and You
21. What Will I Tell My Heart?
22. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
23. Gone with the Wind
24. Stormy Weather
25. The Sheik of Araby

DISC 2:
1. Chloe [Song of the Swamp]
2. Tea for Two (12 Apr. 1939)
3. Deep Purple
4. Elegie
5. Humoresque
6. Sweet Lorraine
7. Get Happy
8. Lullaby of the Leaves
9. Tiger Rag (22 Feb. 1940)
10. Emaline (22 Feb. 1940)
11. Love Me (22 Feb. 1940)
12. Cocktails for Two (22 Feb. 1940)
13. St. Louis Blues (22 Feb. 1940)
14. Begin the Beguine
15. Rosetta
16. (Back Home Again in) Indiana (26 Jul. 1940)
17. Wee Baby Blues
18. Stompin' at the Savoy
19. Last Goodbye Blues
20. Battery Bounce
21. Lucille
22. Rock Me Mama
23. Corrine Corrina
24. Lonesome Graveyard Blues

DISC 3:
1. Lady Be Good
2. Esquire Bounce
3. My Ideal
4. I Got Rhythm
5. Honeysuckle Rose
6. After You've Gone (5 Jan 1944)
7. The Man I Love
8. Dark Eyes [Otchitchornyia]
9. Body and Soul (1 May 1944)
10. I Know That You Know
11. On the Sunny Side of the Street
12. Flying Home
13. Boogie
14. Topsy
15. If I Had You
16. Soft Winds
17. Fine and Dandy
18. It Had to Be You
19. Ja-Da
20. Where or When (21 Dec. 1944)
21. Sweet and Lovely

DISC 4:
1. Danny Boy
2. Can't Help Lovin' That Man
3. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
4. Sweet Marijuana Brown
5. Blues for Art's Sake
6. Hallelujah
7. Poor Butterfly
8. Song of the Vagabonds
9. Lover
10. Memories of You
11. Runnin' Wild
12. Yesterdays
13. The Kerry Dance
14. She's Funny That Way
15. Gershwin Medley: Summertime, the Man I Love, I Got Plenty O' Nuttin', It Ain't Necessarily So
16. I'm Beginning to See the Light
17. 9:20 Special
18. Where or When (21 Jan. 1946)
19. (Back Home Again in) Indiana (21 Jan. 1946)
20. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
21. Ain't Misbehavin'
22. Out of Nowhere
23. Cherokee

Of all the pianists in the annals of jazz, Art Tatum is the one who is most often cited by the great pianists of the post-war era as a key influence and inspiration, his remarkable speed, dexterity, fluency and sheer relaxed mastery of the keyboard in his prolific interpretations of the standards from the Great American Songbook setting him apart from just about all of his peers. Developing his skill despite his blindness, he astounded observers, who marvelled at his technique, often saying that he sounded like two people playing. This great-value 93-track 4-CD set comprises a significant proportion of his recordings from his studio debut in 1932 through to 1947 - at that point he began recording for Capitol, and after that had a second substantial career phase recording for Norman Granz's labels during the '50s. It primarily features solo recordings on the Brunswick, Decca, Asch and ARA labels as well as V-Disc recordings, plus trio and small band recordings for those labels as well as Comet, and recordings with the Barney Bigard Sextet for Black & White and other bonus offerings. It does not purport to be a complete or definitive cross-section of this first significant era of his career, but it's certainly a substantial and representative showcase for one of the great piano stylists of the genre.