Tatum Art: Art Tatum Live Performances 1934-1956

~ Release by Art Tatum (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Alto Saxophone – Payton Laguere (tracks: 2-12/13), Skeets Herfurt (tracks: 2-12/13)
Bass – Clinton Nordquist (tracks: 1-15/16/17/18/19/20), Jud Denaut (tracks: 2-12/13), Slam Stewart (tracks: 1-9/10/11/12/13/14/21, 2-1/2/3/4)
Clarinet – Murray McEachern (tracks: 2-12/13)
Drums – Specs Powell (tracks: 2-8)
Guitar – Calvin Gooden (tracks: 1-15/16/17/18/19/20), Les Paul (tracks: 1-15/16/17/18/19/20), Les Paul (tracks: 2-12/13), Remo Palmieri (tracks: 2-8), Tiny Grimes (tracks: 1-9/10/11/12/13/14/21, 2-1/2/3/4)
Piano – Art Tatum
Tenor Saxophone – Babe Russin (tracks: 2-12/13)
Trombone – Bob McReynolds (tracks: 2-12/13), Les Jenkins (tracks: 2-12/13), Murray McEachern (tracks: 2-12/13), Ray Coniff (tracks: 2-12/13)
Trumpet – Bob Goodrich (tracks: 2-12/13), Gene LaFrenier (tracks: 2-12/13), Philip Candreva (tracks: 2-12/13)
Vocals – Jack Martin (tracks: 2-13), Martha Stewart (tracks: 2-13), Mel Tormé And The Mel Tones* (tracks: 2-13)

"This boxed set consists of 10 CD and one DVD comprising 212 tracks and 12½ hours of playing time. They range in date from early 1934 to mid-October 1956, only three weeks before Tatum’s death. None of the tracks in this box was recorded in a studio for ultimate sale to the public. With the exception of some recordings made for the U.S. government, they are all live performances, from a wide variety of sources, including off-the-air radio broadcasts, the audio portion of his limited TV appearances, private parties, night club performances, after-hours clubs, transcriptions, recordings in private homes (including his own), and tracks from pressings made gratis for the Voice of America, and for the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II. 212 tracks, including Valse In C # Minor, Opus 64, #2."

Barcode (Text): 7 17101 86032 6
Barcode (String): 717101860326
Matrix / Runout (CD 1): DANCD 000 0000 CD1 A839202-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 2): DANCD 000 0000 CD2 A839203-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 3): DANCD 000 0000 CD3 A839205-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 4): DANCD 000 0000 CD4 A839206-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 5): DANCD 000 0000 CD5 A839207-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 6): DANCD 000 0000 CD6 A839208-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 7): DANCD 000 0000 CD7 A839211-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 8): DANCD 000 0000 CD8 A839213-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 9): DANCD 000 0000 CD9 A839214-01
Matrix / Runout (CD 10): DANCD 000 0000 CD10 A839215-01
Mastering SID Code (CDs 1/3/5): IFPI L573
Mastering SID Code (CDs 2/4/6/7/8/9/10): IFPI L572
Mould SID Code (All CDs): IFPI 9723
Matrix / Runout (DVD): DANCD 1088603 11 D850970-01
Mastering SID Code (DVD): IFPI L573
Mould SID Code (DVD): IFPI 9735
Rights Society: BIEM

Annotation last modified on 2017-03-29 17:27 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Tenderly
double bass:
Slam Stewart (in 1951)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (in 1951)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Tenderly (in 1951)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
Art Tatum Trio3:57
2The Man I Love
double bass:
Slam Stewart (in 1951)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (in 1951)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
The Man I Love (in 1951)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Art Tatum Trio4:59
3Body and Soul
double bass:
Slam Stewart (in 1951)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (in 1951)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (in 1951)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Art Tatum Trio5:02
4Flying Home
double bass:
Slam Stewart (in 1951)
guitar:
Everett Barksdale (in 1951)
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Flying Home (sung/scat version, eg. by Ella Fitzgerald) (in 1951)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd and Regent Music (BMI)
version of:
Flying Home (instrumental version)
Art Tatum Trio1:21
5My Heart Stood Still
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (on 1951-06-21)
live instrumental recording of:
My Heart Stood Still (on 1951-06-21)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1927)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Laurence Harms, Inc., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
One Dam Thing After Another
Art Tatum3:14
6How High the Moon
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (on 1951-06-21)
live instrumental recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1951-06-21)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Art Tatum2:47
7Come Rain or Come Shine
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (in 1951)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Art Tatum3:25
8Begin the Beguine
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Begin the Beguine (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Jubilee
Art Tatum3:29
9Body and Soul
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Body and Soul (in 1951)
lyricist:
Frank Eyton (in 1930), Edward Heyman (in 1930) and Robert Sour (in 1930)
composer:
Edward Heyman, Robert Sour and John Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green) (in 1930)
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Chappell & Co Ltd., Druropetal Music, Quartet Music Inc., Range Road Music Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
Art Tatum4:06
10I Know That You Know
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
I Know That You Know (Caldwell & Youmans) (in 1951)
lyricist:
Anne Caldwell
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Art Tatum2:18
11Honeysuckle Rose
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (in 1951)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Art Tatum3:07
12Just A-Sittin' and Rockin'
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’ (in 1951)
lyricist:
Lee Gaines (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941) and Billy Strayhorn (in 1941)
Art Tatum2:48
13Memories of You
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Memories of You (in 1951)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1930)
composer:
Eubie Blake (in 1930)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Art Tatum4:20
14The Kerry Dance
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live recording of:
Kerry Dance (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
James Lynam Molloy
Art Tatum1:07
15Interview of Tatum by Leonard Feather
spoken vocals:
Leonard Feather (in 1951) and Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
Art Tatum3:19
16Taboo
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Taboo (1961 English lyrics version of Tabú) (in 1951)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Margarita Lecuona (Cuban composer)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
Tabú (original 1934 spanish lyrics)
Art Tatum3:42
17Come Rain or Come Shine
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine (in 1951)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Art Tatum3:46
18Honeysuckle Rose
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1951)
live instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (in 1951)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Art Tatum3:15
19Don't Blame Me
live instrumental recording of:
Don’t Blame Me (in 1951)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Ireneadele Publishing
Art Tatum4:00
20Taboo
live instrumental recording of:
Taboo (1961 English lyrics version of Tabú) (in 1951)
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell)
composer:
Margarita Lecuona (Cuban composer)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
Tabú (original 1934 spanish lyrics)
Art Tatum3:31
21Gershwin Medley
live medley including a instrumental recording of:
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess, catch-all for jazz & pop arrangements) (in 1951)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Frankie G. Songs, Nokawi Music and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Oh, I got plenty o’nuttin’”
live medley including a instrumental recording of:
It Ain’t Necessarily So (jazz standard originally from Porgy and Bess; catch-all for unspecified pop and jazz arrangements) (in 1951)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music (ASCAP), Gershwin Publishing Corp, Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–), Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
was commissioned by:
Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so” (Sportin’ Life)
live instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (in 1951)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
live medley including a instrumental recording of:
The Man I Love (in 1951)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
New World Company, New World Music Corp., Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
Art Tatum4:20
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