Tatum,Art Classic Years CD

2012 two CD collection from the legendary Jazz pianist. Art Tatum was among the most extraordinary of all jazz musicians, a pianist with wondrous technique who could not only play ridiculously rapid lines with both hands, but was harmonically 30 years ahead of his time; all pianists have to deal to a certain extent with Tatum's innovations in order to be taken seriously. Tatum tended to work and to record unaccompanied, partly because relatively few musicians could keep pace with his fast tempos and advanced harmonic vocabulary. Producer Norman Granz sought to prove that the theory was false, so between 1954 and 1956 he extensively recorded Tatum with a variety of other classic jazzmen, resulting originally in nine LPs, 2 hours of which are found on this set.

1. Blues in C 2. Night and Day 3. Perdido 4. A Foggy Day 5. I Surrender Dear 6. Deep Purple 7. If 8. Makin' Whoopee 9. Where or When 10. Street of Dreams 11. You're Mine You 12. In a Sentimental Mood 13. Just One of Those Things 14. Verve Blues 15. This Can't Be Love 16. Somebody Loves Me 17. Deep Night 18. How High the Moon 19. Old Fashioned Love 20. Gone with the Wind 21. Idaho 22. Memories of You 23. You Took Advantage of Me