Art Tatum: Elegie [1940]
from a theme by Jules Massenet
Speaking of great Arthurs... If you've never heard this before, you're in for a treat. Something extremely awesome happens at the 2:10 mark, to wit: five centuries of American history roll backwards in time at light speed.
taken from this CD
recorded on February 22, 1940, in sunny Los Angeles, California
2 comments:
I hear you, Emmett, all the way from the back row.
When I was about ten years old i bought three albums from a Public Library Sale: one was an Art Tatum retrospective; one was by Grover Washington Jr.; and the third will remain a carefully guarded secret.
The first two LPs cost me 15p, the third, 50p - but it was a double album, and it was on Stax.
My friends all thought i was absolutely crazy, but that Library was a real Aladdin's Cave and it was from there I first heard a lot of things which have stayed with me ever since. Nice one.
Just noticed this comment could have been posted on Walton's Mountain - must've been getting a tad maudlin after that 2nd bottle of wine.
The double LP on Stax is the only one still in my posession. I don't think "Ellegie" was on that Art Tatum album, as a matter of fact. But it's very cool.
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