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

CD 1
CD 2
CD 3
CD 4
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1If I Had You
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1949-11)
live instrumental recording of:
If I Had You (jazz standard) (in 1949-11)
writer:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher), Reginald Connelly and Ted Shapiro
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Campbell Connelly Inc. (ASCAP affiliated), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) and Robbins Music Corp.
Art Tatum with The Club Norman Orchestra3:55
2Night and Day
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1949-11)
live instrumental recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (in 1949-11)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Art Tatum with The Club Norman Orchestra8:37
3Fine and Dandy
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1949-11)
live instrumental recording of:
Fine and Dandy (in 1949-11)
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
Art Tatum with The Club Norman Orchestra3:42
4Fine and Dandy
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1949-11)
live instrumental recording of:
Fine and Dandy (in 1949-11)
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
Art Tatum with The Club Norman Orchestra2:57
5Fine and Dandy
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1949-11)
live instrumental recording of:
Fine and Dandy (in 1949-11)
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
Art Tatum with The Club Norman Orchestra3:58
6Humoresque
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (on 1951-09-02)
live recording of:
Humoresque in G-flat major, op. 101 no. 7 (catch-all for arrangements) (on 1951-09-02)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (in 1894)
arrangement of:
Humoresque no. 7 for Piano in G-flat major, B. 187/7, op. 101 no. 7: Poco lento e grazioso (for piano)
Art Tatum4:02
7Poor Butterfly
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950)
live instrumental recording of:
Poor Butterfly (in 1950)
lyricist:
John L. Golden (in 1916)
composer:
John Raymond Hubbell (composer, co-founder of ASCAP) (in 1916)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
Art Tatum3:31
8Willow Weep for Me
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950)
live instrumental recording of:
Willow Weep for Me (in 1950)
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
Art Tatum3:07
9I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950)
live instrumental recording of:
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (in 1950)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1932)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1932)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Art Tatum1:55
10Taboo
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950)
live instrumental recording of:
Taboo (1961 English lyrics version of Tabú) (in 1950)
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 (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
translated version of:
Tabú (original 1934 spanish lyrics)
Art Tatum2:26
11Gershwin Medley
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950-07)
live medley including a instrumental recording of:
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’ (Porgy and Bess, catch-all for jazz & pop arrangements) (in 1950-07)
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 1950-07)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell Music (ASCAP), Gershwin Publishing Corp 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)
is based on:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
live medley including a instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Dorothy Kuhns (playwright), Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
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 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 1950-07)
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)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Lady, Be Good (full musical)
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
Art Tatum4:03
12I Know That You Know
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950-07)
live instrumental recording of:
I Know That You Know (Caldwell & Youmans) (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Anne Caldwell
composer:
Vincent Youmans
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Art Tatum2:52
13Sweet Lorraine
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Sweet Lorraine (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
Art Tatum2:40
14Rosetta
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Rosetta (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
William Henri Woode
composer:
Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
Art Tatum2:33
15A Ghost of a Chance
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950-07)
live instrumental recording of:
(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Bing Crosby and Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., EMI Harmonies Ltd., Mills Music Limited and Mills Music, Inc.
Art Tatum4:13
16Hallelujah
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Hallelujah! (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Clifford Grey (in 1927) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1927)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1927)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
Art Tatum5:11
17Someone to Watch Over Me
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (in 1950-07)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) 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 (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
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
Art Tatum3:44
18Taboo
piano:
Art Tatum (US jazz pianist) (in 1950-07)
live instrumental recording of:
Tabú (original 1934 spanish lyrics) (in 1950-07)
lyricist and composer:
Margarita Lecuona (Cuban composer) (in 1934)
Art Tatum3:32
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CD 6
CD 7
CD 8
CD 9
CD 10
DVD-Video 11