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April 16, 2006
Art Tatum, Oh Yeah!
The virtuosity of jazz pianist Art Tatum was, and still is, astonishing to behold (according to legend, classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz was brought to tears by Tatum's prodigious dexterity).
Terry Teachout highlights this video clip of Tatum playing Yesterdays on TV in 1954.
Even though I noodled around on the guitar for years, I've come to the (highly arguable) conclusion that the piano is the ultimate instrument for jazz. Even though both instruments are among the very few that can play both single-note runs and chords, I think the piano has the edge because it allows use of all the digits of each hand. The piano's extreme versatility suits jazz's almost limitless improvisational demands.
In any event, Tatum is beyond amazing.
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