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Sure am glad you posted the youtube of Art Tatum. :shake:
Hats off to you my friend, where have I been? He's gotta be to the Piano what
Django is to the Guitar. GOD :bow:
What a pleasure, many Thanks!
What Art Tatum C D's would you suggest as a must have.
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I like Art Tatum - 20th Century Piano Genius.
cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1177266/a/20th+century+piano+genius.htm
It was recorded privately at Ray Heindorf's Beverly Hills home between 1950 and 1955. It's intimate and with incredible sound quality, really. They all sit around the piano and talk about what Art just played after each performance, and what he should play next. Some of the tunes were previously unissued. Tw two takes of "Sweet Lorraine" are completely different and in the second one he goes into some uncharted territory. Art Tatum is not someone you can listen to over longer periods of time, though. It gets kind of grating.
As with Django, only few scraps of footage remain. Four to be exact. But unlike Django's case, they're all full songs. This one is probably the best of the bunch:
youtube.com/watch?v=q0QD558TWSQ
Yes, they look very happy-go-lucky! It's a shame you never see this nowadays, because it's contageous!
Hey Spatzo, based on what Bromberg said, you and I actually thought the footage may have been shot by the GPO Film Unit (not the BBC) and possibly involved a guy called R.Q. McNaughton. However, we could not find any record of it in any archives so it was yet another dead end for us. Here is some of McNaughton's work:- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573801/
The "Le Jazz Hot" footage definitely involves several takes. If you study it carefully, it is obvious both visually and audibly.
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On the other hand since the version of Jazz Hot we see appears to be film designed to promote the Quintette, I doubt the BBC made.
I have to admit, I think the person who did produce this film deserved a good kicking. The long preamble is a waste of time and 2m 30secs lost when we should be watching the Quintette.
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But based on the fact the BBC broadcast was ten minutes long there is above all a problem with the time left for the other two tunes in about 4 minutes and 20 seconds it is rather a short time for the HCQ as tunes length was generally more than 3 minutes. If one tune was Sweet Georgia Brown (3.06 on Jan 31st, 1938) there should be only 1.13 left to the last number.
We must remember also that the starting point is Charles Delaunay who wrote that a short film (The title "Jazz Hot" was not mentioned) was shot in 1938 in Paris with a total of three tunes including "J'attendrai".
Stuart's idea is a good one!
youtube.com/user/TheTeddyDupont
In all honesty, it is quite possible Grade would not recognise the film after so long considering all the programs and films he had produced since 1938.
To me, Lew Grade is still the one most likely to have commissioned the film but I think we can assume he did not have a copy. :-q
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