Too marvelous for words : the life and genius of Art Tatum /

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Art Tatum defined the limits of the possible in jazz piano. Gunther Schuller called Tatum's playing "a marvel of perfection ... His deep-in-the-keys full piano sonority, the tone and touch control in pyrotechnical passages ... are miracles of performance." Whitney Balliett wrote "...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lester, James
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
Tatum, Art, > 1910-1956.
Tatum, Art, > 1909-1956
Tatum, Art.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Piano & Keyboard.
Jazz musicians
Biografie
Jazz.
United States
Jazz
Biographies
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early development
  • Early musical development
  • A professional in Toledo
  • New York and Chicago
  • To California and Back
  • The mind of a pianist
  • 1939-1945
  • 1945-1949 : the be-bop years
  • Tatum's "other" children
  • 1950-1956.

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