Art Tatum

The Legendary Art Tatum (Tinys Excercise).
Chick Corea hosts the Art Tatum trio clip of their warm up piece called tiny's exercise.
Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, after hearing Tatum play, claimed he was the greatest piano player in any style.
After hearing Art Tatum play, Oscar Peterson was so intimidated by what he heard that he did not touch the piano for over a week.

http://www.duke.edu/~njh3/biography.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum



Art Tatum Documentary


Art Tatum plays Dvorak.
Rare footage of Art Tatum playing his rendition of Humoresque by Dvorak.


Art Tatum & Thomas Fats Waller.
Clip of Thomas Fats Waller (1941) & Art Tatum (1943).