Well, he was a genius. But that didn’t stop the yahoos in the audience from talking and smoking and drinking while he was playing. Here’s a chance to get a front-row seat on the great Art Tatum, as, in all good cheer, he pulverizes a little ditty with his inimitable rollicking harmonic deconstruction.
43/12/5, NYC., 3 Deuces, Art Tatum (p) Tiny Grimes (g) Slam Stewart (b): Tiny´s Exercise – variations