[Dixielandjazz] Art Tatum Still King

Stephen Barbone barbonestreet at earthlink.net
Sat Jun 21 13:34:02 PDT 2003


Methinks those words were referring to the other pianists performing there
and not Mr. Tatum? ;-)

Tatum is still King and he had a lot more than "acrobatic display" as I and
the reviewer, if one carefully reads the review, hear it.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Jazzjerry at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 20/6/03 22:27:09, barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:
>
> << Mr. Charlap
> demonstrated how a few notes, perfectly chosen, can carry more weight
> than 10 times as many dashed off in an acrobatic display. >>
>
> These few words state exactly why I feel that the subject heading of this
> message is a load of cobblers!




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