[Dixielandjazz] Jazz web site

[Charlie Hooks]

On Monday, August 15, 2005, at 08:49 AM, Steve barbone wrote:

> Things like Oscar Peterson 's reaction on first hearing Art Tatum 
> play which
> will delight Tatum fans Bill Haesler et. al.
>
> http://www.jazzstandards.com/

Fascinating site, which in it's Tatum/Peterson entry  [We had a beer 
or two and I said, `Hey, man, I'd like to hear you play!' ... I 
couldn't believe what I was hearing .. By the time he got through I 
couldn't take it anymore...] totally contradicts Peterson's own 
reminiscence of first having heard Tatum on a recording and having 
been unwilling to believe it was only one man playing.  I heard 
Peterson tell this to Andre Previn onstage during a show where Previn 
conducted.  Peterson said that when he was finally convinced it was 
only one guy on the recording, he stopped playing for a long time, 
just gave it up.   Luckily, he got over all that.   But there's real 
contradiction here with the "We had a beer or two and I said,"  
scenario.  Makes me wonder just how far to trust this site.

Charlie

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