Art Tatum is considered by many to have been one of the great pianists of our century, irrespective of genre. Pianist from all fields have acknowledged his phenomenal technical and improvisational abilities. Vladimir Horowitz and Sergei Rachmaninoff are on record as having been astonished by his playing. Over the years Tatum recorded several different versions of Vincent Youmans’ Tea for Two, the earliest in 1933. As a matter of fact, each subsequent recorded version embodied substantial changes compared to its predecessors. As with most of his other transcriptions, this one was never written down or published by Tatum himself. Perhaps because the rhythm is so regular throughout this earliest version, in comparison with later recordings, it automatically became the target of choice for attempts to notate it.Notes by Jon R. Skinner
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Vincent Youmans
Tea for Two Play
Recorded on 09/20/2017, uploaded on 03/11/2019
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Tea for Two. VincentYoumans, arr. by Art Tatum
Art Tatum is considered by many to have been one of the great pianists of our century, irrespective of genre. Pianist from all fields have acknowledged his phenomenal technical and improvisational abilities. Vladimir Horowitz and Sergei Rachmaninoff are on record as having been astonished by his playing. Over the years Tatum recorded several different versions of Vincent Youmans’ Tea for Two, the earliest in 1933. As a matter of fact, each subsequent recorded version embodied substantial changes compared to its predecessors. As with most of his other transcriptions, this one was never written down or published by Tatum himself. Perhaps because the rhythm is so regular throughout this earliest version, in comparison with later recordings, it automatically became the target of choice for attempts to notate it. Notes by Jon R. Skinner
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