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New Tatum,3—Identifying a Mystery Trombonist! (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you’ll find pages from a Black newspaper that include a Tatum profile, with a portrait by artist Calvin Bailey, plus…
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New Tatum For the New Year, 2— With Slam Stewart & More (+Bonus)
(Paying Subscribers, below you’ll find an article about the scene of this jam session.) This is the second of three essays (and of course I wrote much…
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New Tatum For the New Year, 1— With Nat Cole on Piano— & Bass!
Today, and in the next two posts, you and I will celebrate the New Year by enjoying some music that was recorded at a private home jam session on May…
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Tatum: His Dissonant, "Avant-Garde" Side, Part 5: More "Body and Soul" + Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you’ll find a 15-page transcription of Tatum on “Body and Soul.”) For anyone who still doubts that Tatum was an…
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Tatum: His Dissonant, "Avant-Garde" Side, Part 4!: Who Came Before Him,"Body and Soul" + Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, a recording of one of Tatum’s favorites, Lee Sims, is at the bottom for you.) My Tatum essays have been some of my most widely read…
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Tatum: An 8-minute Recently Discovered Trio Recording
My three posts on Tatum’s amazing and little-known “avant-garde” side have been widely read. (You can find all my Tatum posts in the Index.) I will tell…
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Tatum's Dissonant, "Avant-Garde" Side, Part 3, the 1950s, Summary Conclusions, + Bill Evans BONUS
His impact on jazz history.
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Tatum's Dissonant, "Avant Garde" side, Part 2; Astounding 1940s Recordings
And his impact on jazz history.
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Tatum's Dissonant, "Avant-Garde" Side, Part 1, + Bonuses! (Updated); His Method & His Predecessors
With bonuses for paying subscribers!
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