tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post2455608408741495574..comments2024-03-28T09:45:33.089-07:00Comments on JazzProfiles: How Art Tatum Got His StyleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post-31740225345367370522020-05-26T09:37:56.098-07:002020-05-26T09:37:56.098-07:00Yes, it is simply not true that Dave could not rea...Yes, it is simply not true that Dave could not read music. I will explain where this error comes from sometime in a post--after checking it with you Darius for accuracy! All the best to you from Lewis!<br />Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989979104608714150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post-57304372196673650912020-05-25T00:16:30.094-07:002020-05-25T00:16:30.094-07:00Tatum's home could not have been littered earl...Tatum's home could not have been littered early on with 78s of four-hand boogie-woogie performances, since none were in existence until the last years of the 1930s. (Look up Ammons, Johnson and Lewis in the discographies.) Tatum's style was distinct and established by the time of his first solo recording (a 1932 demo of Tiger Rag).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07251645279811431371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853772569125614798.post-85108883885368532582020-03-12T01:58:43.745-07:002020-03-12T01:58:43.745-07:00This is a valuable correction to the mistaken noti...This is a valuable correction to the mistaken notion that Dave could not read music. He could but as Fats once famously quipped “it didn’t affect his playing !”Darius Brubeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10049108729309447978noreply@blogger.com