I very sparingly added midi strings, bass, cello and percussion to the piano solo. (Piano Solo) my synths mp3 Just You, Just Me Midi Jada (Piano Solo) mp3 Jada (Piano Solo) One of my first attempts to add a bass, some strings and other parts as background to an Art Tatum solo. (Piano Solo) my synths mp3 Back Home Again In Indiana (Piano Solo) mp3 Back Home Again In Indiana Midi I'm In The Mood For Love (Piano Solo) mp3 I'm In The Mood For Love (Piano Solo) my synths mp3 I'm In The Mood For Love (Midi orchestrated) Midi If I Had You (Piano Solo) mp3 If I Had You (Piano Solo) my synths Midi I Got Rhythm (Piano Solo) mp3 I Got Rhythm (Piano Solo) my synths Midi I Got It Bad And That Aint Good (Piano Solo) mp3 I Got It Bad And That Aint Good (Piano Solo) my synths Midi Humoresque (Piano Solo) mp3 Humoresque (Piano Solo) my synths Midi How Am I To Know (Piano Solo) mp3 How Am I To Know (Piano Solo) my synths (Piano Solo) my synths mp3 Good Night Sweetheart (Piano Solo) my synths mp3 Fine And Dandy (Piano Solo) Transcribed By Nigel Moxom mp3 Emaline Midi Dont Get Around Much Anymore (Piano Solo) mp3 Dont Get Around Much Anymore (Piano Solo) my synths Midi Dont Blame Me (Piano Solo) mp3 Dont Blame Me (Piano Solo) Midi Cocktails For Two (Piano Solo) mp3 Cocktails For Two (Piano Solo) my synths Midi China Boy (Piano Solo) mp3 China Boy (Piano Solo) my synths Midi Cherokee (Piano Solo) mp3 Cherokee (Piano Solo) Midi Carnegie Hall Blues (Piano Solo) mp3 Carnegie Hall Blues (Piano Solo) my synths Midi Caravan (Piano Solo) mp3 Caravan (Piano Solo) Version one (1 Chorus) my synths midi Body And Soul (complete Midi Blues In Bb (Piano Solo) mp3 Blues In Bb (Piano Solo) my synths Midi Blue Skies (Piano Solo) mp3 Blue Skies (Piano Solo) my synths Midi Blue Moon (Piano Solo) mp3 Blue Moon (Piano Solo) my synths (Piano Solo Version 1) my synths midi Aunt Hagar's Blues (Piano Solo Version 2) (Piano Solo Version 1) mp3 Aunt Hagar's Blues Midi All The Things You Are (Piano Solo) mp3 All The Things You Are (Piano Solo) Midi Aint Misbehavin' (Version 2) mp3 Aint Misbehavin' (Version 2) Midi Aint Misbehavin' (Piano Solo) mp3 Aint Misbehavin' (Piano Solo) my synths Midi After You've Gone (Piano Solo) mp3 After You've Gone (Piano Solo) using my synths MIDI LINKS All of the midi selections have been abbreviated (samples) on the server.Īpproximately twenty measures of each. Anything can be ordered by email by clicking here The above paragraphs are from liner notes of an Lp set nowĪvailable on a Verve CD. With the pleasures of his playing, said that he didn't mind at Afterwards he told Tatum what he hadĭone and asked if the pianist had any objections. Host, a musical director at one of the Hollywood studios, hadĪlmost as much recording equipment at home as he had at the studio.Īnd, unknown to Tatum, his host made a superb high fidelity tape Tatum's creative genius was at white heat as he played through Said, "a whole band, complete in himself". Of tempo and key and its constant intensely swinging rhythm, made Its richly elaborate fill-ins, its sweeping runs it's changes Part of his programming throughout his life. Of tunes, reaching back to songs he had recorded early in hisĬareer, adding new dimensions to others which remained an active He sat at the piano that night swinging through his enormous repertoire Spontaneous, untrammeled, magnificently creative Tatum who could He pleased, playing as long as he pleased-this was the completely Here was Tatum playing for a group of friends, playing whatever But on this night he sat down willinglyĪt the piano and played for hours with obvious relish and pleasure. Ready or felt that he was being pushed he could be extremely unaccommodating Obviously feeling relaxed and ready to play, for when he was not Informally, Tatum was asked if he would like to play. As theĮvening wore on, and after several other guests had performed This is the way it was on that evening in Hollywood in 1956 atĪ private house party where Tatum was present as a guest. He playedĪs long and as late as he pleased. There are, after all, certain privileges you can expect). Strictly as he pleased (when you're not being paid for your services, that his mostįormidable playing was displayed only in circumstances and beforeĪudiences largely of his own choosing. Get to hear Tatum at his best," wrote Orrin Keepnews in The Secret with the great jazz pianist-the knowledge that he playedīest in the "After Hours" before friends and fellow Those who were closest to Art Tatum during his life shared one Art Tatum Art Tatum Express To The Midi Links