The Genius of Art Tatum
Album by Art Tatum
The Genius of Art Tatum is a 1953-54 series of solo albums by jazz pianist Art Tatum originally issued on LP over 11 volumes.[1] First released on the Clef Records label, they were added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978.[2] A 7-CD box-set of these recordings, now under the title of The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces, was issued on the Pablo label in July 1991.[3]
Volumes
Volume 1
- "Can't We Be Friends"
- "Elegy" – 3:36
- "This Can't Be Love" – 2:37
- "Blues in My Heart"
- "Dixieland Band" – 3:07
- "Humoresque"
- "Begin The Beguine" – 2:58
- "Judy"
Volume 2
- "Memories of You" – 5:00
- "Over the Rainbow" – 3:42
- "Body and Soul" – 5:49
- "Makin' Whoopee" – 2:47
- "Mighty Like a Rose" – 6:07
Volume 3
- "Louise" – 4:58
- "Love for Sale"
- "I'm Coming Virginia"/"Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"
- "Embraceable You"
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" – 5:06
Volume 4
- "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
- "There Will Never Be Another You"
- "Tenderly"
- "What Does It Take"
- "You Took Advantage of Me"
- "I've Got the World on a String"
- "Yesterdays" – 3:27
Volume 5
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" – 4:49
- "In a Sentimental Mood" – 6:02
- "Isn't This a Lovely Day?"
- "Without a Song" – 5:47
- "Stompin' at the Savoy"
- "My Last Affair"
- "Taboo" – 2:50
Volume 6
- "September Song"
- "Stars Fell on Alabama"
- "Blue Moon" – 4:59
- "Mighty Like a Rose" – 6:07
- "Stars Fell on Alabama"
- "Blue Moon"
Volume 7
- "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You"
- "The Very Thought of You"
- "Someone to Watch Over Me"
- "Stardust"
- "Where or When"
- "Stay as Sweet as You Are"
- "I'll See You Again"
Volume 8
- "I Cover the Waterfront"
- "Fine and Dandy"
- "All the Things You Are"
- "I'm in the Mood for Love"/"When a Woman Loves a Man"
- "Willow Weep for Me"
- "Ain't Misbehavin'"
Volume 9
- "Lover, Come Back to Me"
- "I'll See You in My Dreams"
- "Ill Wind"
- "Blue Skies"
- "Would You Like to Take a Walk?"
- "I've Got a Crush on You"
- "Japanese Sandman"
- "Aunt Hagar's Blues"
Volume 10
- "Caravan"
- "Too Marvelous for Words"
- "Just Like a Butterfly (That's Caught in the Rain)"
- "Gone With the Wind"
- "Danny Boy"
- "They Can't Take That Away from Me"
- "Tea for Two"
- "It's the Talk of the Town"
- "Blue Lou"
Volume 11
- "There's a Small Hotel"
- "The Way You Look Tonight"
- "You Go to My Head"
- "Cherokee"
- "These Foolish Things"
- "After You've Gone"
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
- The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio (with Lionel Hampton and Buddy Rich, 1955)
- The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet (with Ben Webster, 1956)
- The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Volume Eight (1956)
- The Genius of Art Tatum
- God Is in the House (1941)
- Gene Norman Presents an Art Tatum Concert (1949)