1932-1934

• Artist: Art Tatum
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1932 08 05-1934 10 09
• Total Time: 71:13
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Jazz

Review

This comprehensive CD contains Art Tatum's very first recording (a broadcast version of "Tiger Rag"), four selections in which he accompanies singer Adelaide Hall (along with a second pianist) and then his first 20 solo sides. To call his virtuosic piano style remarkable would be a major understatement; he has to be heard to be believed. His studio version of "Tiger Rag" may very well be his most incredible recording; he sounds like three pianists at once. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Tiger Rag	Eddie Edwards, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, James LaRocca, Harry DaCosta	Art Tatum	(2:01)
Strange as It Seems	Fats Waller, Andy Razaf	Art Tatum, Adelaide Hall	(3:06)
I'll Never Be the Same	Gus Kahn, Frank Signorelli, Matty Malneck	Art Tatum, Adelaide Hall	(3:13)
You Gave Me Everything But Love	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	Art Tatum, Adelaide Hall	(3:10)
This Time, It's Love	J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis	Art Tatum, Adelaide Hall	(3:11)
Tea for Two	Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar	Art Tatum	(3:14)
St. Louis Blues	W.C. Handy	Art Tatum	(2:39)
Tiger Rag	Eddie Edwards, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, James LaRocca, Harry DaCosta	Art Tatum	(2:20)
Sophisticated Lady	Irving Mills, Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish	Art Tatum	(3:17)
Moonglow	Irving Mills, Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson	Art Tatum	(2:41)
(I Would Do) Anything for You	Claude Hopkins, Alexander Hill, Bobby Williams	Art Tatum	(2:42)
When a Woman Loves a Man	Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer, Bernie Hanighen	Art Tatum	(3:03)
Emaline	Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins	Art Tatum	(2:41)
Love Me	Ned Washington, Victor Young	Art Tatum	(2:58)
Cocktails for Two	Arthur Johnston, Sam Coslow	Art Tatum	(2:47)
After You've Gone	Henry Creamer, Turner Layton	Art Tatum	(3:09)
Ill Wind	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	Art Tatum	(2:56)
The Shout	Lannie Scott	Art Tatum	(2:50)
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn	Art Tatum	(2:48)
(I Would Do) Anything for You	Claude Hopkins, Alexander Hill, Bobby Williams	Art Tatum	(2:42)
When a Woman Loves a Man	Gordon Jenkins, Johnny Mercer, Bernie Hanighen	Art Tatum	(3:09)
After You've Gone	Henry Creamer, Turner Layton	Art Tatum	(2:51)
Stardust	Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish	Art Tatum	(3:10)
I Ain't Got Nobody	Roger Graham, Spencer Williams, Dave Peyton	Art Tatum	(3:22)
Beautiful Love	Wayne King, Haven Gillespie, Victor Young, Egbert VanAlstyne	Art Tatum	(2:46)

Credits

Art Tatum (Piano), Art Tatum (Main Performer), Art Tatum (Soloist), Adelaide Hall (Vocals), Adelaide Hall (Performer), Charlie Teagarden (Trumpet), Francis J. Carter (Piano), Jimmy Dorsey (Clarinet), Dick McDonough (Guitar), Anatol Schenker (Liner Notes)