Guest Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 i have their version of all the things you are on the time/life comp. (taken as a ballad- probably the nicest version of them all)-- and tonite another tatum webster song was used in a movie i saw from '80 called 'they all laughed' (starring audrey hepburn, john ritter and patty hansen)--anyways- can someone in the know tell me if theres a full cd of Tatum/Webster's band thats in print which i can pick up? also any session info would be great-- many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 This cd is available on Pablo: Original lp notes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 (edited) The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol.8 - Pablo CD 2405431 Recorded in Los Angeles on September 11, 1956 Personnel: Ben Webster - tenor saxophone Art Tatum - piano Red Callender - bass Bill Douglass - drums Tracks: Gone with the Wind All the Things You Are Have You Met Miss Jones My One and Only Love Night and Day My Ideal Where Or When Gone with the Wind (alternate take) Gone with the Wind (alternate take) Have You Met Miss Jones (alternate take) Available from CDUniverse and other stores. Edited February 12, 2006 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 This album is simply stunning. Webster is a perfect foil for Tatum, and they both seem to me to be on top form. All of the Tatum group sessions are fantastic IMHO. A particular favourite is the trio session - also with Red Callender on bass, but this time Jo Jones, not Bill Douglass, on cans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 do any tatum live concert/club recordings exist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 The Storyville label is currently releasing a series of Art Tatum live recordings. Details can be found here I have several of these releases and they are all superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 do any tatum live concert/club recordings exist? There's plenty of live Tatum out there. I highly recommend "God Is In the House" originally on Muse, currently on High Note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 do any tatum live concert/club recordings exist? There's plenty of live Tatum out there. I highly recommend "God Is In the House" originally on Muse, currently on High Note. I don't have mine to hand - but if anyone knows offhand, is the GIITH material duplicated on the Tatum Chronological Classics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 The XRCD of this date is one of the best-sounding CDs ever made. It comes out of my speakers like I'm there. I also picked up a 24 bit-96 kHz DVD-Audio version on an expensive Japanese import and it sounds very similar to the XRCD. BTW, the Pablo CD says "Stereo" but to my ears, it sounds mono. If it's stereo, it's not panned very much. Was Granz experimenting with stereo in 1956? Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 (edited) do any tatum live concert/club recordings exist? Verve did an excellent 2CD collection called 20th Century Piano Genius. It's a collection of home recordings, before a small, attentive audience, done in Hollywood in 1950 and 1955. The sound is very good. Edited February 12, 2006 by Hank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stereojack Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 BTW, the Pablo CD says "Stereo" but to my ears, it sounds mono. If it's stereo, it's not panned very much. Was Granz experimenting with stereo in 1956? It's not stereo. If the individual disc is mono, that would be an improvement over the box, which is rechanneled stereo, perpetrated by Pablo in the 1970's, and carried over by Fantasy when they issued the CD version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 do any tatum live concert/club recordings exist? Verve did an excellent 2CD collection called 20th Century Piano Genius. It's a collection of home recordings, before a small, attentive audience, done in Hollywood in 1950 and 1955. The sound is very good. Yes, yes, yes. Great stuff. The Tatum/Webster session is justifiably included on almost every top 100 best jazz recordings lists I've ever seen. There's something about the combination that's perfect: Webster paraphrasing the melodies with that massive tone filling the room like a beautiful fog, providing the perfect atmosphere for Tatum's fireworks and filigree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 do any tatum live concert/club recordings exist? Verve did an excellent 2CD collection called 20th Century Piano Genius. It's a collection of home recordings, before a small, attentive audience, done in Hollywood in 1950 and 1955. The sound is very good. Yes, yes, yes. Great stuff. The Tatum/Webster session is justifiably included on almost every top 100 best jazz recordings lists I've ever seen. There's something about the combination that's perfect: Webster paraphrasing the melodies with that massive tone filling the room like a beautiful fog, providing the perfect atmosphere for Tatum's fireworks and filigree. Word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 do any tatum live concert/club recordings exist? Verve did an excellent 2CD collection called 20th Century Piano Genius. It's a collection of home recordings, before a small, attentive audience, done in Hollywood in 1950 and 1955. The sound is very good. Yes, yes, yes. Great stuff. The Tatum/Webster session is justifiably included on almost every top 100 best jazz recordings lists I've ever seen. There's something about the combination that's perfect: Webster paraphrasing the melodies with that massive tone filling the room like a beautiful fog, providing the perfect atmosphere for Tatum's fireworks and filigree. Word. Just one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Original lp notes: Very cool! Thanks for posting that, Lon. I guess it never occurred to me that these sessions were all originally released on Verve. I wonder what the original LP covers looked like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 One tune (My Ideal) from the Tatum/Webster album was featured on the soundtrack of Woody Allen's 1987 film 'September', not Allen's best by far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I guess it never occurred to me that these sessions were all originally released on Verve. I wonder what the original LP covers looked like? Here's one, but I have no idea if this is the original cover: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 did tatum loose a lot of weight at that point- he looks a lot thinner than the older classic photos ive seen of him.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 (edited) I don't *think* (could well be wrong) that's the original cover, which, IIRC, is composed of individual black and white photos of the quartet; the Tatum and Webster images being the largest. Edit: not quite an accurate description...I'll post it if I can figure out how! Edited February 13, 2006 by Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 I guess it never occurred to me that these sessions were all originally released on Verve. I wonder what the original LP covers looked like? Here's one, but I have no idea if this is the original cover: Yep, that's the original cover. It was pressed originally with the "trumpeter" label but reissued with the same cover after the MGM takeover. You can get an original for about $60 on ebay in excellent condition if you're patient. The MGM copy can be had for about half of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Ah - I was clearly mistaken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fer Urbina Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 did tatum loose a lot of weight at that point- he looks a lot thinner than the older classic photos ive seen of him.... He died a couple of months after recording this (his last studio recording?), so that may be why he looked thinner. Fantastic album, nice contrast between Tatum and Webster. F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 One tune (My Ideal) from the Tatum/Webster album was featured on the soundtrack of Woody Allen's 1987 film 'September', not Allen's best by far! I wondered if anyone else remembered that! I found September difficult to sit through to the end. I thought that the prominence of the Tatum/Webster recording was by far the best thing about the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 I don't have mine to hand - but if anyone knows offhand, is the GIITH material duplicated on the Tatum Chronological Classics? No. The GIITH HighNote CD contains live recordings coming from Jerry Newman´s acetates. Definitely, Classics are not focused on this kind of material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Hawkins Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I don't have mine to hand - but if anyone knows offhand, is the GIITH material duplicated on the Tatum Chronological Classics? No. The GIITH HighNote CD contains live recordings coming from Jerry Newman´s acetates. Definitely, Classics are not focused on this kind of material. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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