Brownian Motion Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 I really enjoy Art's playing in the 1944 trio setting with Slam Stewart and Tiny Grimes. I have a "Giants of Jazz" CD with 20 titles by this group--is this all there was? I know that at some point Grimes was replaced by Everett Barksdale, but I don't believe I've ever heard recordings by this unit, if indeed they recorded. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fer Urbina Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 There's actually a Giants of Jazz compilation devoted to the trio with Barksdale (see back cover). I think the originals were Capitol (?). F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 The two volumes of Tatum's 'The Complete Capitol Recordings' CDs each have four sides by the Tatum Trio with Everett Barksdale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazztrain Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 There are some air checks from 1944. One is on one of the early CDs in the Storyville CDs. Barksdale didn't record with Tatum until about 1951. I really enjoy Art's playing in the 1944 trio setting with Slam Stewart and Tiny Grimes. I have a "Giants of Jazz" CD with 20 titles by this group--is this all there was? I know that at some point Grimes was replaced by Everett Barksdale, but I don't believe I've ever heard recordings by this unit, if indeed they recorded. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Thanks for the suggestions. I'd particularly like to track down the air checks mentioned. I did find a Black Lion CD containing a pair of performances by the Grimes-Stewart unit that were originally released on V-Disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted May 8, 2014 Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 These are the Tiny Grimes sessions on the Storyville box: Art Tatum Trio D Art Tatum (p), Tiny Grimes (g), Slam Stewart (b), Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman (announcer) Los Angeles, California, March 22, 1943 1270 9 Melody In F (Anton Rubinstein) D 5:41 1271 10 Let Me Off Uptown* (Earl Bostic-R. Evans) D 3:47 1280 11 Tiny’s Exercise (Tiny Grimes) D 5:18 1300 12 Exactly Like You* (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields) D 3:58 1310 13 Sweet Lorraine (Cliff Burwell-Mitchell Parish) D 3:56 Art Tatum Trio G Art Tatum (p), Tiny Grimes (g), Slam Stewart (b) Private recording from Frenchie’s Pink Pig by Michael J.Cudahy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 1944 1815 21 Exactly Like You (Jimmy McHugh-Dorothy Fields) G 5:13 1816 1 Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen-Ted Koehler) A 4:551817 2 Sweet Lorraine (Cliff Burwell-Mitchell Parish) A 4:22 Art Tatum Trio B Art Tatum (p), Tiny Grimes (g), Slam Stewart (b) Radio broadcast, “Philco Hall of Fame” on NBC radio, New York, May 21, 1944 1880 3 Humoresque* (Antonin Dvorak) B 2:391890 4 I Know That You Know (Vincent Youmans-Anne Caldwell) B 3:41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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