Art Tatum the Best of the Pablo Solo Masterpieces
| The Tatum Grouping Masterpieces, Volume Eight | ||||
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| Studio anthology past Art Tatum | ||||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | September 11, 1956 (1956-September-xi) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Pablo | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz, Akira Taguchi | |||
| Art Tatum chronology | ||||
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The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Volume Eight is an anthology by pianist Art Tatum and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, with Red Callender on double bass and Pecker Douglass on drums. The 1956 session was originally released in 1958 on Verve Records album produced by Norman Granz as The Fine art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet, only Granz re-caused the masters in the 1970s after the album was immune to go out of impress. He reissued the material as one of a series of eight Grouping Masterpieces featuring Tatum in collaboration with other artists, also issuing it every bit part of a boxed set up, The Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces. The album has been reissued on CD, including a January 31, 1992 version with bonus tracks.
The anthology was critically well-received, with critics singling out the combination of Webster'due south tone with Tatum's elaborate piano playing. The album is listed in several volumes as among the best in jazz and is recommended by the Music Library Association every bit an important piece for music libraries.
History [edit]
Tatum and Webster were established figures in their 40s when they assembled for this album on September 11, 1956. According to Ben Ratliff in Jazz: A Critic'south Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings, Tatum was known for virtuoso solo performance, while Webster had mellowed from his days with Knuckles Ellington. Despite their differences, they were a good friction match. According to Benny Dark-green in the liner notes, this was considering of Webster's tone and professionalism.[1] Critic Scott Yanow agrees that "the combination works very well".[2] [3]
This was among the last recordings by Tatum, who died on November 5 of that year.[three] The session was released in 1958 on an LP produced past Norman Granz for Verve Records under the title Art Tatum – Ben Webster Quartet.
By 1971, Granz had attempted to gain access to this and his other out-of-print collaborations with Art Tatum from Verve, even offer to buy the masters.[iv] He acquired the rights after the 1973 formation of his own label, Pablo Records, and reissued those albums in 1975 under The Tatum Grouping Masterpieces and The Tatum Solo Masterpieces as individual albums and equally ii boxed sets.[iv] One track from the session, "All the Things You Are", was after included in the 12-track CD The Best of the Pablo Group Masterpieces.[5] The album was reissued on January 31, 1992 with bonus tracks.
Critical response [edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Pop Music | [six] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [7] |
The anthology was critically well received. In a 1994 review, The Hartford Courant described it as "delectable", with "Webster's big, breathy tone" wrapping "Tatum's arabesques in a warm, loving embrace."[8] The Washington Post characterized it every bit "[a] great way to innovate two of the greats."[9]
The album is included in several books on the superlative albums in jazz, including Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings, where it is listed at No. 42,[ane] and in The 101 Best Jazz Albums, where author Leonard Lyons calls volume eight the "near exciting" among the Group Masterpieces collection.[10] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings included the anthology in its suggested "core drove" of essential recordings.[7]
With volumes i and vii of the Group Masterpieces, it is recommended for inclusion in medium-sized or larger public libraries and all academic libraries by the Music Library Clan in A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings.[11]
Track list [edit]
- "Gone With the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – four:48
- "All the Things Yous Are" (Oscar Hammerstein Two, Jerome Kern) – 7:15
- "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:49
- "My Ane and Merely Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – vi:fifteen
- "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – five:31
- "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) – 7:18
- "Where or When" (Rodgers, Hart) – 6:28
Bonus tracks [edit]
- "Gone With the Current of air" (alternate have 1) (Magidson, Wrubel) – 4:53
- "Gone With the Wind" (alternate take two) (Magidson, Wrubel) – iv:51
- "Take You Met Miss Jones?" (alternate have) (Rodgers, Hart) – 5:02
Personnel [edit]
Musicians [edit]
- Fine art Tatum – piano
- Ben Webster – tenor saxophone
- Ruddy Callender – double bass
- Bill Douglass – drums
Product [edit]
- Phil DeLancie – audio mastering
- Peter Grant – design
- Sam Gay – artistic management
- Norman Granz – record producer
- Benny Green – liner notes
- Phil Stern – photography
- Akira Taguchi – product
- Val Valentin – audio technology
- Alan Yoshida – mastering
References [edit]
- ^ a b Ratliff, Ben xi (6 Nov 2002). The New York Times Essential Library: Jazz: A Critic'due south Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 110–111. ISBN978-0-8050-7068-2 . Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. "The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8 – Art Tatum". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott (2003). Jazz on Tape. San Francisco, California: Backbeat. p. 420. ISBN0-87930-755-2.
- ^ a b Palmer, Richard (2004). Sonny Rollins: The Cutting Edge (Rev. ed.). New York: Continuum. p. 142. ISBN0-8264-6916-7.
- ^ arwulf, arwulf. "The Best of the Pablo Group Masterpieces – Art Tatum". AllMusic . Retrieved xviii August 2017.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0195313734.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (ninth ed.). Penguin. p. 1378. ISBN978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ McNally, Owen (12 June 1994). "The Genius of Fine art Tatum". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. The Hartford Courant. p. G1. Retrieved ii Oct 2008.
- ^ "Ella and Company, Overlooked No More". The Washington Post. 22 December 2002. p. G4.
- ^ Lyons, Leonard (1980). The 101 Best Jazz Albums: A History of Jazz on Records (ane ed.). New York: Morrow. p. 140. ISBN0-688-03720-eight.
- ^ Davis, Elizabeth A.; Music Library Association (1997). A Bones Music Library: Essential Scores and Audio Recordings. ALA Editions. p. 355. ISBN0-8389-3461-vii.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tatum_Group_Masterpieces,_Volume_Eight
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