Art Tatum plays Yesterdays by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach. He made a record of it in 1949, so I imagine this video is from sometime around then. He died in 1956.
Practically blind, drank a lot. Could still blow anyone’s doors off on the piano.
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I play the piano, a little.
When I see or hear Art Tatum, I think "I can't move my fingers that fast."
Let alone make the outcome musical.
Did you know that this site loads weird/slow in IE9? Still so worth it-
Fastest Fingers In Teh West!
L@@k at THIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puSkP3uym5k
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He must be saving up to buy the rest of it.