Art Tatum

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This release contains the complete original LP The Art Tatum Trio (Verve MGV-8118), pairing the superb pianist with bassist Red Callender and the great swing drummer Jo Jones (this is the only existing studio collaborations between Tatum and Jones). This was among the last sessions recorded by Tatum, who would die soon after on November 5, 1956 at the age of 47. As a bonus to the ten tracks on the original album, it is include different versions by Tatum of seven of the LP's songs, which have been organized here in the same song order as on the Tatum-Callender_Jones date.

PERSONNEL:

• ART TATUM, piano
• RED CALLENDER, bass
• JO JONES, drums

Recorded in Los Angeles, California, January 27, 1956.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS (11-17)

• (11) ART TATUM, piano EVERETT BARKSDALE guitar, SLAM STEWART bass.
• New York, 1952.

• (12 &17) ART TATUM, piano LIONEL HAMPTON, vibes, BUDDY RICH, drums
• Los Angeles, 1955.

• (13-16) ART TATUM, piano solo. Los Angeles 1960 / 1964

TRACKS:

• 01. Just One of Those Things
• 02. More That You Know
• 03. Some Other Spring
• 04. If
• 05. Blue Lou
• 06. Love Foer Sale
• 07. Isn't It Romance
• 08. I'll Never Be the Same
• 09. I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plans
• 10. Trio Blues
• 11. Just One of Those Things (*)
• 12. More Than You Know (*)
• 13. Some Others Spring (*)
• 14. Blue Lou (*)
• 15. Love For Sale (*)
• 16. Isn't It Romance (*)
• 17. I'll Never Be the Same*