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artist: Art Tatum
title: The Best Of The Complete Pablo Group Masterpieces
date: 2003
label: Pablo Records
genre: Jazz
rls. date: Feb/2004
tracks: 12
bitrate: 192kbps
size: 96,7 MB
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A rich and rewarding core sample, selected from one of Norman Granz's
deepest gold mines. The full set of Tatum ensemble master takes was
released on eight vinyl records in 1975, appearing with alternate takes
as a box of seven compact discs in 1990. Since then, each separate
session has been issued on a single, affordable CD. With the release of
this best-of, the only remaining untried reissue format stratagem could
almost be conducted according to the laws of chance. If someone were to
divide up the existing 59 master takes (saving the alternate takes for
a "Best of the Tatum Alternates" compilation), the entire body of work
could be issued as a numbered best-of series, the titles carefully
shuffled at random. But each volume would possibly still omit something
that could be considered essential. This is the insoluble problem with
anything calling itself a best-of. Fortunately, the Tatum group
recordings produced by Norman Granz during the years 1954, 1955, and
1956 actually deserve the word "masterpieces." While Tatum himself is
honored as one of the very most gifted and influential of all jazz
musicians, without exception every musician who participated in these
sessions was adept, inspired, and, in many cases, masterful. (There are
those who would suggest that the Art Tatum/Ben Webster date could stand
by itself as the best of the group masterpieces.) Here, for once, is a
package worthy of its title. A bit of the best of some of the very best
jazz ever recorded. - arwulf arwulf
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01-Perdido [05:06]
02-Memories Of You [07:09]
03-You Took Advantage Of Me [03:37]
04-All The Things You Are [07:15]
05-Body And Soul [05:25]
06-Under A Blanket Of Blue [06:16]
07-The Moon Is Low [04:14]
08-Just One Of Those Things [07:14]
09-Street Of Dreams [03:52]
10-Somebody Loves Me [07:13]
11-My Ideal [07:16]
12-Deep Night [05:44]
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70:21 min
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