Video of the Week #95

I can find very little video of jazz piano virtuoso Art Tatum (1909-1956). In this brief 1954 television appearance, he plays "Yesterdays."

Tatum also showed up at a jam session in the 1947 film The Fabulous Dorseys. The song is his composition, "Art's Blues." The other participants are Tommy Dorsey, trombone; Jimmy Dorsey, clarinet; Ziggy Elman, trumpet; Charlie Barnet, tenor sax; George Van Eps, guitar; Stuart Foster, bass; and Ray Bauduc, drums.

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