This Melody in F was composed by Anton Rubinstein, no relative of Artur. It was a well known salon piece in the 19th century. Tatum's version is beautiful, hilarious and - yet again - reverent to the original. Note Tatum's Chopinesk swing in the end!
As a kid, Gershwin used to love to listen to this Rubinstein (Anton, not Artur!) piece (played "straight", mind you; certainly not this Tatum performance, which didn't exist at the time) on the player piano (I believe that the player piano was in some business near where Gershwin lived). Later in life, Gershwin became friends with Tatum and the latter once entertained Gershwin in the great composer's home for an hour and a half, playing, especially, the Gershwin tune "Liza" in a great array of variations (much to Gershwin's delight and amazement). I cannot help but wonder if Tatum also played his version of 'Melody in F' at that time or at some other time when both he and Gershwin met in New York. Perhaps it was at Gershwin's urging that Tatum took up this piece? In any case, thanks for posting! Love this Tatum performance.
@@philemon9158 En premier lieu, mon beau-père est chercheur en maths donc ce n'est pas n'importe quelle personne qui écrit ce commentaire. Secondement, les mathématiques m'ont appris la rigueur, non pas uniquement dans cette discipline, mais bien dans la vie de tous les jours. Tout cela pour en venir au fait, qu'une des premières choses enseignées dans l'étude de la langue (et en particulier des règles élémentaires) dès notre plus jeune âge, est de mettre une majuscule au début de sa phrase (dans ce cas lorsqu'il s'agit des noms propres), et un point à la fin de celle-ci. Il aurai donc été préférable de mettre Anton plutôt que "anton". En vous souhaitant tout de même une bonne écoute, Ironiquement, J U
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This Melody in F was composed by Anton Rubinstein, no relative of Artur. It was a well known salon piece in the 19th century. Tatum's version is beautiful, hilarious and - yet again - reverent to the original. Note Tatum's Chopinesk swing in the end!
Fabulous as always with tatum
Art seemed to take delight in rejigging light classics, such as this famous piece. Stunning playing!
As a kid, Gershwin used to love to listen to this Rubinstein (Anton, not Artur!) piece (played "straight", mind you; certainly not this Tatum performance, which didn't exist at the time) on the player piano (I believe that the player piano was in some business near where Gershwin lived). Later in life, Gershwin became friends with Tatum and the latter once entertained Gershwin in the great composer's home for an hour and a half, playing, especially, the Gershwin tune "Liza" in a great array of variations (much to Gershwin's delight and amazement). I cannot help but wonder if Tatum also played his version of 'Melody in F' at that time or at some other time when both he and Gershwin met in New York. Perhaps it was at Gershwin's urging that Tatum took up this piece? In any case, thanks for posting! Love this Tatum performance.
Performances like this show how Tatum paved the way for bebop.
Head bending
0:39 That March Of The Toy Soldiers reference. We're all just gonna ignore that? Okay.
Mind blowing - And I love the way he used to solo, instead of accompany, other people’s solos. 😀
HOLY CRAP!
@brabazon10 wrong rubinstein, this is anton rubinstein, a much earlier composer
@CordeliusKM well artur rubinstein admired tatum though.
Anton rubinstein, the composer, was dead when art Tatum was living
lovely
IT'S one of Artur Rubenstein's.
anton*
@@philemon9158 En premier lieu, mon beau-père est chercheur en maths donc ce n'est pas n'importe quelle personne qui écrit ce commentaire. Secondement, les mathématiques m'ont appris la rigueur, non pas uniquement dans cette discipline, mais bien dans la vie de tous les jours. Tout cela pour en venir au fait, qu'une des premières choses enseignées dans l'étude de la langue (et en particulier des règles élémentaires) dès notre plus jeune âge, est de mettre une majuscule au début de sa phrase (dans ce cas lorsqu'il s'agit des noms propres), et un point à la fin de celle-ci. Il aurai donc été préférable de mettre Anton plutôt que "anton". En vous souhaitant tout de même une bonne écoute,
Ironiquement,
J U
@J U tg