Tatum in great form
This album is a must have for anyone other than the most hardened luddite that prefers awful sound quality to an unbelievable "re-performance". From what I understand, Zenph actually re-performed the concert in front of a live audience at the Shrine Auditorium to get some of the same ambiance of the original.
As a result, the original recording that had awful sound quality has now set the piano free of all of the cloudiness.
The album has everything.. SACD surround, normal CD, and even a binaural version for headphone listening.
I do not need to comment on the performance itself. However, it is classic Art Tatum...which is to say it is spectacular.
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