Tea for Two

Art Tatum · 1933 (year to be confirmed)

Context

For his first solo piano session, in March 1933, Tatum takes on this musical comedy song with tempo changes and sustained swing. The result is described as new and daring for its time. He redid this track in 1939, a version that earned it a place in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1986 and that remains a reference for harmony reinvented at the piano.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Stride (Harlem piano), Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Stride: Ragtime.

By the same artist

• Tiger Rag (Art Tatum) (1933)

Sources

• syncopatedtimes.com
• musicweb-international.com
• oldtimeblues.net

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