Sunday music

Something real.  Perhaps the greatest virtuoso in the history of any instrument.

When Charlie Parker heard Art Tatum, he decided there was no point playing piano.  That's why he picked up the saxophone.  The legend of Art's encounter with Sergei Rachmaninoff is that when Rachmaninoff heard Tatum, he said, I can play the same notes as you, sir, but not at that tempo.

Rachmaninoff.

Art didn't need trickery.  He was just the best in the history of the instrument.  Nobody before, nobody since.  Art Tatum.

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