Art Tatum - Art Tatum Collection 1932-47Of all the pianists in the annals of jazz, Art Tatum is the one who is most often cited by the great pianists of the post war era as a key influence and inspiration, his remarkable speed, dexterity, fluency and sheer relaxed mastery of the keyboard in his prolific interpretations of the standards from the Great American Songbook setting him apart from just about all of his peers. Developing his skill despite his blindness, he astounded observers, who

cutting several secondary roles and shortening dialogues

Themes of crime and punishment have always featured strongly in music

plus the tracks not otherwise featured on singles from the Roulette albums "Buddy Knox" and "Buddy Knox & Jimmy Bowen"

The rain filters into the post-psychedelic

Hard to pick a highlight when there are so many

Others have not been available since first issued more than 15 years ago

Through the influence of the many St

" transforming Dvorák's Eighth Symphony into "a highly dramatic work

To those 16 tracks we have added a further eight examples of Johnny Vincent's catalog

which has a tragic ending in store

this is a more sober affair

" sings Prince Sou-Chong