Charlie Parker Washed The Dishes
So many people will swear by Charlie Parker and say what a great musician he was - AND RIGHTLY SO! But, Charlie himself learned by listening and one person that he knew was worth listening to was Art Tatum.
Art Tatum had so many ways to harmonize in this head that Charlie Parker worked a month in a club washing dishes just so he could listen to Art. Now, if that doesn't make you want to rush out and listen a bit more closely to Art Tatum, I don't know what will!
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talent will get you quite a bit! In a quote from audio archives of Eddie Durham, he mentions that besides Jesse Stone, Art Tatum was his mentor as well. Durham said that as long as he bought the beer, Art would teach him whatever he wanted to know! Little known that besides guitar and trombone, Eddie Durham played piano also, but his brother was the pianist in The Durham Brothers Orchestra! Yeah Art Tatum!
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