Art Tatum: Have You Met Miss Jones?
Track
Have You Met Miss Jones?
Artist
Art Tatum (piano)
CD
Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 1 (Pablo PACD-2405-432-2)
Recorded: Recorded between 1953 and 1955
Rating: 97/100 (learn more)
Has Art Tatum met Miss Jones? By the end of this five-minute track, Art has taken her uptown, downtown, out back, and round the block twice. He can even tell you if she has any sisters at home, and describe that birthmark behind her knee. Yes, he knows Miss Jones, and relates every detail in this keyboard jaunt. Here are all the Tatum trademarks: the effortless stride, the rapid-fire runs played with machine-like clarity, the modulations into the stratosphere and back, the "Look, Ma, three hands!" pyrotechnics. All well and good. But, after this, there isn't much left of Miss Jones for the next pianist.
Reviewer: Ted Gioia
Tags: have you met miss jones · richard rodgers covers · solo piano
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