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what makes art tatum the man of the 20th century? his runs of course! his runs astounded a great number of people(including me). he was often considered the greatest jazz piano soloist ever. unlike teddy wilson, he improvised a great deal in his solos. the question i have is what makes up good runs in jazz piano?

by loveforJAZZ on 11/11/2006, 08:34

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choice of notes, pearly smoothness, accuracy.

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by SolArt on 11/12/2006, 11:20

what did art tatum do?

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by loveforJAZZ on 11/12/2006, 11:39

what kind of runs did he use mostly during his improvisation? were they mostly made up of scales, arpegios? etc...

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by loveforJAZZ on 11/12/2006, 11:54

with respect, i think that to say teddy wilson did not improvise in his solos is more than simply innacurate.

having said that, if you are looking to define the elements of an improvised jazz line, you may want to look at hal galper's theory of forward motion (there's some info on his website) or check out paul f. berliner's book "thinking in jazz".

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by Barry on 11/12/2006, 13:11

hey loveforjazz

look up youtube.com and type in art tatum

scroll down and you will find dick hyman's lessons about art tatum. you will find the basics of art tatum's various techniques.

peace

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by Styles on 11/12/2006, 18:10

thanks styles! this is the stuff that i need!!!

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by loveforJAZZ on 11/13/2006, 16:34

yep, i looked at those before... the descending pentatonic scales and such? the descending pentatonic scale with a chromatic thing in the beginning is the only one i like... i just dont like the sound of the other ones.

i made my own variation.. so far only works with a. its like the c pentatonic descending, except with a sharp c, and over an a chord. thats like... a blues scale descending, ommitting the third in the scale. its kinda hard because u gotta go up for the c sharps, but i think its nifty.

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by wutrain on 11/13/2006, 16:56

woops. i realized thats not a blues at all. if anything thats kinda mixolydian. still sounds good over dominants. :) i was in a hurry and never tried to categorize it until just then..

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by wutrain on 11/13/2006, 20:13

there is a book out about some of the tatum runs. he used lots of patterns and pentatonic shapes like peterson does.

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by Jazz+ on 12/23/2006, 21:25

the right hand according to tatum: books: riccardo scivales

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by SolArt on 11/12/2006, 11:20

by loveforJAZZ on 11/12/2006, 11:39

by loveforJAZZ on 11/12/2006, 11:54

by Barry on 11/12/2006, 13:11

by Styles on 11/12/2006, 18:10

by loveforJAZZ on 11/13/2006, 16:34

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by SolArt on 11/12/2006, 11:20

by loveforJAZZ on 11/12/2006, 11:39

by loveforJAZZ on 11/12/2006, 11:54

by Barry on 11/12/2006, 13:11

by Styles on 11/12/2006, 18:10

by loveforJAZZ on 11/13/2006, 16:34

by wutrain on 11/13/2006, 16:56

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