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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0886972221823 Format: Hybrid SACD, Live Label: Sony Classics Manufacturer: Sony Classics MPN: 722218 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Classics Release Date: June 03, 2008 Studio: Sony Classics Editorial Review: Album Description: SUPER AUDIO EDITION FOR THIS CLASSIC 1949 CONCERT - INCLUDES FOUR BONUS TRACKS. Average Rating:
 Rating: - The Magic of Art Tatum!I've been a fan of Tatum for years but he never ceases to amaze me with the brilliance of his improvisation and dazzling technique. He MUST be the greatest musician ever! Some very special tracks here make this a collector's item for any Tatum fan and lover of great jazz. Rating: - Tatum in great formThis album is a must have for anyone other than the most hardened luddite that prefers awful sound quality to an unbelievable "re-performance". From what I understand, Zenph actually re-performed the concert in front of a live audience at the Shrine Auditorium to get some of the same ambiance of the original. As a result, the original recording that had awful sound quality has now set the piano free of all of the cloudiness. The album has everything.. SACD surround, normal ... Read More Rating:  - Computer replacing the artist?I'm still in doubt where the line is about restoring jazz recordings. The cd presents the original 1949 concert re-create by Zenph Studios, using computer technology. Most of the original recordings, in spite of Tatum's greatness, have poor technical quality. The restoration is superb, but is it real? How about the ambient noise, for instance? Highly recommended. First, because is an Art Tatum concert, and second to check the new technology. Rating: - TATUM BY ZENPHALTHOUGH I RATED THIS ITEM WITH FIVE STARS, I WISH THEY USED A BETTER PIANO. THE TECHNOLOGY WAS ASTOUNDING HOWEVER AND I WILL PURCHASE MORE ZENPH RECORDINGS. ADDITIONAL COMMENT-AS A PIANIST, I FOUND THE VERSION FROM THE PLAYER'S POSITION WONDERFULLY CLEVER. WISH I COULD WATCH THE KEYBOARD AS WELL. HOW ABOUT A CD VERSION? Rating: - God is in the house, again!The original "Piano Starts Here" album has been my favorite for many years, or rather - decades. It was plagued by tape hiss, cracking, flat tuning due to stretching of the original master and so on. Every time I'd listen to it I was wondering how wonderful it must've been to hear Art Tatum live, without all these problems of an old recording. But then, I was grateful that anything was preserved at all. Those recordings were 70 years old after all. And then Zenph studio did the impossible: ... Read More |
