Jazz podcast: Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner & Art Tatum
Saturday, December 29th, 2007The greatest jazz pianists: Oscar Peterson - Erroll Garner - Art Tatum
Oscar Peterson has displayed through his eclecticism, an acute awareness of the history of jazz piano, ranging from stride to bop, from James P. Johnson to Bill Evans, but always with Art Tatum as an abiding influence.
Nicknamed “The Elf“, Erroll Garner was the first jazz pianist since Fats Waller to appeal to the non-jazz audience and the first jazzman ever to achieve popular acclaim by this audience without recourse to singing or clowning.
Art Tatum appears to stand to one side of the developing thrust of jazz, yet his creativity and the manner in which he explored harmonic complexities and unusual chord sequences influenced many musicians, including Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock and especially non-pianist, amongst whom can be listed Charlie Parker and John Coltrane.
The greatest jazz pianists tracklist:
FACE A
- I can’t escape from you (Erroll Garner)
- I surrender dear (Oscar Peterson)
- Smoke gets in your eyes (Art Tatum)
- Erroll’s blues (Erroll Garner)
- Flying home (Oscar Peterson)
FACE B
- Stairway to the stars (Erroll Garner)
- Cherokee (Art Tatum)
- Back home in Indiana (Oscar Peterson)
- Erroll’s bounce (Erroll Garner)
- Out of nowhere (Art Tatum)