Though we've already had a class discussing the Charles Rosen concert, here's my comment on the concert: this video of the jazz pianist Art Tatum (1909-1956), playing his version of the song "Yesterdays." Reportedly, when the Rusian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff heard Art Tatum play, he declared Tatum to be the best piano player in the world, in any style.
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