Art Tatum: Piano Starts Here,
Live at The Shrine
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Imagine sitting in the room and hearing Art Tatum play in person. Jazz pianist Art Tatum was recorded live in Los Angeles on April 2, 1949. “He was the greatest soloist in jazz history, regardless of instrument,” jazz critic Leonard Feather wrote in the original liner notes.

"Piano Starts Here" is one of the best loved jazz albums ever, and has been in print for more than fifty years. But, Tatum's playing was locked in the rough monaural sound of its time, until now. Sony Masterworks recorded a new re-performance® of the entire "Piano Starts Here" album, before a live audience at the original venue, the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on September 23, 2007.

Hear samples from The Shrine
(These are live feeds from the concert. Sony's album does not contain applause in the midst of tracks or the master of ceremonies.)

• I Know That You Know
• Tiger Rag & closing

Reviews:

• Stereophile, "this is a crucially important release in musical history"
• Sound & Vision
• Tom Gibbs, "nothing short of magnificent"
• The Buffalo News, Jeff Simon, "Remarkable"
• jazz.com, Ted Gioia
• All Music Guide, Ken Dryden
• My Favorite Things Jazz, Russ Neff
• Audiophile Audition, John Sunier
• "the kind of gift that does not come along every day"

Watch the "Making of Live at The Shrine"

Learn more:

• The Team
  A world-class team created the new audio master recordings of the album during the live concert.



• The Super Audio Recording
  This Zenph® recording for Sony Masterworks is an audiophile dream come true, much like our re-performance of Glenn Gould's 1955 Goldberg Variations.



• The Music
  Sony's old "Piano Starts Here" album has 13 tracks, played by Tatum at two different times.

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