Dick Hyman - Century of Jazz Piano DVD [Lesson 7: Art Tatum] (Part 7 of 17)

[@godisbollocks]

It wasn't until I studied transcriptions of his playing that I really understood the level of mastery he was on.

[@SpellSlam]

This is outstanding stuff. Only 560 views?! I've never seen someone take Art Tatum's style and digest it so methodically for us. Every jazz pianist should see this.

[@itsRemco]

Thanks! Yeah I know, these clips were already uploaded but in very low quality. But it's online so whoever comes across the videos (like you) can enjoy this in its original quality

[@artbrutfedeyoot]

Je viens d'entendre un rare interview de Art Tatum, il site Dick Hyman comme un jeune pianiste qui promet ! Merci M. Dick Hyman qui à même joué avec Bird...

[@efanshel]

Dick Hyman is a goddamn American treasure...Nobody more amazing...

[@enricolongo242]

To cover all that Art did you'll need 100 series like this.

[@KawhackitaRag]

Agreed.

[@noahalbright9487]

this whole series is insane

[@haydenwayne3710]

Whatout question, rhis is the best keyboard harmony class I've ever experienced! Bless your gift, Dick!!! xoxoxox

[@rich8037]

This video is pure gold - great practical information from someone who absolutely knows what he is on about.

[@drjukebox]

Thank you Dick Hyman!

[@eriksnip1243]

Dick Hyman is one of my favourite pianists too, he can do just about anything!! Erik

[@KayBenyarko]

Art was a genius

[@robertcruz7100]

This is FIAH 🔥🎹💯💥🙌🙌

[@itsRemco]

Thanks bro 😁

[@garycitro1674]

Wow! Quite a demo at the end! I used to read Mr. Hyman's column in Keyboard Magazine regularly, before I had any interest in playing jazz, unfortunately. Good to play some catchup.

[@dr.gareylewis8533]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@cns7139]

What a wonderful tutorial and fabulous demo, too. How great of you to help us like this! 🎵💜

[@itsRemco]

Any time :)

[@marianlevy9232]

Dick Hyman is pure piano brilliance( as was Tatum) takes genius to help us understand another genius .. I love his arrangement of “Skylark” ( check it out )🎹❤️😊

[@cavaleer]

Wonderful demonstration. Tatum was the Piano God, regardless of genre. Trying to box his genius into “Jazz” is a slight disservice. Rachmaninov certainly agreed.

[@heavenlysheephugshuggingfo1505]

Yes

[@sweettoot1]

You are a great teacher thanks

[@Photologistic]

Very nice, thanks.

[@mrgooakalegooster]

Thanks!

[@Aaron-md2eo]

Super amazing video. I wish there was one that went similarly deep in detail but analyzing Fats Waller's devices and general playing.

[@itsRemco]

I haven't seen a documentary/lessons video yet as well with that amount of detail regarding Fats Waller's playing. I think Mr. Hyman would be the best fit to make such a video actually

[@Aaron-md2eo]

Yes, I think that's true. He really is a master of super accurately imitating other players' styles. Altough, I'm not sure if he's still active nowadays as he's already in his mid nineties. I really do admire him as a pianist, he's a marvelous musician.

[@CliffordLetsche]

Many of the devices used by Tatum are easily played by people with regular sized hands (even though his were huge). Some styles are really hard to navigate without having huge hands, like Fats, Nat Cole, Oscar Peterson, etc. That could be part of it. It’s easy to fixate on his outsized personality, but Fats was an amazing pianist…

[@KawhackitaRag]

If you follow Michael Dunn's channel "Noteman", he's posted several dozen EXCELLENT exact transcriptions of Waller's recordings, not just some of the piano solos, but also solos he takes on band performances (and sometimes, his piano playing for the band, or under his vocal, etc as well). The body of these transcriptions together (plus any he may add in the future), form IMO a true masterclass on Thomas Fats Waller's piano playing.

[@mintygreen8760]

22:00 Art Tatum was years ahead of his time harmonically

[@paxwallacejazz]

Whats striking me is that the chromatic content is generally more ornamental than structural unlike mature Bach or Satie/Debbusy/Ravel or Bill Evans or a Wayne Shorter Ballad. I always try to make my chromaticism architectural which normally complies with chromatically altered harmonies.

[@CliffordLetsche]

Tatum died kinda young. He’s yet another artist who could easily have become much more sophisticated or “modern” in concept had he lived another 20 years.

[@KawhackitaRag]

@@CliffordLetsche He was already ahead of his time right out of the starting gate, and yes we have no idea how he would have changed musically, if he had lived decades longer.

[@maurizioghezzer4302]

Ci vuole una mano sinistra decisamente grande... io non ci riesco a fare la 9...

[@gergelyozsvar9890]

I can't find this music played by Tatum.

[@KawhackitaRag]

These are examples of various devices Tatum used, and are shown as standalone exercises, not necessarily in the context of a full recording. However as Mr. Hyman notes, Tatum reused these devices over and over in various keys in various pieces. So if you listen to enough of his recordings, you'll start to spot these devices.

[@belindadrake5487]

OSCAR PETERSON. Is GOD. 🎹👊🏾✨

[@glennthompson4725]

Oscar was close, but I give the nod to Art.

[@belindadrake5487]

@@glennthompson4725 So every body says. Love ART. But nah, OSCAR is my fave! It’d be boring lf they were all the same my friend. Check out OSCAR a late night show where he plays EVERYONE, including ART! Of course l love him! But, OSCAR IS MY MAN!! These guys are just THE BEST. I’m a professional muso, & it’s just a matter of ‘TASTE’!! It’s all good. ( well… 🤔… ). BEETHOVEN IS THE ULTIMATE TO ME. ( just had to shot that in!!) 😃🎹😈✨

[@allinthemind2006]

his name is seriously Dick Hyman.????... poor poor man

[@itsRemco]

😂

[@Billiedekid]

Haha, funny. NOT. Seriously: the family name Hyman is the anglicised form of some older German family names: "Heimann" or "Heymann". Which is one of the family names that European / German Jewish families also adopted during Jewish emancipation and (partial) assimilation between 1700 and the early to mid 1800s (most probably due to phonetic similarity). Before this time, Jewish families didn't use the modern Western system of family names but used to adopt the names of their male ancestors, and the source of "Heymann" would (most probably) have been Haim, Chajm or Chaim, initially a Jewish male first name (which in Hebrew has various meanings: "life", or also "teacher" among them). Also, Dick (Richard) Hyman's full birth name would be "Richard Roven Hyman", where "Roven" is the shortened version of his mother's birth family name Rovinsky (her brother, Dick's uncle, a classical pianist didn't shorten his surname, though). Both of Dick's parents were of Jewish origin: Dick's father Joseph Charlap Hyman (1889 - 1949) came from a Sephardic background, his mother was Lee Roven Hyman (neé Rovinsky) (1896 - 1970). Dick's older brother Arthur C. Hyman (1921 - 2009) was the one who intruduced Dick to Jazz, when they were kids, by letting him listen to his Jazz records. So, next time you make such an "original" joke, perhaps you first use your ability to research a bit more about those things you want to make fun of. Or you might even decide to show at least some respect. (Apart from that: I suppose Dick doesn't like it at all if people use his commercial content without his explicit permission.)

[@allinthemind2006]

@@Billiedekid hyman is also the seal to the goods. Usually pierced by some good dick