Art Tatum & Buddy DeFranco - The Art Tatum-Buddy DeFranco Quartet (1956) [2015 24-bit Remaster]

This release contains the complete original quartet session showcasing the brilliant Art Tatum with clarinet player Buddy DeFranco, plus Red Callender on bass, and Bill Douglass on drums. It was the only collaborative recording date by Tatum and DeFranco. The master takes were originally issued as The Art Tatum-Buddy DeFranco Quartet on Verve MGV-8213. For this edition, it was added all three existing alternate takes, as well as unaccompanied piano versions by Tatum of three of the album's tunes. This music constitutes one of the various pairings of Tatum with other jazz greats produced by Norman Granz in the last years of the pianist's life. Tatum was seriously ill at that time and neglected by record companies due to stylistic changes in the music industry. He would die on November 5, 1956 at the age of 47.

Tracks:

01 - Deep Night
02 - This Can't Be Love
03 - Memories Of You
04 - Once In A While
05 - A Foggy Day
06 - Makin' Whoopee
07 - You're Mine You
08 - Lover Man
09 - Deep Night [alt. take] (bonus track)
10 - This Can't Be Love [alt. take] (bonus track)
11 - Once In A While [alt. take] (bonus track)
12 - This Can't Be Love (bonus track)
13 - Memories Of You (bonus track)
14 - You're Mine You (bonus track)

Personnel:

ART TATUM, piano
BUDDY DeFRANCO, clarinet
RED CALLENDER, bass
BILL DOUGLASS, drums