Begin The Beguine--Art Tatum

A transcript of Art’s 1943 version of Begin the Beguine by C. Porter. Mr Tatum is playing on a run down after hours type piano with a wisk broom player in the back ground. I think Art is humoring him by paying at a slower tempo and less complicated than his later recordings. It deos have a nice swing to it and seems to be in reach of the average good player.A friend asked for the notes. I am sorry for taking so it is helpful
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