The Art Tatum Variation in Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody (ft. Jackie Parker)

0:00 Rachmaninoff’s modern sound world 2:55 Enter Art Tatum 4:27 Phrasing, not fast fingers 7:47 The orchestra enters 10:23 Technique and interpretation 12:26 Timing the ending In memory of Larry Rachleff (1955-2022) Watch Jon Kimura Parker’s tonebase course on Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody: Watch Parker perform with the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra under Larry Rachleff: Watch Art Tatum “Yesterdays“: Listen to Gershwin’s ’Rhapsody in Rivets’: Watch Bull Murray play the jazzy 18th Variation in Groundhog Day: Watch Garrick Ohlsson’s tonebase course on Rach 3: