Honestly, keyan Charlie was wrong about this being annoying- though I can see it grading if you do a straight marathon.

Bass player Carl McVicker was my next door neighbor in Pittsburgh. Introduced me to jazz Many memories! He passed not too long ago.

None other…ever!

It's so insane to me that I'm just a tad a year older than he was when he recorded this. It's one America's greatest tragedies to not have footage of this man doing these takes. With us only being able to 1954's Yesterday's, we could only imagine what a sight this core moment could've been aside from any club gigs anyone attended. The Goat, period.

Is it just me or is the very beginning of the recording doctored, like they've poorly spliced in an extra repetition of the moonlight motif? It sounds like this on the official record too. I'm wondering if some bigheaded editor decided it sounded better with the extra repetition when Costa intended to leave the repetition out!

My dad - a jazzman - taught me to "know" Art Tatum, when I was 4. I could, actually, distinguish between a number of jazz-pianists at that age - and my mother taught me about the classical piano-music. She was good at Schubert herself.😍

Mr. Rogers ... one of the most pure hearted men to grace this short life... and the devotion of the masterful Jimmy Costa is in evidence!!!

cuánta musicalidad ❤️

Listening to Mr. Costa's playing is like watching flowers open under time lapse photography. Perfectly organic with a divine symmetry that is perfect. He imbues the music with beauty.

He sparked my interest

This to me is Tatum's greatest reccording. Too bad it's apparently just a home recording while he was fooling around on someone's home, piece-of- crap, out-of-tune piano and it just cuts off at the end because they ran out of tape?

Grandissimo!!!!

Moore was so talented

Costa is miraculous

Someone once said," i could of sworn that was two people playing".😊

Thanks so much, Rufus Pink elephant!!

Those of us who were alive during Mister Rogers neighborhood were so lucky. Nothing will ever come close.

I like the 1948 version the best

6:33 As hard as any Bach Fugue.

5:56 - Ok now we are cooking with gas.

Johnny Costa - My new favorite to research. He is stunning.

8:11 - Has ANYONE EVER heard anything like this line in jazz history? How is Costa not more known?!?!?!?!?

OMG seriously, I haven't heard Costa until tonight. I am more than blown away by his playing. He is classically trained, I don't even need to google that. What an insane player!!!!!!

(As I throw my piano out the window...what's the use?)

I just love this song!

When I first heard him I thought there were two pianists, Art and Tatum. Two hands couldn’t do all that

Awesome

All three were incredible.

Take off dat sweta Mr ROo G. Kick off dem pretty lil shozz cuz weee gonna make da trolly fall right off da track.

Holy moly! Das Mo den jus a Caravan das a ride like yu aint eva commin back! lol

Thank you so much for posting this playlist!

art tatum is far superior, he was a man from another galaxy among earthlings.

Sorry about this … but I’d still take Earl Hines on ‘The Real Earl Hines’.

He didn't have to go this hard for a children's show, and yet...😮

8/24/1934

I love everything about this content. The masterful blend of jazz and classical. The homage of one legend to another. The care and devotion of the uploader to keep gems like this alive. What a treat to listen to.

9:22 that sounds just like the lick Tatum used on Yesterdays ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5aBd5hmnbq7g4U.html at 1:22). Anyone else hear the similarity?

Fred Rogers and Johnny Costa in the show were like the lemon and lime.

The absolute best I’ve ever heard!❤️🔥🔥🔥

in my sense , he pretends to be drunk, because he was permanently a little impregnated ,

The roll he does is absolutely crazy!

All three are beyond great, but I can't help feeling that Tatum is the pioneer, the subtleties in his playing could never be copied nor replicated.

One of my favorite recordings is the 1953. After listening to the four, I still feel that one is the best, but that could just be my bias after listening to it first. Also, the recording quality seems noticeably better.

I listened to all three tonight , twice. Although I have been an Oscar Peterson fan for 50 years , and Art Tatum has set a standard that may not be surpassed, I am really blown away by Costa. His technical ability and virtuosity , clarity of sound , interpretation of the piece and the nuances and surprising melodic riffs he applies to Tea For Two are almost otherworldly. One gets the feeling that there is really no limit at the innovation and sheer genius that this man gave to the world.

This is so calming!

And the win goes to Tatum

The ART of music made flesh.

There Will Never be Another Art Tatum. Thank you.

On this one, I stopped at the end of the first performance. A break is vital. I must first prepare myself psychologically for what comes next, "over this talent rainbow".

ART TATUM HAS TOTALLY STRETCHED MY EXPERIENCED WITH HARMONIC VARIETY BEYONE ANYTHING I COULD HAVE IMAGENED. YES, A GENIUS.