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September 08, 2017

Art Tatum, "Tea for Two" [by David Lehman]

When Art Tatum played piano, God was in the house

 

Posted by on September 08, 2017 at 11:41 PM in Adventures of Lehman, Feature, Music |

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I believe the original quote or close
to it from Fats Waller is, "I can play
some piano but God is in the Panther
Room tonight."

Another good one is, "Go ask Alice what
the dormouse said."

And from Kenneth Koch, "It's very difficult
to criticize my French since I speak perfectly."

Posted by: Mitch Sisskind | September 09, 2017 at 06:45 PM

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I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
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from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman

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