As far as I know, Art Tatum, who died in 1956, never made any piano
rolls. However, J. Lawrence Cook transcribed a number of Tatum's
unique arrangements to piano rolls with a fair degree of success.
Unfortunately, they are not always labeled as such. In my years of
collecting I have stumbled across these seven rolls:
QRS Rolls:
4973 Get Happy
7960 Sweet Lorraine
9530 Stompin' at the Savoy
9735 Flying Home
Aeolian Music Rolls:
1050 Tiger Rag
1745 Deep Purple
3141 Flying Home
I imagine there are others, as well. Some of these rolls require
use of the Tempo lever during play in order to "sound right", due to
limitations inherent in the 2:1 mastering system used to produce them.
Jeffrey R. Wood
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