The pianist Art Tatum has become something of a legend, but around 1950 his career was in decline, his health steadily deteriorating. This week, Mel Hill tells how in 1953 Norman Granz engaged Tatum for a huge project to record 13 solo albums and a further eight with small groups including Lionel Hampton ,
Roy Eldridge and Buddy Rich. With recollections by Ray Brown , Dizzy Gillespie , Nesui Ertegen and Granz himself.