11-05a: Art Tatum 1932-1934 | Tatum / Hampton / Rich Trio 1955 - Vladimir Horowitz : Brahms Concerto 2 Toscanini 1940 | Pictures at an Exhibition 1947 | Tchaikovsky Concerto 1 Szell 1952

1933 – Texas Guinan (American saloon keeper, actress & musician)
1942 – George M. Cohan (American entertainer, songwriter & author)
1956 – Art Tatum (American jazz pianist & composer)
1960 – Johnny Horton (American country singer & songwriter)
1964 – Buddy Cole (American jazz pianist & orchestra leader)
1977 – Guy Lombardo (Canadian jazz orchestra leader)
1986 – Bobby Nunn (American R&B singer, The Coasters)
1989 – Vladimir Horowitz [Владимир Горови] (Russian-born American pianist)

See, now... this is what we like to see here at Yestermonth. The greatest pianist in jazz history, and the greatest classical pianist of the 20th century, both pooping on the same day, 33 years apart. Yes, it's all Tatum & Horowitz today on YiDM, Pianists Pooping Properly edition.

10-31: Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer / Chowdiah / UK Shivaraman / Vinayakraman : Parvathi Mysore 1965 + Beaucoup de Danses Macabres!

1634 – Erasmus Widmann (German composer, cantor & organist)
1654 – Francisco Correa de Arauxo (Spanish organist, composer & music theorist)
1744 – Leonardo Leo (Italian composer)
1768 – Francesco Maria Veracini (Italian composer & violinist)
1815 – Daniel Belknap (American farmer, mechanic, militia captain, poet, composer, singing teacher & tunebook publisher)
1870 – Mihály Mosonyi (Hungarian composer)
1887 – George Alexander Macfarren (English composer & pianist, blind from a young age)
1923 – Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin (French luthier & bowmaker)
1969 – Hugo Pfister (Swiss composer)
1975 – Sachin Dev Burman [শচীন দেব বর্মন] (Indian composer, Bengali singer & Hindi film music director)
1989 – Conrad Beck (Swiss composer)
1995 – Alan Bush (English composer, pianist & teacher)
1995 – Lavada "Dr. Hepcat" Durst (American blues pianist & singer)
1995 – Lloyd Lambert (American R&B & rock bass guitarist)
2003 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer [செம்மங்குடி ஸ்ரீனிவாச ஐயர்] (Indian Tamil singer of Carnatic music)

Not many familiars for this Samhain, but I was fortunate enough to locate a recording of the legendary Tamil singer Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer that is as historic as it is lo-fi. Other than that, nada. So I thought we'd have a little fun and belatedly celebrate the holiday right (hey, it's Hallowe'en everyday here at YiDM) with a little mix featuring a variety of recordings of the delightful Danse macabre, Op. 40 by Camille Saint-Saëns (1874). In it, you'll find not only complete orchestral versions (ranging in date from 1927 to 1959), but versions for violin & piano, violin with chamber ensemble, and organ. In addition, you'll hear the chanson of the same name Saint-Saëns wrote in 1872, the "Fossils" movement from his Carnival of the Animals, and a Horowitz transcription, which, if you know anything about those, takes some extreme liberties with the original material. Enjoy! And be safe, kiddies...