- Art Tatum "Jewels In The Treasure Box : The 1953 Chicago Blue Note Jazz Club Recordings" !
- Limited edition 180 gram (3 LP) gatefold set !
- Mastered with meticulous sound restoration by Matthew Lutthans !
- Pressed at Le Vinylist !
- Massive Booklet with rare photos by Herman Leaonard, Bob Parent and the Holzfeind family archives !
- Interviews with Ahmad Jamal, Sonny Rollins, Monty Alexander, ELEW, Spike Wilner, Johnny O'Neal, Michael Weiss and Terry Gibbs, and more !
- Dazzling limited edition set presents almost three hours of the keyboard virtuoso in full flight with his trio at Chicago's Blue Note Jazz Club in August 1953 !

Resonance Records, the independent label home of award-winning, previously unreleased jazz recordings, presents Jewels in the Treasure Box, a dazzling (3 LP) set of newly unearthed, unissued live recordings by the incomparable pianist Art Tatum as a limited edition Record Store Day 2024 release.

Clocking in at nearly three hours, the collection features 39 unheard performances by Tatum and his trio featuring guitarist Everett Barksdale and bassist Slam Stewart at the Blue Note jazz club at 56 W. Madison Street in the Chicago Loop. The set, recorded by owner Frank Holzfeind during dates at the intimate club on August 16-28, 1953, is being produced with the full cooperation of the Art Tatum Estate and the Holzfeind family.

Tatum and his band are heard in stellar form on these recordings, which are a major addition to the small group of extant live performances by the keyboard maestro, who died in 1956. The pianist, who also plays several audience-requested solos, unleashes every staggering feature of his formidable technique.

Resonance co-president Zev Feldman, the award-winning "Jazz Detective" who produced the Tatum collection, says of this landmark project, "Resonance's founder and co-president George Klabin and I were elated by the promise of releasing an album of previously unissued Art Tatum material. From the moment we started working together over a decade ago, Tatum was someone who inspired both of us personally and deeply.

"For many years, we've each had the feeling that if we could find some unissued Art Tatum recordings, that would be a holy grail for us, the realization of a dream. The reality of these performances far exceeds my expectations. It's remarkable that these recordings exist at all, but that they are superb is simply thrilling, and we're delighted to have an opportunity to present them to the public for the very first time".