Louie Bellson Smithsonian Interview Block 399 (Q11195)

I drove in with Benny Carter. We drove together. When we opened up the door at the studio in Hollywood, Art Tatum was sitting at the piano. He looked at us - he could see a little bit. Very little - he looked at us, and he said, "I hope you guys don't play anything fast. " Benny Carter and I said, he hopes we don't play anything fast. We hope he don't playing anything . . . He did something on ...