re: "vibe" similar to that produced by Art Tatum?

I was thinking about Dan Stearns' [somewhat cryptic] comments on art
Tatum's playing the other day, and yesterday I had a listening experience
that perhaps was related: the Adagio from Mahler, Symphony 10. This
has lots of moments/events where notes sound deliciously, poignantly
"out-of-tune" (relative to 12Tet); I wonder if this was what Dan was
getting at; i.e. making 12Tet sound "xenharmonic," if you will, though
staying within its bounds.
Probably, that wasn't what he meant at all, but at any rate, it seems like
a fascinating piece to check out from a tuning perspective, due to all of
the play on traditional tonal language (for example, weird-ass
"substitutions" for what might have been run-of-the-mill deceptive
cadences).

Anyone a fan of this tune?

***From: Christopher Bailey******************

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