It's not just jazz, but all fields of music except maybe "classical," and even in that field, if one searched widely enough, a recording could probably be found where there's at least one unison that's a little "out." But yes, especially in jazz and blues, out-of-tune pianos show up all over the place. Even for top-notch artists like Art Tatum. I have one recording of his where the piano sounds horrendous because they were too cheap to tune it. I've also heard out-ot-tune pianos on recordings by Thelonious Monk, Earl Hines, Otis Spann, Count Basie, et al. I mentioned in a previous post a couple years ago that I went to see Keith Jarrett at the Village Vanguard in New York in the 70's or 80's. I showed up way ahead of time to be certain of getting a seat, and Keith himself came in early to tune the piano. The club owner was too cheap, even though Keith was already a big name.
--David Nereson
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