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| Born: Oct 13, 1909 in Toledo, OH | Avg.User Rating: 110 Ratings |
| Died: Nov 5, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA |
| Genre: Jazz |
| Styles: Swing, Stride, Boogie-Woogie |
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| Biography: Art Tatum was among the most extraordinary of all jazz musicians, a pianist with wondrous technique who could not only play ridiculously rapid lines with both hands (his 1933 solo version of "Tiger Rag" sounds as if there were three pianists jamming together) but was harmonically 30 years ahead of his ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1949 Label: Columbia Critics' Rating:  Caught in excerpts from a live concert performance in Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium in 1949, Tatum is in simply stunning form -- endlessly inventive, adventurous, and well-recorded for the time. "Yesterdays" ...Read full reviewReleased: 1956 Label: Verve Critics' Rating: 
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