Art Tatum

Art Tatum
Born: Oct 13, 1909 in Toledo, OH
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Died: Nov 5, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Stride, Boogie-Woogie
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
The Tatum Touch
Released: 1949
Label: Columbia
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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 review
Art Tatum-Ben Webster Quartet
Released: 1956
Label: Verve
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The only album-length collaboration between pianist Art Tatum and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster (accompanied by a rhythm section of Red Callender, bass, and Bill Douglass, drums) was this September 11, ...Read full review
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