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Art Tatum
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American jazz pianist (1909–1956)
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Art Tatum (1909–1956) was an African American jazz musician and pianist from the United States. Born in Toledo, he resided there before his death in Los Angeles. Tatum performed in the jazz, stride piano, and swing genres. He was blind and died of kidney failure from natural causes. His remains are buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Tatum recorded for Verve Records, Capitol Records, Folkways Records, and Brunswick Records. His works include *The complete Capitol recordings, volume one* and *Piano starts here*. He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1956
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The complete Capitol recordings, volume one
- Piano starts here
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1909
- Active to
- 1956
Discography
- Decca Presents Art Tatum in an Album of Piano Solos1940
- Piano solos1944
- Cocktails for Two / Liza / Sweet Lorraine / Hallelujah1945
- Begin the Beguine / Indiana / Poor Butterfly1946
- Body and Soul / Lover1946
- I’m Beginning to See the Light / 9:20 Special / Easy Street / Should I1946
- She’s Funny That Way / Gershwin Medley1946
- Where or When / Song of the Vagabonds / Exactly Like You1946
- Art Tatum1950
- Piano Solos Vol. 21950
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 485,379
- Total plays
- 4,622,937
Tags
Art Tatum (Arthur Tatum, Jr., October 13, 1909, Toledo, Ohio, USA - November 5, 1956, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz pianist and virtuoso who played with phenomenal facility despite being nearly blind since birth. Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. He was noted for the complexity and speed of his performances, which set a new standard for jazz piano virtuosity. Tatum drew inspiration from his contemporaries James P. <a href="https://www
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key facts
- Born
- Arthur Tatum Jr. , ( 1909-10-13 ) October 13, 1909, Toledo , Ohio, U.S.
- Died
- November 5, 1956 (1956-11-05) (aged 47), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Genres
- Jazz , stride
- Occupation
- Musician
- Instrument
- Piano
- Years active
- Mid-1920s–1956
- Labels
- Brunswick , Decca , Capitol , Clef , Verve
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Arthur Tatum Jr. (/ˈteɪtəm/, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary. Tatum also extended jazz piano's vocabulary and boundaries far beyond his initial stride influences, and established new ground through innovative use of reharmonization, voicing, and bitonality.
Tatum grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where he began playing piano professionally and had his own radio program, rebroadcast nationwide, while still in his teens. He left Toledo in 1932 and had residencies as a solo pianist at clubs in major urban centers including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. In that decade, he settled into a pattern he followed for most of his career – paid performances followed by long after-hours playing, all accompanied by prodigious alcohol consumption. He was said to be more spontaneous and creative in such venues, and although the drinking did not hinder his playing, it did damage his health.
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