Art Tatum
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- Born
- 1909
- Died
- 1956
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The complete Capitol recordings, volume one
- Piano starts here
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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
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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
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Key dates
- Born
- 13 October 1909
- Died
- 5 November 1956
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Art
- Family name
- Tatum
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Toledo
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
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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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