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Art Tatum
Arthur Tatum Jr. 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. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Tatum) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Tatum's Artistry
2025
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Oldies Selection, the King Art Tatum
2025
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The King of Jazz
2025
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Tea for Two
2024
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Just Jazz Presents, Art Tatum
2024
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Lover Man
2024
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My Ideal
2024
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Time on My Hands
2024
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Too Marvelous for Words
2024
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In a Sentimental Mood
2024
Singles & EPs See All
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Blue Skies
Single • 2025
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On the Sunny Side of the Street (Recorded Live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Chicago, IL August 16, 1953)
Single • 2024
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Just One of Those Things (Recorded Live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Chicago, IL August 21, 1953)
Single • 2024
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What Will I Tell My Heart
EP • 2024
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Tea for Two / Blue Skies
Single • 2023
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Soft Wind
Single • 2021
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Tenderly
Single • 2020
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Out of Nowhere (feat. Slam Stewart, Everett Barksdale) [Mono Version]
EP • 2015
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St. Louis Blues (Mono Version)
EP • 2014
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The Man I Love (Mono Version)
EP • 2014
Videos See All
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Art Tatum & Ben Webster "Where Or When"
gullivior • 131K views
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Art Tatum - Tiger Rag (1940)
Overjazz • 18K views
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Art Tatum & Ben Webster - My One and Only Love
marie maurice I • 43K views
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Art Tatum plays Caravan (1940)
gullivior • 323K views
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Art Tatum - Body And Soul
Okmusix • 754 views
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Playlist • YouTube Music
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Playlist • YouTube Music
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