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Tatum, Art(hur) (1910–1956)US jazz pianist. He is considered among the most technically brilliant of jazz pianists and is highly rated by classical pianists. His technique and chromatic harmonies influenced many musicians, such as Canadian jazz painist Oscar Peterson (1925– ). Self-taught and blind, he worked mainly as a soloist in the 1930s and improvised with the guitarist Tiny Grimes (1917–1989) in a trio from 1943. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Encores have included Elton John, Billy Joel, Art Tatum, Alexina Louie, Oscar Peterson and The Simpsons theme. King, Smokey Robinson, Art Tatum, Clara Ward and Jackie Wilson were his personal friends. It was a complete betrayal, best understood as a deliberate choice to forgo the bright world of ritual and tradition, of Sidney Bechet and Lester Young and Art Tatum, in favor of indiscipline, popular appeal, and youth worship--the very dark forces that, according to Marsalis, would destroy jazz in the 1970s. |
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