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Art Tatum
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(1909 – present)
Arthur Tatum, Jr. (1909-10-13 – 1956-11-05) was a famous American jazz pianist known for his virtuosic playing and creative improvisation.
Tatum drew inspiration from his contemporaries James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, and had a great influence on other famous jazz pianists, such as Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Chick Corea, and Oscar Peterson. Saxophonist Charlie Parker took his first job in New York as a dishwasher where Tatum played, just for the experience of hearing Tatum’s harmonic inventions.
Tatum was widely recognized among his colleagues as the most gifted jazz pianist alive, some going so far as to say he was one of the greatest pianists of any genre. Such classical luminaries as Vladimir Horowitz and Sergei Rachmaninov greatly admired his technique. Unusually for a jazz musician, Tatum rarely abandoned the original melodic lines of the songs he played, preferring innovative reharmonization (changing the chord progressions that supported the melodies). He also had a penchant for filling spaces within melodies with his trademark runs and other embellishments, which some critics considered gratuitous and “unjazzlike.”
Tatum was legally blind, although he had limited vision in one eye.
Tatum drew inspiration from his contemporaries James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, and had a great influence on other famous jazz pianists, such as Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Chick Corea, and Oscar Peterson. Saxophonist Charlie Parker took his first job in New York as a dishwasher where Tatum played, just for the experience of hearing Tatum’s harmonic inventions.
Tatum was widely recognized among his colleagues as the most gifted jazz pianist alive, some going so far as to say he was one of the greatest pianists of any genre. Such classical luminaries as Vladimir Horowitz and Sergei Rachmaninov greatly admired his technique. Unusually for a jazz musician, Tatum rarely abandoned the original melodic lines of the songs he played, preferring innovative reharmonization (changing the chord progressions that supported the melodies). He also had a penchant for filling spaces within melodies with his trademark runs and other embellishments, which some critics considered gratuitous and “unjazzlike.”
Tatum was legally blind, although he had limited vision in one eye.
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Bram_F. wrote:
Strewth!
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gregorcn wrote:
years ago, "The Best of Art Tatum" was my first jazz piano CD I ever owned. Boy, what a godsent it was, in many ways...Years later, I'm still only trying to fathom all the facets of his greatness. A true marvel.
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musicman628 wrote:
he is the pianist ever, other pianists don't come close to his level of fast and articulate playing, no doubt
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rrrattus wrote:
Every now and then I must indulge in some Art appreciation.
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BorzumSul wrote:
Virtuoso.
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phillip360 wrote:
Glue the estrus 'pataphysics group and absorb time machine lecture #6
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setonioboy wrote:
how many hands did this guy have? crazy mofo.
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straineryou wrote:
gives me a cheshire cat grin every time i listen to him.
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DoubtsonDrums wrote:
wow wee moooooo!!!!
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doceasubio wrote:
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sodiumneck wrote:
the 'pataphysics group welcomes Tatum's listeners
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Czarny_zly wrote:
magnificent !
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REB_tunes wrote:
He does the most incredible little fills in the nicest tunes. Art Tatum always makes me either smile from happiness, shake my head from amazement, or both.
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cheruj wrote:
his version of "humoresque" is so great
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stank-ass wrote:
best ever~
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GilmoursAngst wrote:
I'm gonna be completely honest......Piano Starts Here is an album from hell. It's so amazing and yet...scares me.
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Dardan-H wrote:
'Elegy' is undescribable, what a virtuosity
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avivamagnolia wrote:
Art Tatum is an icon - and was an iconic jazz pianist, one of the giants of jazz piano. His playing was prebop, and only presaged bebop, yet it was innovative, virtuosic, full of reharmonizations and sweeping cadenzas. Some felt his playing was overbearingly ornate; others liked the baroque quality of Tatum's piano just fine, calling him the god of piano and other honorifics. ~Aviva Gabriel
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avivamagnolia wrote:
The Tatum? What's The Tatum, you ask? // Well, it has a little something to do with Tatum's technical dexterity on the piano keys. Read this: // In 1993, an MIT student invented a term that is now in common usage in the field of computational musicology: The Tatum. It means the smallest perceptual time unit in music. // Source: Tristan Jehan, Creating Music by Listening, Chapter 3: Music
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SYL2Oh wrote:
An exceptional virtuosity announces new aesthetic postwar.
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