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Arthur Tatum Jr. (/ ˈ t eɪ t əm /, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. [1] [2] From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary.
Art Tatum Trio (Capitol, 1953) Battle of Jazz, Volume 2 septet including Tatum and Big Joe Turner; shared album with Zutty Singleton (Brunswick, 1953) The Genius of Art Tatum (Clef 1953-54)[11LP] – reissues as The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces (Pablo, 1991)[7CD] and The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces, Vol. 1-8, Pablo, 1992) Makin' Whoopee ...
The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Volume Eight is an album by pianist Art Tatum and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, with Red Callender on double bass and Bill Douglass on drums. . The 1956 session was originally released in 1958 on Verve Records album produced by Norman Granz as The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet, but Granz re-acquired the masters in the 1970s after the album was allowed to go out ...
Art Tatum (October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American pianist, widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz performers in history. Born in Toledo, Ohio, he began playing the piano professionally and hosting a nationwide radio program while in his teens. He left Toledo in 1932 and had residencies as a solo pianist at clubs in major ...
The Art Tatum - Ben Webster Quartet is an album by pianist Art Tatum and saxophonist Ben Webster featuring tracks recorded in 1956 by the Verve label and released as a 12-inch LP in 1958. [1] The album was reissued as The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Volume Eight by Pablo in 1975. [2] [3]
The Genius of Art Tatum is a 1953-54 series of solo albums by jazz pianist Art Tatum originally issued on LP over 11 volumes. [1] First released on the Clef Records label, they were added to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1978. [2]
Stride pianist Art Tatum (1909–1956) (a fan of Fats Waller and Lee Sims, who was himself a fan of the European "Impressionist" pianists such as Claude Debussy and Erik Satie, and hosted a radio program Tatum enjoyed) introduced more complex harmonies into his playing, and, like Fats Waller, would start songs with legato explorations of ...
God Is in the House is an album by pianist Art Tatum. It is a collection of informally recorded club performances from 1940 and 1941, and was first released by Onyx Records in 1973. It won two Grammy Awards .