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Art Tatum

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Noun1.Art Tatum - United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blindArt Tatum - United States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956)


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00 Hardcover ML105 This 5-volume reference presents essays on 608 20th-century musicians and composers in all genres, with the classical cellist Pablo Casals followed by Johnny Cash, for example, or Art Tatum followed by Sir John Tavener, making this an enjoyable work for browsing.
DB: Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and many other great jazz musicians objected to their music being called jazz.
Among other things, there was Moby Grape's "Naked If I Want To," played like Art Tatum covering Tom Waits, and then, wouldn't you know it, a version of Joni Mitchell's "Blue," which, even without a drummer's help, built up from skeletal to tectonic.
 
 
 
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