TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Art Tatum
Art Tatum
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
1.5201
Art Tatum Album Rankings
1
There are many Art Tatum records available, but this is the one to pull out to amaze friends, particularly with Tatum's wondrous version of "Tiger Rag," during which he sounds like three pianists jamm
...more
2
This double album was taped at a private party in 1956, featuring the amazing Art Tatum on solo piano.
...more
3
This sampler has 16 Art Tatum recordings reissued in chronological order that date from 1934-1950.
...more
5
The fifth installment of Classics' Art Tatum story contains 24 piano solos that showcase the musician as the one-man band he was.
...more
7
This double LP from the late '70s brings together many valuable recordings from two of the master pianists.
...more
8
It is generally agreed that Art Tatum was the greatest jazz virtuoso of them all. Legally blind in one eye and seriously impaired in the other, Tatum learned to read music by Braille.
...more
10
There are many Art Tatum samplers to choose from on the market and all of them contain moments of brilliance.
...more
24
MCA's short-lived Decca CD-reissue program put out this gem, all of Tatum's piano solos from 1940, including two versions of the previously unknown "Sweet Emalina, My Gal.
...more
26
This Black Lion CD features brilliant piano solos originally cut as noncommercial radio transcriptions during 1938-39.
...more
28
This fantastic group of radio performances from 1940 captures the piano genius in classic form.
...more
53
Verve's Ultimate Art Tatum may not live up to its billing but the budget-priced collection is nevertheless a terrific introductory sampler.
...more