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Art Tatum

BAND RANKINGS:

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All Time

of 149,987

5,003
Decades
- 1930s
  
  of 20
  
  2
- 1940s
  
  of 38
  
  0
- 1950s
  
  of 170
  
  0
- 1980s
  
  of 1,418
  
  0
- 1990s
  
  of 7,254
  
  6,417
- 2000s
  
  of 10,556
  
  0
Genres
- Jazz
  
  of 1,947
  
  693
- Pop
  
  of 13,659
  
  4,574

CAREER SPAN:

Decade

Album Score

# Albums

1930s

3.1011

1940s

0.0000

1950s

0.0000

1980s

0.0000

1990s

0.0653

2000s

0.0000

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.

Overall Band Score: Art Tatum is ranked overall as 1.5201 out of 4 stars

1.5201

Art Tatum Biography

Formed:

October 1909

Disbanded:

November 1956

Genres:

Blues, International, Jazz, Miscellaneous, Pop

Labels:

Acrobat/city Hall, Allegro Corporation, Allegro Distributed Labels, Allegro Distributed Lines, Asl Living Era, Best Of Jazz/city Hall, Black Lion/da Music, Blue Note, Capitol/emi/sbk/chrysalis, Cbs/epic/wtg Records, Classics, Classics French, Classics Records/city Hall, Collectables Records, Drive Archives

History:

Art Tatum was among the most extraordinary of all jazz musicians, a pianist with wondrous technique who could not only play ridiculously rapid lines with both hands (his 1933 solo version of "Tiger Rag" sounds as if there were three pianists jamming together) but was harmonically 30 years ahead of his time; all pianists have to deal to a certain extent with Tatum's innovations in order to be taken seriously. Able to play stride, swing, and boogie-woogie with speed and complexity that could only ...more

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