Art Tatum
- MatchArt Tatum
- 100%Oscar Peterson
- 97%Bud Powell
- 95%Erroll Garner
- 93%Lester Young
- 77%Thelonious Monk
- 76%Ben Webster
- 76%Coleman Hawkins
- 71%Bill Evans
- 68%Cole Porter
- 68%Duke Ellington
Biography
13 October 1909, Toledo, Ohio, USA, d. 5 November 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA. Born into a musical family, Tatum was handicapped from birth by impaired sight. Blind in one eye and only partially sighted in the other, he nevertheless studied piano formally and learned to read music. By his mid-teens he was playing professionally in Toledo. He played briefly in the Speed Webb band, but was mostly active as a soloist or in small groups working in clubs and playing on radio. He was heard by... Read more