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May 1946 Background information Birth name Arthur Tatum Jr. Born ( 1909-10-13)October 13, 1909, Ohio, U.S.

Died November 5, 1956 ( 1956-11-05) (aged 47) Los Angeles, California Genres, Occupation(s) Musician Instruments Piano Years active 1927–1956 Labels,, Stinson,, Arthur Tatum Jr. (, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American pianist. Tatum is widely considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. His performances were hailed for their technical proficiency and creativity, which set a new standard for jazz piano virtuosity.

Critic wrote, 'Tatum's quick reflexes and boundless imagination kept his improvisations filled with fresh (and sometimes futuristic) ideas that put him way ahead of his contemporaries.' Art Tatum, at the Vogue Room, New York (between 1946 and 1948) For a musician of such stature, there is little published information available about Tatum's life.

Only one full-length biography has been published, Too Marvelous for Words (1994), by James Lester. Lester interviewed many of Tatum's contemporaries for the book and drew from many articles published about him. Early years [ ] Tatum was born in. His father, Arthur Tatum, Sr., was a guitarist and an elder at Grace, where his mother, Mildred Hoskins, played piano. He had two siblings, Karl and Arlene. From infancy he suffered from (of disputed cause) which left him in one eye and with only limited vision in the other. A number of surgical procedures improved his eye condition to a degree but some of the benefits were reversed when he was assaulted in 1930.

A child with, Tatum learned to play by ear, picking out church hymns by the age of three, learning tunes from the radio and copying recordings his mother owned. In a interview, he denied the widespread rumor that he learned to play by copying piano roll recordings made by two pianists. He developed a very fast playing style, without losing accuracy. As a child he was also very sensitive to the piano's and insisted it be tuned often. While playing piano was the most obvious application of his mental and physical skills, he also had an encyclopedic memory for statistics. In 1925, Tatum moved to the Columbus School for the Blind, where he studied music and learned.

He subsequently studied piano with Overton G. Rainey at either the Jefferson School or the Toledo School of Music. Rainey, who was also visually impaired, probably taught Tatum in the classical tradition, as Rainey did not improvise and discouraged his students from playing jazz.

In 1927, Tatum began playing on Toledo radio station WSPD as 'Arthur Tatum, Toledo's Blind Pianist', during interludes in Ellen Kay's shopping chat program and soon had his own program. By the age of 19, Tatum was playing at the local Waiters' and Bellmens' Club. As word of Tatum spread, national performers passing through Toledo, including,, and, would make it a point to drop in to hear the piano phenomenon.