As I've posted in the past, Art Tatum in many ways is the father of the post-war jazz piano. His spectacular speed, love for jazzing up the American songbook and torrents of improvised ideas all would inspire pianists and other instrumentalists who followed.
Today, we tend to think of Tatum exclusively as an artist from the 1930s and '40s. And while the …
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