Art Tatum Information Page

Full Name	Art Tatum
Occupation	Pianist
Birthdate	October 13, 1909
Birthplace	Toledo, OH, USA
Obtained from	James Lester, Too Marvelous for Words, p. 148 [a]
Posted by	Stephen Makumbi-Kabanda
Comments	"Milt Hinton said of him: 'I marveled at what Slam [Stewart] did with him ... know at the Three Deuces, 1935, '36, when I was out there. I just wasn't up to playing all those changes that he [Art] played, you know'. Grimes remembered: 'The arguments he [Art] and Slam had were funny to me. They both had perfect pitch. You could hit on a glass, and they'd tell you what note it was, or what notes it was between. They would get into arguments about things like that, but all in fun. Because Slam had that perfect ear, Tatum couldn't lose him'." [a]