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Art Tatum

Art Tatum
US jazz pianist Art Tatum came to New York in 1932 and had become famous by the late 1930s. His technical dexterity and complex harmonic vocabulary won much admiration from his peers, and influenced many later artists such as Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonious Monk.
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