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Bud Powell
Bud Powell
American pianist and composer
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Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Canadian jazz pianist, band leader, composer
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John Lewis
John Lewis
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Lennie Tristano
Lennie Tristano
American jazz pianist and composer
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Tommy Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan
American jazz pianist
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Dodo Marmarosa
Dodo Marmarosa
American musician
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Jaki Byard
Jaki Byard
American musician
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Hank Jones
Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
American jazz pianist
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Horace Silver
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Ran Blake
Ran Blake
American musician
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Cecil Taylor
Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Walter Page
Walter Page
American jazz musician
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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
American jazz saxophonist and composer
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Ray Bryant
Ray Bryant
American pianist
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Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Monk
American jazz pianist and composer
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Red Garland
Red Garland
American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
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Ray Brown
Ray Brown
American jazz double bassist and cellist
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Mal Waldron
Mal Waldron
American jazz pianist and composer
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Bill Evans
Bill Evans
American jazz pianist
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Paul Bley
Paul Bley
Canadian free jazz, post-bop pianist and keyboardist
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Eddie Costa
Eddie Costa
American jazz musician; pianist and vibraphonist
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Muhal Richard Abrams
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
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John Hicks
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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Brad Mehldau
Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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Andrew Hill
Andrew Hill
American jazz pianist and composer
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Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal
American jazz pianist
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Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
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McCoy Tyner
McCoy Tyner
American jazz pianist
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Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern
American pianist
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Charlie Christian
Charlie Christian
American swing and jazz guitarist
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George Russell
George Russell
American pianist and composer
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Martin Taylor
Martin Taylor
British guitarist
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Dorothy Donegan
Dorothy Donegan
American jazz pianist
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J. C. Heard
J. C. Heard
American musician
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Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel
American jazz guitarist
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Junior Mance
Junior Mance
American musician
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Stanley Cowell
Stanley Cowell
American musician
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader
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Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller
American pianist
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Erroll Garner
Erroll Garner
American jazz pianist and composer
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Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
American musician, composer, lyricist and arranger
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Elmo Hope
Elmo Hope
American musician
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J. J. Johnson
J. J. Johnson
American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)
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Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn
American musician
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
American jazz trumpeter
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Lou Stein
Lou Stein
American musician
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Norman Granz
Norman Granz
American jazz musician and producer
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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
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Machito
Machito
Latin jazz musician
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Albert Ammons
Albert Ammons
American jazz pianist, recording artist
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Adam Makowicz
Adam Makowicz
Polish-Canadian musician
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Carla Bley
Carla Bley
American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader
Intro
American jazz pianist
Awards Received
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Grammy Hall of Fame
Grammy Hall of Fame
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo
Nominated For
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Arthur Tatum Jr. (/ˈteɪtəm/, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field. From early in his career, Tatum's technical ability was regarded by fellow musicians as extraordinary. Many pianists attempted to copy him; others questioned their own skills after encountering him, and some even switched instruments in response. In addition to being acclaimed for his virtuoso technique, Tatum extended the vocabulary and boundaries of jazz piano far beyond his initial stride influences, and established new ground in jazz through innovative use of reharmonization, voicing, and bitonality.

Tatum grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where he began playing piano professionally and had his own radio program, rebroadcast nationwide, while still in his teens. He left Toledo in 1932 and had residencies as a solo pianist at clubs in major urban centers including New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. In that decade, he settled into a pattern that he followed for most of his career – paid performances followed by long after-hours playing, all accompanied by prodigious consumption of alcohol. He was said to be more spontaneous and creative in these after-hours venues, and although the drinking did not negatively affect his playing, it did damage his health.

In the 1940s, Tatum led a commercially successful trio for a short time and began playing in more formal jazz concert settings, including at Norman Granz-produced Jazz at the Philharmonic events. His popularity diminished towards the end of the decade, as he continued to play in his own style, ignoring the rise of bebop. Granz recorded Tatum extensively in solo and small group formats in the mid-1950s, with the last session occurring only two months before the pianist's death from uremia at the age of 47.