Even as the blind, legendary jazz pianist Art Tatum lay dying, the piano remained his central link to a world he saw only as shadows filtered through the murky lens of one barely functioning eye.

If blues icon Robert Johnson is a phantom, then pianist Art Tatum is a myth. In spite of James Lester's 1995 biography Too Marvelous For Words: The Life and Genius of Art Tatum (Oxford University ...

Fifty years ago Sunday, the jazz musician Art Tatum died. He's been called one of the piano geniuses of all time, in any genre. Yet his legacy is often overlooked. It's hard to summon enough ...

A new musical will honor the legacy of Art Tatum - a renowned jazz musician from Toledo - with its premier at a Toledo Library branch next month. "Art Tatum: The Musical" is a one-act musical aiming ...

For the critic, the word "best" is like a grenade without a pin: Toss it around too freely and you're likely to get your hand blown off. But you won't get many arguments from musicians if you toss it ...