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 ...

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 ...