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Title: Art Tatum - Masterpieces
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Jazz, Stride Piano/Solo Jazz Piano, Toledo, Ohio / New York, New York 6/26
Matrix #: MCA2-4019
Condition: NM LM | Members: Art T (09' - 56')
Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology Tatum came out of the stride piano tradition but pushed it so far harmonically and technically that later bebop players treated him like a one-man jazz conservatory.
2. Personal Struggle Tatum was legally blind from childhood, yet developed a terrifyingly precise keyboard command that made even major pianists feel like students in the room.
3. Studio Lore Masterpieces collects earlier recordings that helped preserve Tatum’s solo-piano genius for later LP-era listeners, long after his death at only 47.

6/3/26 LM