Dancin' In the Dark - Jazz Characters

Art Tatum miraculously revolutionised the piano, causing neither fuss nor mutiny, simply thanks to his infinite patience and fiendish technique. Although he neither obliterated the stride style nor demolished the codes of swing, he did push contemporary boundaries a considerable distance by extending harmonic possibilities. If we weren't talking about music, we might even consider this blind visionary, whose influence is still tangible today, to have brought about a silent revolution.