Word: tatum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie, they took a hand in fearlessly turning jazz inside itself, then inside out, as they created bebop. But Powell found distinctive melodic nuances on his keyboard. He wasn't as witty and romantic as Nat Cole or as exuberant a geometrician as Art Tatum, both non-beboppers. But he could find a secret, personal vibrancy on a standard like Jerome Kern's Yesterdays, or combine a dark heart with a soaring spirit in such tunes of his own as Crossin' the Channel and Cleopatra's Dream. And he could make...
...stride pianist, and he started giving his son lessons at the age of three. By the time Bud was seven, his father claimed, neighborhood musicians would come by and take the boy out so everyone could admire his chops. At 10 he could play Fats Waller and Art Tatum. While he was still in his teens, Powell fell in with Thelonious Monk, who after a time would even let Bud take over the piano for an evening's final set. Powell made his first recordings with trumpeter Cootie Williams' orchestra...
...youngest person to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress was Tatum O'Neal, who received the prize in 1974, at 10, for her performance in Paper Moon. O'Neal was all Hollywood; Paquin's story is different. Her parents are both teachers, and she was chosen from 5,000 girls for The Piano. In fact, she auditioned because her older sister was trying out for the part, and she just wanted to come along...
...women, who have a talented group of returners and incoming freshman, are led by senior Alais Griffin and junior Tatum Simon...
...women, who have a talented group of returners and incoming freshman, are led by senior Alais Griffin and junior Tatum Simon...