Date of Birth
13 October 1909,
Toledo, Ohio, USA
Date of Death
5 November 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA (uremia)
Birth Name
Arthur Taylor Jr.
Nickname
Mr T
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Trivia
Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Jasmine Terrace.
Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1985.
Considered the greatest jazz pianist of all-time.
His skill on the piano was so great that other musicians would defer from playing it in his presence. When he walked into a club where Fats Waller was playing, Waller said "I play the piano, but God is in the house tonight."
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