Art Tatum

[connoisseur series500]

Saw in the local paper a few days ago that the Ohio Historical Society has finally put up a sign outside Art Tatum's house on 1123 City Park Ave here in Toledo in order to commemorate the piano great. It's about time!

It's in a crummy part of town, but I just might make my pilgrimage over there. Wonder if visitors are allowed in the house?

[brownie]

Saw in the local paper a few days ago that the Ohio Historical Society has finally put up a sign outside Art Tatum's house on 1123 City Park Ave here in Toledo in order to commemorate the piano great. It's about time!

It's in a crummy part of town, but I just might make my pilgrimage over there. Wonder if visitors are allowed in the house?

Does the sign say: GOD WAS IN THE HOUSE ?

[connoisseur series500]

Does the sign say: GOD WAS IN THE HOUSE ?

Yeah, that's cute.

The sign gives a basic rough biography. It's made of bronze. I'll have to go check it out. There was a picture of it in the paper. I don't know the technology to display it online.

[Jim Dye]

Gotcha covered, Paul!

[connoisseur series500]

Thanks Jim

[catesta]

Nice.

[JSngry]

If you look at it JUST right, that picket fence looks like a piano keyboard.

Perfect.

[montg]

Some other jazz greats from NW Ohio--Joe Henderson's from Lima OH and WIld Bil Davison's from Defiance. I wonder if they have plaques. I pased through Defiance last summer and asked the register girl at the local Wendy's if there was any commemoration of Wild Bill in town. SHe looked at me like I was nuts. "WHo's that?"

[connoisseur series500]

Jazz singer, John Hendricks is also from Toledo. Still performs here as well.