Robert Doerschuk, 88 – The Giants of Jazz Piano, p. 58 "by consensus, the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived." When Leonard Feather was compiling his Encyclopedia of Jazz in the mid-1950s, he polled a number of musicians about the players they themselves most admired on their respective instruments. More than two-thirds of the pianists surveyed put Tatum at the top of the list. Gene Lees conducted a similar poll thirty years later, and again Tatum dominated the results.Gioia, Ted. “The Dozens: Art Tatum at 100”. Jazz.com. 2012년 9월 11일에 확인함.
