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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Tatum #163296 11/08/2006 3:37 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin Heard that a college professor had coined this word to mean the smallest unit of time perceivable to the human brain. Brilliant I thought, and perhaps a candidate for WWTD. The term is an eponym from the blind jazz pianist, Art Tatum. Anyone know him? I didn't until hearing about him recently. He was famous for playing horrendous numbers of accidentals between the notes of standard songbook melodies. His illustrious friends preferred to call him just plain 'God'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tatum #163297 11/08/2006 3:42 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass brilliant! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tatum #163298 11/08/2006 4:06 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin belligerentyouth old hand belligerentyouth old hand Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin Sorry that's 'wwftd', of course. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tatum #163299 11/10/2006 4:14 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague Yes, I listened to Art Tatum and most of that generation of jazz musicians. Fats Waller, Art Blaky , Sten Getz, all those illustrious names. ( maybe spelled wrong) But would that tatum or smallest unit of time percievable to the human brain be absolute or would it differ with each individual's brain? Is the human brain or just human brains? Last edited by BranShea; 11/10/2006 4:16 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tatum #163300 11/10/2006 4:20 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont my tatum is bigger than your tatum. and that's no small potatums. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tatum' s cosmic joke #163301 11/11/2006 11:20 AM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague I dont't doubt it. ;>-,) So I say potaitums and you say potaatums? But,business: Tatums little cosmic joke was that early this morning, in a classic radio- channel program, a well know Dutch musician who could present his favorites and talk about it, also had a small Jazz issue . Before he announced his favorite I knew it would be Tatum. As it was. Oh, that's isn't cosmic, that's downright psychic. It was a 1955-take he offered: Begin the Beguin. (start of the day)!! I hadn't thought of Art Tatum since 1960 till yesterday's topic and Jazz is rarely mentioned in this classic program. Presentator added anecdote: Horowitz was his great admirer and they met several times. Horowitz asked if he could try to play one of Tatums pieces which he got and he studied it note by note and performed at Tatums place exactly like Tatum did. Tatum's reaction was: 'Fantstic! Now , you see, you could also still do it this way: he set down and played the piece in a variation that was even far greater than the first version. Horowitz never came back . Last edited by BranShea; 11/11/2006 12:53 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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