Editing Art Tatum (section)

==Other forms of recognition==
In 1989, Tatum's hometown of Toledo established the Art Tatum African American Resource Center in its Kent Branch Library.<ref name="lib" /> It contains print and audio materials and microfiche, and organizes cultural programs, including festivals, concerts, and a gallery for local artists.<ref name="lib">{{cite web |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/loc.afc.afc-legacies.200003439/ |title=Local Legacies |publisher=The Library of Congress|access-date=May 6, 2020 }}</ref>

In 1993, Jeff Bilmes, an [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] student in the field of computational musicology coined the term "[[Tatum (music)|tatum]]" in recognition of the pianist's speed.<ref name="BilmesConf">{{Cite conference |last= Bilmes |first=Jeff |title=Techniques to Foster Drum Machine Expressivity |year=1993 |conference=International Computer Music Conference | location=Tokyo |pages=276–283 |citeseerx=10.1.1.76.1189 }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |url=http://melodi.ee.washington.edu/~bilmes/mypapers/mit-thesis.pdf |title=Timing Is of the Essence: Perceptual and Computational Techniques for Representing, Learning, and Reproducing Expressive Timing in Percussive Rhythm |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |type=MSc |first=Jeff |last=Bilmes |date=1993 |access-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728085128/http://melodi.ee.washington.edu/~bilmes/mypapers/mit-thesis.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has been defined as "the smallest time interval between successive notes in a rhythmic phrase",<ref name="BilmesConf" /> and "the fastest pulse present in a piece of music".<ref>{{Cite conference |last1=McLeod |first1=Andrew |last2=Steedman |first2=Mark |title=Meter Detection and Alignment of MIDI Performance|year= 2018|conference=International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference |location=Paris |pages=113–119 |citeseerx=10.1.1.26.9273 }}</ref>

In 2003, a historical marker was placed outside Tatum's childhood home at 1123 City Park Avenue in Toledo, but by 2017 the unoccupied property was in a state of disrepair.<ref name="house">{{cite news |last1=McGinnis |first1=Jeff |last2=Cocoves |first2=Athena |date=February 21, 2017 |url=http://toledocitypaper.com/the-city/remembering-art-tatum/ |title=Remembering Art Tatum |work=Toledo City Paper |access-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014091254/http://toledocitypaper.com/the-city/remembering-art-tatum/ |archive-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> In 2021, Art Tatum Zone, a nonprofit organization, was awarded grants to restore the house and improve the neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Snyder |first=Kate |date=February 22, 2021 |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2021/02/22/Art-Tatum-Zone-receives-two-grant-awards/stories/20210222099 |title=Art Tatum Zone Receives Two Grant Awards |work=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]] |access-date=October 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211015114730/https://www.toledoblade.com/local/2021/02/22/Art-Tatum-Zone-receives-two-grant-awards/stories/20210222099 |archive-date=October 15, 2021}}</ref> Also in Toledo, the [[Huntington Center (Toledo)|Lucas County Arena]] unveiled a 27-feet-high sculpture, the "Art Tatum Celebration Column", in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Art Tatum Memorial |url=http://theartscommission.org/module-positions/recently-completed-projects/art-tatum-memorial|publisher=The Art Commission of Toledo|access-date=April 23, 2013 |date=September 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410080733/http://theartscommission.org/module-positions/recently-completed-projects/art-tatum-memorial |archive-date=April 10, 2013  }}</ref>