Original sentence: " Nonetheless, his harmonic ideas were well ahead of his time; in the late 1930s, he was already using ideas that would find popularity in the Bebop era, ten years later.Tatum was widely recognized among his colleagues as the most gifted jazz pianist alive.Tatum's contemporaries recognized his prowess
Edited sentence: "  To his fans, however, Tatum's incandescent playing will shine brightly long after such critics have been forgotten.Coupling a prodigious memory with a genius musical mind, Tatum occupied a rarified musical realm.Harmonically, he was far ahead of his time -- using novel ideas in the late 1930s that would not be decoded for many years and would find popularity in the Bebop era, ten to twenty years later.Nearly blind from birth, he played with an effortless and astonishing technique, using harmonic variations that were years ahead of their time.Not only was he without peer, there were not even any serious contenders for Tatum's crown.Tatum was widely recognized among his colleagues and by modern day jazz pianists as the most gifted jazz pianist alive.Tatum's contemporaries recognized his prowess and were awestruck by it