Fats Waller Paperback / softback
by Alyn Shipton
Paperback / softback
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Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet, eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds.
The greatest of the Harlem "stride" pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band that made over 400 recordings, and he wrote several Broadway shows.
Waller's gargantuan appetites have been celebrated in anecdotes and earlier biographies.
He is seen by jazz historians as a man of immense musical talent that was never fulfilled.
In this fully revised and updated biography of Waller, Alyn Shipton re-examines his career, arguing that his talents as a songwriter, show composer, and brilliant recording and broadcasting artist have not been fully appreciated.
In a newly written final chapter, there is a comprehensive survey of Waller's recordings as they have been reissued for the CD era.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:194 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:15/01/2005
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- ISBN:9780826476197
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:194 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:15/01/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780826476197