Fats Waller: The Cheerful Little Earful
Alyn Shipton
Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds. He was the greatest of the Harlem "stride" pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band which made over 400 recordings and he wrote several Broadway shows. Waller is seen by jazz historians as a man of immense musical talent which was never fulfilled, in the interests of his career as a popular and humorous entertainer. 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. A new final chapter, provides a comprehensive survey of Waller's recordings as they have been reissued for the CD era.
श्रेणियाँ:
साल:
2002
संस्करण:
2 Rev Sub
प्रकाशन:
Continuum International Publishing Group
भाषा:
english
पृष्ठ:
192
ISBN 10:
0826457967
ISBN 13:
9780826457967
श्रृंखला:
Bayou Jazz Lives
फ़ाइल:
PDF, 8.97 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2002