Genius of Thomas 'fats' Waller (Song Album).
Title | Genius of Thomas 'fats' Waller (Song Album). PDF eBook |
Author | Fats Waller |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | |
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The Genius of Thomas "Fats" Waller
Title | The Genius of Thomas "Fats" Waller PDF eBook |
Author | Fats Waller |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Piano music (Jazz) |
ISBN | 9780711959811 |
Fats Waller
Title | Fats Waller PDF eBook |
Author | Maurice Waller |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 2017-08-22 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1452956677 |
Thomas “Fats” Waller was a legendary stride pianist, a wildly entertaining comedic singer, and the composer of such classic melodies as “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” and hundreds more. This is the intimate, behind-the-scenes story of his exuberant life, as told by his son, Maurice Waller. The public knew him as a charming, rascally, and effervescent showman. Friends like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Irving Berlin, and George Gershwin knew him as a serious piano stylist and composer. Maurice Waller reveals the rarely seen side of Fats as a family man, struggling to juggle domestic affairs with the demands of being one of the era’s busiest jazz men. From his earliest days as a child prodigy to his wild nights playing Harlem rent parties to his appearances on stages around the world and his eventual commercial success, it’s all here. Few stories capture the frenetic energy of the age quite as well as the life story of this rollicking, hard living jazz icon.
Thomas "Fats" Waller (Songbook)
Title | Thomas "Fats" Waller (Songbook) PDF eBook |
Author | Fats Waller |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1998-05-01 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1458450147 |
(Piano Solo Personality). The 2nd edition now features 16 of Waller's best, including: African Ripples * Ain't Misbehavin' * Alligator Crawl * Clothes Line Ballet * E-Flat Blues * Gladyse * Handful of Keys * Honeysuckle Rose * I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling * Keepin' Out of Mischief Now * My Feelings Are Hurt * Numb Fumblin' * Russian Fantasy * Smashing Thirds * Valentine Stomp * Viper's Drag.
All Music Guide
Title | All Music Guide PDF eBook |
Author | Vladimir Bogdanov |
Publisher | Hal Leonard Corporation |
Pages | 1508 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780879306274 |
Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.
The Music of Thomas "Fats" Waller
Title | The Music of Thomas "Fats" Waller PDF eBook |
Author | John R. T. Davies |
Publisher | |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Ain't Misbehavin'
Title | Ain't Misbehavin' PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Kirkeby |
Publisher | Da Capo Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 1975-08-22 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780306800153 |
Once the king of the blues-derived "stride" school of jazz piano, Fats Waller earned his reputation as the most perfect of all jazz pianists with impeccable time keeping, instrumental mastery, the intensity of swing, and melodic gift. He arrived on the scene just as jazz was flowering nationwide, and he reaped a harvest of fame and fortune through his piano rolls, recordings, and much-lauded European tours. His death . . . in 1943, marked the end of the swing era. This informal narrative of Waller's life and music—a moving memoir of a musical genius and an outstanding human being—was written by Fats' personal manager. Reviewing Fats' brief but stellar career, Kirkeby reveals a life that was filled with paradoxes, and a man who moved with ease from a middle-class churchgoing home to New York's speakeasy subculture. Kirkeby details Waller's collaboration with lyricist Andy Razaf; his friendships with James P. Johnson, Willie "the Lion" Smith, and Duke Ellington; and his successful forays into films and Broadway musicals, including Hot Chocolates and Stormy Weather (with Lena Horne). He also weaves in his own personal memoir and includes a selected discography listing the most representative Waller recordings.