Fats Waller : the cheerful little earful / Alyn Shipton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shipton, Alyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.

Jazz musicians.

Waller, Fats, 1904-1943.

Waller, Fats.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2002.

Summary:

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 severa

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Early Life in Harlem; 2 The Musical Theater; 3 The Rhythm and the Big Band; 4 Films; 5 Fats in Europe; 6 The Final Years; 7 The Records; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-282-71048-6

9786612710483

1-4411-6780-3

OCLC:

664232807