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Fats Waller, Paperback / softback Book

Fats Waller Paperback / softback

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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