Fats Waller

by Alyn Shipton

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826476198
• ISBN13: 9780826476197
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.7"