Fats Waller
The Cheerful Little Earful
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2003
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Rev ed.
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-8264-6534-4 (ISBN)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (Verlag)
978-0-8264-6534-4 (ISBN)
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In this 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 appreciated. A final chapter provides a survey of Waller's recordings as they have been reissued for the CD era.
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.
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.
Alyn Shipton presents jazz radio programmes for the BBC and is a critic for The Times. His most recent books are A New History of Jazz (Continuum, 2001) and Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie (Oxford University Press, 1999).
| Reihe/Serie | Bayou Jazz Lives S. |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 55 b&w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 319 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8264-6534-X / 082646534X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8264-6534-4 / 9780826465344 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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