Fats Waller
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Fats Waller

  1. 257 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1. 1864-1904 The Background of the Waller Family
  10. 2. 1914-1919 Fats Discovers Harlem Nightlife
  11. 3. 1919 The Death of Fats' Mother
  12. 4. 1920-1922 Fats Meets James P. Johnson and Willie The Lion Smith
  13. 5. 1922-1924 Fats Marries Edith
  14. 6. 1923-1924 Fats and the Music Publishers
  15. 7. 1924-1926 Fats Meets His Second Wife and Captain Maines
  16. 8. 1927-1928 Fats Writes Keep Shufflin'
  17. 9. 1928-1929 Fats Writes Load of Coal
  18. 10. 1930-1931 Fats Becomes a Recording Regular for RCA
  19. 11. 1932-1933 Fats Goes to Work for WWL
  20. 12. 1934-1936 Fats Makes It to the Top as a Composer and Recording Artist
  21. 13. 1937-1943 Buster Shepherd Remembers the Good and the Bad Times
  22. 14. 1940-1943 Fats at His Peak as a Recording Artist and Songwriter
  23. 15. Maurice Remembers His Father
  24. 16. 1943 The Death of Fats
  25. Recording Dates and Personnel
  26. Fats Waller's Published Songs
  27. Fats Waller's Unpublished Songs
  28. Fats Waller's Piano Rolls
  29. Song Arrangements
  30. Index