Tag: Fats Waller

Listening Log: Week 6

Charles Ives, Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden, Eubie Blake

Tags Charles Ives, Charleston, Eubie Blake, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Luckey Roberts, Maple Leaf Rag, New England Conservatory, New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble, Rag, Ragtime, Ragtime Dance, Richard Zimmerman, Scott Hayden, Scott Joplin, Sunflower Slow Drag, Willie "The Lion" Smith

Ragtime Project

Ragtime and Stride – Two American Piano Styles

Post author By samspearmusic
Post date July 13, 2020
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Breaking down the defining features of the closely related piano styles of Ragtime and Stride

Tags Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Piano, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin, Stride, Stride Piano, Willie "The Lion" Smith

American Music History

Jitterbug Waltz

The history behind Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Watlz” and some of the finest renditions of the tune

Tags Abbey Lincoln, Art Tatum, Charles Mingus, Chick Corea, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, Eric Dolphy, Erroll Garner, Fats Waller, Frank Foster, Great American Songbook, Hank Jones, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Jitterbug Waltz, John Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Vince Guaraldi, Zoot Sims