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Tag: Fats Waller

Listening Log: Week 6

Charles Ives, Scott Joplin & Scott Hayden, Eubie Blake

Published October 23, 2020
Categorized as Listening Log Tagged 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 and Stride – Two American Piano Styles

Breaking down the defining features of the closely related piano styles of Ragtime and Stride

Published July 13, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Piano, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin, Stride, Stride Piano, Willie "The Lion" Smith

Jitterbug Waltz

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

Published September 21, 2019
Categorized as American Music History Tagged 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
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