Stride, the music of Fats Waller
By: Paul S. Machlin.
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Waller, Fats, 1904-1943 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Jazz -- Analysis, appreciation.
First sentence: Harlem: the spiritual, cultural, and intellectual center of urban life for pre- and post-Depression black Americans; the fabled nucleus of sensational and forbidden pleasures for white society’s urban upper crust who came there to savor, among other experiences, sensual and exotic nightclub extravaganzas.
Description: Covers Waller's formative experience as a church and theater organist, and as a stride pianist.  Detailed analysis of Waller's recordings up to 1934, with emphasis on pipe-organ music, to determine the influence of Waller's early experience on his playing.  Selective analysis of recordings between 1934 and 1940 to determine how Waller's exclusive contract with Victor and its emphasis on popular music influenced Waller's abilities as an innovative and skilled jazz musician.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 114-117.
Discography: p. 118-162.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: About the Author, vi; title: Preface, vii; title: Acknowledgements, ix; title: Chronology, xii; title: . 1 "Exuberance is the Spontaniety of Life", 1; title: . 2 Waller Strides Forward, 8; title: . 3 Born Again: The Pipe Organ as Jazz Instrument, 41; title: . 4 Transformations, 78; title: Appendix, 103; title: Notes and References, 105; title: Selected Bibliography, 114; title: Discography, 118; title: Index, 163