Stride!
Subtitle: Fats, Jimmy, Lion, Lamb, and all the other ticklers
By: John L. Fell and Terkild Vinding.
Contributors: Vinding, Terkild.; Rutgers University. Institute of Jazz Studies.
Series: Studies in jazz ;; no. 31
Publisher: Scarecrow Press; Institute of Jazz Studies Rutgers, State University of New Jersey; Scarecrow Press/The Institute of Jazz studies, Rutgers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lanham, Md; [New Brunswick, N.J.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Pianists -- Biography.; Jazz musicians -- Biography.; Piano music (Jazz) -- History and criticism.
Description: Stride! traces the stride piano style from its roots in minstrel shows and ragtime, through the contributions of itinerant entertainers, to its joyful birth in Harlem, where it became known as Harlem Piano. With its speakeasies, nightclubs, and rent parties, Harlem provided a setting in which hot-blooded stride could blossom. The development of stride spans a period from World War I to the depression years, and younger players maintain its traditions today.

It is a musical style marked by friendly rivalry and shared pleasures. Stride! provides a carefully documented, accurate, yet colorful account of that world and the players at the origin of stride piano.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-232) and index.