Fats Waller - Softcover

Maurice Waller; Anthony Calabrese

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0028648854 ISBN 13: 9780028648859

Publisher: Music Sales Corporation, 1997

Synopsis

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About this title

About the Author:

Maurice Waller (1927–1989) was a composer, pianist, and the son of legendary musician Fats Waller.

Anthony Calabrese (1938–1996) was a freelance writer, journalist, and film producer.

Michael Lipskin is a veteran stride pianist and former protégé of Harlem jazz master Willie “the Lion” Smith.

Review:

"Fats was my first jazz piano influence and his spirit is still vital to my approach to jazz . . . Maurice Waller’s book about his father clarifies what has been for so long just story and rumor. Now I feel I know his legend from an authentic source—his son. Thanks, Maurice. Fats lives, indeed."—Dave Brubeck

"A delightful look into the Jazz Age."—Chicago Tribune

"Maurice Waller’s look-back at life with, or mostly without, his father is an affectionate and remarkably objective portrait of a lovable, exasperating, comedy-prone, joy-spreading, and excessively self-indulgent and talented jazz pianist, organist, and composer, who was also a warm and generous parent."—Christian Science Monitor

About this edition

• Publisher: Music Sales Corporation
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0028648854
• ISBN 13: 9780028648859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255