Fats Waller and the Stride Tradition
Afour-part history of the stride piano style. 3: Harmful Little Armful
Fats Waller 's reputation as a clowning entertainer and his legacy of compositions have overshadowed his achievements as the bestofthe stride pianists. Alyn Shipton displays the surviving evidence, including solo and band recordings, piano rolls, air-shots, and collaborations by Waller with Hank Duncan and Count Basie, as well as tracks by James P Johnson and Willie "the Lion" Smith and His Cubs.