Fats Waller and the Stride Tradition
The stride piano style's finest flowering was in the playing of Fats Waller , who died 60 years ago. In this four-part series, Alyn Shipton explores the history of the twofisted style. 1: Handful of Keys. Stride piano
! developed in turn-of-the-century Atlantic
City and after the First World War it arrived in New York. Featuring the music of Eubie Blake , James P Johnson , Willie "the Lion" Smith, Butch Thompson and Fats himself.