Fats Waller
USA
Born: 21 May 1904
Died: 15 December 1943
Years Active: 40
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Big Band/Swing, Stride, Early Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz, Jive
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Not only was Fats Waller one of the greatest pianists jazz has ever known, he was also one of its most exuberantly funny entertainers -- and as so often happens, one facet tends to obscure the other. His extraordinarily light and flexible touch belied his ample physical girth; he could swing as hard as any pianist alive or dead in his classic James P. Johnson-derived stride manner, with a powerful left hand delivering the octaves and tenths in a tireless, rapid, seamless stream. Waller also pioneered the use of the pipe organ and Hammond organ ...
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