Stride: The Music Of Fats Waller

Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers, 1985. Hardcover. VG (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, internal stamps, usual markings, etc. edge-wear to covers. dustjacket has ID to lower spine; taped to cover edges; cover scuffed). grey boards w/ silver spine printing. book xv, 167 pgs. grey illustrated dustjacket w/ protective plastic. From a college library. Pages clean an remains tightly bound. A nice copy. "This first book-length examination of Waller's music demonstrates his art as an important current running through the mainstream of jazz and provides an insightful look at his life and his music. Beginning with a brief biographical chapter, Machlin analyzes several of Waller's 1929 piano solos in detail, and includes critical corollaries on his accompanimental and vocal styles early in his career. He describes the style known as "stride," a keyboard technique in which the left hand is constantly alternating between a bass note and a tenor-range chord. He also examines Waller's pipe organ recordings and the more introspective music of his heyday, 1935-43, and Waller's influence on Duke Ellington and Count Basie. The comprehensive discography illuminates the magnitude and breadth of Waller's accomplishment"--Publisher.