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Autore |
Shipton Alyn |
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Titolo |
Fats Waller : the cheerful little earful / / Alyn Shipton |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2002 |
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©2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-71048-6 |
9786612710483 |
1-4411-6780-3 |
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Edizione |
[Rev. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Jazz musicians - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Early Life in Harlem; 2 The Musical Theater; 3 The Rhythm and the Big Band; 4 Films; 5 Fats in Europe; 6 The Final Years; 7 The Records; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Fats Waller (1904-1943) was an outsize man in all respects: five feet, eleven inches tall, he weighed 285 pounds. The greatest of the Harlem stride pianists, he composed hundreds of songs, he led a band that made over 400 recordings, and he wrote severa |
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