{"product_id":"fats-waller-1","title":"Fats Waller","description":"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 several Broadway shows. Waller's gargantuan appetites have been celebrated in anecdotes and earlier biographies. He is seen by jazz historians as a man of immense musical talent that was never fulfilled. In this fully revised and updated biography of Waller, Alyn Shipton re-examines his career, arguing that his talents as a songwriter, show composer, and brilliant recording and broadcasting artist have not been fully appreciated. In a newly written final chapter, there is a comprehensive survey of Waller's recordings as they have been reissued for the CD era.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54225559093592,"sku":"9780826476197","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780826476197_be9d3146-3ae0-408f-a218-9b527b0ddb04.jpg?v=1743740123","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/fats-waller-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}