Stride! Fats, Jimmy, Lion, Lamb, and All the Other Ticklers

by Fell, John L.; Vinding, Terkild

• ISBN13: 9780810835634
• ISBN10: 0810835630
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-28
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Drawing on the authors' personal interviews and biographies, Stride! traces stride piano from generation to generation, from the originators Eubie Blake, Luckey Roberts, and James P. Johnson, through a succession of pianists like Willie the Lion Smith. Fell and Vinding also examine its influence on Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Joe Sullivan, and Johnny Guarnieri, concluding with a third and fourth generations that include Ralph Sutton, Dick Hyman, and Dick Wellstood. The authors describe the exceptional Donald Lambert from personal experience.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix	(2)
Dan Morgenstern
Preface	xi	(2)
Acknowledgments	xiii	(2)
Introduction	xv
1. Dancing into Jazz	1	(6)
2. Before Stride	7	(6)
3. Raggin' the Scale	13	(12)
4. The Birthing	25	(12)
5. Shoutin' in the Amen Corner	37	(6)
6. Stride Right	43	(18)
7. Buffet Flat	61	(10)
8. Ticklers: Ragtime and Popular Song	71	(10)
9. Eubie Blake (1883-1983)	81	(6)
10. Luckey Roberts (1887-1968)	87	(6)
11. James P. Johnson (1894-1955)	93	(8)
12. Bluin' the Rags	101	(4)
13. Hank Duncan (1894-1968)	105	(4)
14. Willie "the Lion" Smith (1897-1963)	109	(6)
15. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974)	115	(8)
16. Cliff Jackson (1902-1970)	123	(4)
17. Earl Kenneth "Father" Hines (1905-1983)	127	(8)
18. Donald "the Lamb" Lambert (1904-1962)	135	(8)
19. Thomas "Fats" Waller (1904-1943)	143	(16)
20. William "Count" Basie (1904-1984)	159	(6)
21. Joe Sullivan (1906-1971)	165	(6)
22. Joe Turner (1907-1990)	171	(2)
23. Art Tatum (1910-1956)	173	(6)
24. Johnny Guarnieri (1917-1985)	179	(8)
25. Perfunctory Stride	187	(2)
26. Ralph Sutton (1922- )	189	(4)
27. Dick Hyman (1927- )	193	(6)
28. Dick Wellstood (1927-1987)	199	(4)
29. Coda	203	(2)
Appendix 1 Clubs, Theaters, and Ballrooms	205	(2)
Appendix 2 The Compositions of Luckey Roberts	207	(8)
Appendix 3 The Compositions of Willie "the Lion" Smith	215	(2)
Appendix 4 Facsimile of Earl Hines's Funeral and Memorial Service Program	217	(2)
Appendix 5 The Compositions of Fats Waller	219	(4)
Bibliography	223	(10)
Index	233	(4)
About the Author	237