Piano jazz music artist: Fats Waller a great jazz entertainer

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Famous as much for his gargantuan appetite (for food, drink and female company) as for his musical abilities, Waller’s success as a popular entertainer and singer tended to mask his brilliance as a pianist and organist, let alone as the composer of dozens of tunes, many of which became hit songs.

Classic piano jazz - ragtime jazz from Eubie Blake

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Blake was a significant ragtime and early jazz composer, initially writing formal rag compositions but subsequently turning his band to popular songs.