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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 786.21650922 EAN: 9780810835634 ISBN: 0810835630 Label: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Manufacturer: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: January 28, 1999 Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Studio: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Could Be BetterHarlem stride piano is one of the most joyous of all jazz styles, and there has long been a need for a good book on the subject. The book offers a number of historical and contextualising chapters before a series of profiles of the major players. It is the profiles that are the real problem. Firstly, Earl Hines, great as he was, was not a stride player. Second, the profiles offer very little new information or analysis. Many of them are largely given over to identifying out-of-print ... Read More 
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