Fats Waller carried the stride piano style to its highest levels of sophistication, virtuosity, and creativity. This collection brings 15 of his greatest solos to the printed page, transcribed note-for-note from Waller's own recordings. Included are the showpieces Handful of Keys and Smashing Thirds, the visionary musical dialogue Clothes Line Ballet, the boogie-woogie parodies Alligator Crawl and Viper's Drag, solo versions of his popular songs Ain't Misbehavin', Honeysuckle Rose, I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling, and more. The transcriber, noted concert pianist and scholar Paul Posnak, also provides a biography of Waller and notes on the transcriptions . | fats by Fats Waller, Paperback | Indigo Chapters