Stride piano was born in the rent parties and cutting contests found in the brownstone apartments of uptown Manhattan — …

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Waller and the Musical Revue Hot Chocolates Hot Feet, an all African-American musical revue with words and music by Razaf …

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Here are two interviews with Waller. The audio example is from September 23rd of 1943 and the interviewer is Hugh …

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Thomas Wright Waller was born on May 21, 1904 in a subsection of New York City, New York known as …

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Hi Everyone, If you are familiar with my others blogs, This Quiet Fire and From Basin Street to Birdland, my …

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