Fats Waller

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composer entertainer human jazz musician organist pianist songwriter stride pianist

Fats Waller was a pioneering American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and entertainer known for his stride piano style and humorous, charismatic performances.

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Label Occurrences
Fats Waller canonical 20
Fats Waller (Thomas Wright Waller) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
entertainer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
organist ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
stride pianist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1943 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
birthName Thomas Wright Waller ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City ⓘ
surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-05-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1943-12-15 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Waller ⓘ
father Edward Martin Waller ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
stride piano ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced Art Tatum ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Thelonious Monk ⓘ
influencedBy James P. Johnson ⓘ
Willie "The Lion" Smith ⓘ
instrument organ ⓘ
piano ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
knownFor charismatic stage presence ⓘ
humorous performances ⓘ
pioneering stride piano style ⓘ
memberOf Fats Waller and His Rhythm ⓘ
mother Adeline Locket Waller ⓘ
name Fats Waller self-link ⓘ
nickname Fats ⓘ
notableWork Ain't Misbehavin' ⓘ
Blue Turning Grey Over You ⓘ
Honeysuckle Rose ⓘ
Jitterbug Waltz ⓘ
Keepin' Out of Mischief Now ⓘ
Squeeze Me ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri
recordLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
Victor Records ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
spouse Anita Waller ⓘ
Edna Johnson ⓘ
style stride piano ⓘ

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Erroll Garner → influencedBy → Fats Waller ⓘ
I Got Rhythm → hasNotableRecordingBy → Fats Waller ⓘ
Great American Songbook → hasNotableSongwriter → Fats Waller ⓘ
Ain't Misbehavin' → composer → Fats Waller ⓘ
Ain't Misbehavin' → notablePerformer → Fats Waller ⓘ
Ain't Misbehavin' → hasNotableRecordingBy → Fats Waller ⓘ
DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Fats Waller ⓘ
Rosetta → notablePerformer → Fats Waller ⓘ
Rosetta → recordedBy → Fats Waller ⓘ
After You've Gone → hasPerformer → Fats Waller ⓘ
Regal Theater, Chicago → hostedPerformer → Fats Waller ⓘ
Bluebird Records → recordedArtist → Fats Waller ⓘ
Walker → hasNotableBearer → Fats Waller ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fats Waller (Thomas Wright Waller)
Beale Street Blues → notableRecordingBy → Fats Waller ⓘ
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller → tributeTo → Fats Waller ⓘ
Fats Waller → name → Fats Waller self-link ⓘ
James P. Johnson → influenced → Fats Waller ⓘ
James P. Johnson → notableStudent → Fats Waller ⓘ
Stormy Weather → hasCastMember → Fats Waller ⓘ
Jeepers Creepers → hasNotablePerformer → Fats Waller ⓘ
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) → notableRecordingBy → Fats Waller ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)"