Vance, Joel — Fats Waller - His LIfe And Times

Robson Books 1979 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/G. x+179pp, 7pp b/w plates, index, head & tail of the dustjacket water stained, laid in is a promotional flyer from a 1982 Jazz concert where top of the bill was Al Casey, Casey has signed one of the plates in the book in which he appears, ink school stamp to the endpaper ( but the book is not ex library ). A critical study of the life & musical legacy of Thomas Wright 'Fats' Waller [ 1904 - 1943 ] the American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer.