Daedalus, Vol. 142, No. 4, American Music (Fall 2013), pp. 109-119 (11 pages) Just before he died in 1943, Fats Waller wrote the music for a Broadway book musical with a mostly white cast, the first ...

With the stride style he adapted from ragtime, Harlem native Thomas “Fats” Waller became a huge influence on the way jazz was played on the piano. Now you can watch his music performed in the ...

THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NFL HALL OF FAMER BRIAN DAWKINS SHARES HOW DOCTOR GUION (GUY-ON) BLUFORD MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GO TO SPACE. THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH ...

Jools is joined by musician and writer Roxanne de Bastion, with music by Mendelssohn, Chopin, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian and Fats Waller. Show more In a new show for Saturday lunchtimes, Jools ...