Fats Waller

Fats Waller

male, deceased (1943)
Jive singer, Ain't Misbehavin', death by pneumonia, Vaudeville performer, Swing pianist, Thomas Wright Waller…jazz pianist, Stride piano, stridepianist
Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic...
James P. Johnson

James P. Johnson

male, deceased (1955)
If I Could Be With You, Dixieland jazz musician, stridepianist, piano, pianist, Broadway…jazz pianist, Stride piano, stride
James Price Johnson (February 1 1894-November 17 1955) was an African-American pianist and composer. With Luckey Roberts, Johnson was one of the...
Ralph Sutton

Ralph Sutton

male, deceased (2001)
jazz pianist, American, Stride piano, Ralph Earl Sutton, stridepianist
Ralph Earl Sutton (4 November 1922-30 December, 2001) was an American jazz pianist born in Hamburg, Missouri. He was known as a stride pianist in...
Art Tatum

Art Tatum

male, deceased (1956)
Blind musician, Death from renal failure, Swing pianist, stridepianist, virtuoso, Arthur Tatum Jr…jazz pianist, pianist
Arthur Tatum Jr. was an American jazz pianist and virtuoso. Critic Scott Yanow opined that "Tatum's recordings still have the ability to scare...
Dick Hyman

Dick Hyman

male, 82 years old
stridepianist, Swing pianist, Classic jazz pianist, musician, Columbia University alumni, American
Dick Hyman (born March 8, 1927, New York City) is an American jazz pianist/keyboardist and composer best known for his versatility with jazz piano...
Mary Lou Williams

Mary Lou Williams

female, deceased (1981)
Harold Shorty Baker, Third Stream pianist, Bebop pianist, Swing pianist, Post-bop pianist, Mainstream jazz pianist…stridepianist, jazz pianist, pianist
Mary Lou Williams was an American jazz stride pianist, composer, and arranger. She was born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs in Atlanta, Georgia and grew up...

Don Ewell

male, deceased (1983)
jazz musician, jazz pianist, jazz, european, American, cancer…stridepianist
Don Ewell (14 November 1916-9 August 1983) was an American jazz stride pianist born in Baltimore, Maryland, perhaps best-known for his work with...
Pete Johnson

Pete Johnson

male, deceased (1967)
Boogie-Woogie pianist, stridepianist, concept album, jazz pianist, cafe society, jazz…Stride piano, pianist
Peter (Pete) Johnson (25 March 1904 - 23 March 1967) was an American jazz pianist, best known as a leading boogie-woogie pianist.
Luckey Roberts

Luckey Roberts

male, deceased (1968)
Classic jazz pianist, stridepianist, Blues pianist, jazz, jazz musician, World War I…pianist, jazz pianist, Stride piano
Charles Luckeyeth Roberts, better known as Luckey Roberts was a composer and stride pianist who worked in the jazz, ragtime, and blues styles....

Donald Lambert

male, deceased (1962)
Harlem, jazz pianist, jazz, American, stridepianist, Bluebird Records
Donald "The Lamb" Lambert (12 February 1904 - 8 May 1962) was an American jazz stride pianist born in Princeton, New Jersey, perhaps best-known for...