Stride (Harlem piano)

Style · 1910s-1930s · Harlem · Origins (1890-1930)

Harlem piano derived from ragtime: a left hand alternating bass notes and chords, a virtuoso right hand. James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Art Tatum. Absent from the original diagram.

Where it comes from

• Ragtime

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington
• Swing, big bands

Artists

• Eubie Blake (1887–1983, piano, composition)
• James P. Johnson (1894–1955, piano, composition)
• Willie « The Lion » Smith (1897–1973, piano, composition)

Tracks to start with

• Carolina Shout — James P. Johnson (1921)
• Handful of Keys — Fats Waller (1929)
• Tea for Two — Art Tatum (1933)

Sources

• EN : Stride (music)

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