Viper's Drag

"Viper's Drag" is a stride piano composition by the jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Thomas "Fats" Waller.[1]

History/Background

"Viper's Drag" was written as a dance tune for a ragtime dance called a slow drag, often shortened to "drag" by song writers of the day.[2]

The song has been performed by Waller and countless other jazz artists, including Cab Calloway, who recorded a big band swing version of the tune on November 12, 1930 as song 10246-1 on the DOMINO label, album 4686[3][4] and Judy Carmichael, who recorded it for her Grammy award-nominated Two-Handed Stride on the Progressive label in 1980.[5]

Appears on

"Viper's Rag" appears on the following recordings:[6]

References

  1. Thomas "Fats" Waller Songwriters' Hall of Fame (website)
  2. Ragtime Defined Arthur Collins
  3. Print data on YouTube video
  4. Jazz On Line (website)
  5. Two-Handed Stride - Allmusic.com
  6. Viper's Rag - Fats Waller - AllMusic.com
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