Tillie Fripp's - Fats Waller Was House Pianist
African American History Bars and Taverns, Night Clubs Jazz Nostalgia Restaurants Speakeasies
Tillie Fripp's - Fats Waller Was House Pianist
The New York Times' F.Y.I. column on 3/17/13, at Metro. p.2., discussed jazz speakeasies, based on a book, David Freeland's Automats, Taxi Dances and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure (2009). Of this place, it said: this restaurant was augmented by a jazz lineup that included Fats Waller as one of the house pianists.
| Publication date | Jun 24, 2018 |
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Property ID: 690
Updated on: Sep 12, 2019
The New York Times' F.Y.I. column on 3/17/13, at Metro. p.2., discussed jazz speakeasies, based on a book, David Freeland's Automats, Taxi Dances and Vaudeville: Excavating Manhattan's Lost Places of Leisure (2009). Of this place, it said: this restaurant was augmented by a jazz lineup that included Fats Waller as one of the house pianists.
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Tillie Fripp's (in the 1920s) , 148 West 133rd St., New York, 10030, United States
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African American History Bars and Taverns, Night Clubs Jazz Nostalgia Restaurants Speakeasies
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06-24-2018
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