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- 18 AUG 2023
- 2 Songs
- 100 Ans De Jazz · 1935
- The Essential Fats Waller (Remastered) · 2014
- At the Piano · 1937
- Hold My Hand b/w Frenesi (Live) - Single · 2023
- Hold My Hand b/w Frenesi (Live) - Single · 2023
- TSF Jazz 100% Swing · 2018
- The Savory Collection, Vol. 3 - Honeysuckle Rose: Fats Waller & Friends · 2017
- The Savory Collection, Vol. 3 - Honeysuckle Rose: Fats Waller & Friends · 2017
- The Savory Collection, Vol. 3 - Honeysuckle Rose: Fats Waller & Friends · 2017
- The Savory Collection, Vol. 3 - Honeysuckle Rose: Fats Waller & Friends · 2017
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About Fats Waller
Thomas “Fats” Waller is one of the most important figures in pre-WWII American music, a singer/keyboardist/composer whose pioneering path moved through ragtime, stride, swing, Broadway and more. Born in New York City in 1904, Waller learned piano and organ as a child, playing the latter in a local theatre, and studied stride piano with the style’s progenitor, James P. Johnson. His syncretic piano style combined elements of ragtime and stride in a way that laid the path for early jazz and swing. Waller began his recording career in 1922, and before the decade was over, he had written and cut a passel of future standards like “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, as well as crafting the music for Broadway shows like Hot Chocolates. In the ’30s, Waller became a household name through his radio programmes and film appearances. Waller was a man who burned the candle at both ends, and in 1943, in the midst of his travels, he caught pneumonia, passing away at just 39 that December. He left behind a catalogue of songs that remain at the bedrock of musical history, such as the ones that powered the ’70s hit Broadway show Ain’t Misbehavin’.
- HOMETOWN
- New York, NY, United States
- BORN
- 21 May 1904
- GENRE
- Jazz