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Fats Waller and His Buddies - Won't You Get Off It Please - 1929
Thomas Wright " Fats " Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist , organist , composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. His best-known compositions, " Ain't Misbehavin' " and " Honeysuckle Rose ," were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999, respectively.
Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf . Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy.” It is likely that he composed many more popular songs than he has been credited with. When in financial difficulties, he had a habit of selling songs to other writers and performers who claimed them as their own. He died from pneumonia, aged 39. - more at Wikipedia .
FATS WALLER AND HIS BUDDIES:
Henry Allen, Leonard Davis, t / Jack Teagarden, tb, vib / J. C. Higginbotham, or Charlie "Big" Green, tb / Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes, cl,as / Larry Binyon, ts / Fats Waller, p / Will Johnson, bj / Pops Foster, sb / Kaiser Marshall, d / Orlando Roberson, v. New York, December 18, 1929. (His Master's Voice B.4971).
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Thomas Wright " Fats " Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist , organist , composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. His best-known compositions, " Ain't Misbehavin' " and " Honeysuckle Rose ," were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999, respectively.
Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf . Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy.” It is likely that he composed many more popular songs than he has been credited with. When in financial difficulties, he had a habit of selling songs to other writers and performers who claimed them as their own. He died from pneumonia, aged 39. - more at Wikipedia .
FATS WALLER AND HIS BUDDIES:
Henry Allen, Leonard Davis, t / Jack Teagarden, tb, vib / J. C. Higginbotham, or Charlie "Big" Green, tb / Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes, cl,as / Larry Binyon, ts / Fats Waller, p / Will Johnson, bj / Pops Foster, sb / Kaiser Marshall, d / Orlando Roberson, v. New York, December 18, 1929. (His Master's Voice B.4971).
#music #jazz #tangled
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