[Dixielandjazz] Re: Organs in Jazz - Was Fats Waller first?

[Phil O'Rourke]

> A long time ago Decca (a now defunct British record company) borrowed all
my
> Fats QRS piano rolls, recorded them on an organ fitted with the necessary
> equipment and released an LP. To my surprise the sleeve note said that the
> rolls came "from the Keith Nichols collection" (Keith didn't even own a
> player piano)!!! Somewhere - but where? - I still have the original tapes
of
> that session, Decca made a pretty authentic sounding job of it.
>
 John Farrell

I have a copy of this on an ASV Living Era AJA 5007 and Keith gets a
mention.

Phil O'Rourke
Australia