[Dixielandjazz] Fats

[Ed Danielson]

John Petters wrote:
I feel we should acknowledge the Fats Waller Centenary - according to my
reference book he was born 100 years ago today. A great musician and a
wonderful entertainer.


You're absolutely right, amigo.  My non-jazz-loving friends sometimes ask me 
who was the greatest jazz figure of all time, and I unhesitatingly answer 
"Duke Ellington -- but my favorite was Fats Waller."  On KUVO, Denver's jazz 
station, we were in the final day of our membership drive on Friday, but I 
did manage to play "The Joint is Jumpin'," "Hold Tight" and "Twelfth Street 
Rag" -- and the phones rang in response!  I've been playing a Fats record 
every Friday during 2004 -- "Fridays with Fats," I call it (damned clever, 
no?), to positive response.

Last year Bix and Fatha Hines, this year Fats and Basie -- whose centennial 
is coming up next year, does anyone know?

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