Fats Waller was one of the greatest jazz performers and showmen of the early-mid 20th century. Here he is performing his song “This Joint Is Jumpin”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7YAU8CTInw
And one of his most delightful songs: “Your Feets Too Big”:
Even though he died of double-pneumonia while on a train trip in 1943, he left a substantial recorded legacy that we can still enjoy.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.