{"id":2188,"date":"2019-07-03T11:43:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T11:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexbattles.com\/?p=2188"},"modified":"2020-10-09T11:51:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T11:51:26","slug":"fats-waller-american-mozart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alexbattles.com\/?p=2188","title":{"rendered":"Fats Waller, American Mozart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fats_Waller\">Fats Waller<\/a><\/strong> (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904, died December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, organist, and composer. Widely recognized as a master of stride piano &#8212; Waller was one of the most popular performers of his era, finding critical and commercial success in his homeland and in Europe. A masterful instrumentalist as well as singer, Waller was prolific as a recording artist and bandleader. Despite his litany of credited hits, he is rumored to have written several more standards which he &#8220;sold&#8221; to other songwriters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fats Waller - The Joint Is Jumping\" width=\"1040\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LKe6yH3ZwGo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>&#8220;Joint Is Jumpin'&#8221; performed by Fats Waller <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Words and Music by Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, J.C. 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