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THOMAS FATS WALLER

Picture this... FATS WALLER whether alone at the piano or accompanied by his orchestra, pounding out his ditties with his inevitable touch of clownish wit, stops, pours himself a shot or two of gin and cracks a joke while eyeing the waitress' hips.

The dazzled public asks for more even to the point of forgetting to listen to his music, to his delicate stride music.

Like a burst of laughter, Fats Waller rattled off more than 450 compositions including several well-known standards, hundred of recordings, concerts, tours, clubs, radio shows, musicals ... in short, he had a hearty appetite in every sense of the word.

Fats WALLER left a remarkable stamp on the history of Jazz but also in the hearts of more than a few admirers. More than sixty years after he left this earth, his style, joy in life and exuberance continues to pull us away from our worries and remind us that good humor is still powerfull medicine.