Latest Release
- 18 AUG 2023
- 2 Songs
- Great Gatsby Party – 60 Roaring 20s Hits & 1920s Charleston Swing Classics · 1929
- The Very Best of Fats Waller (Remastered) · 1935
- If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It! · 1938
- At the Piano · 1937
- Ain't Misbehavin' · 1956
- Ain't Misbehavin' · 1956
- Complete Jazz Series 1927 - 1929 · 2003
- At The Piano · 1937
- Complete Jazz Series 1939 · 2009
- Christmas Classics · 1936
Music Videos
Artist Playlists
- The Clown Prince of '20s jazz and Tin Pan Alley.
- Lyrical organ riffs and rowdy piano breaks in a supporting role.
- A powerful pianist who savoured the small moments.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
About Fats Waller
Thomas “Fats” Waller is one of the most important figures in pre-WWII American music, a singer/keyboardist/composer whose pioneering path moved through ragtime, stride, swing, Broadway and more. Born in New York City in 1904, Waller learned piano and organ as a child, playing the latter in a local theatre, and studied stride piano with the style’s progenitor, James P. Johnson. His syncretic piano style combined elements of ragtime and stride in a way that laid the path for early jazz and swing. Waller began his recording career in 1922, and before the decade was over, he had written and cut a passel of future standards like “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, as well as crafting the music for Broadway shows like Hot Chocolates. In the ’30s, Waller became a household name through his radio programmes and film appearances. Waller was a man who burned the candle at both ends, and in 1943, in the midst of his travels, he caught pneumonia, passing away at just 39 that December. He left behind a catalogue of songs that remain at the bedrock of musical history, such as the ones that powered the ’70s hit Broadway show Ain’t Misbehavin’.
- HOMETOWN
- New York, NY, United States
- BORN
- 21 May 1904
- GENRE
- Jazz