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1926-1927
Released: 1926
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Released: 1926
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Fats Waller was the first jazz organist. He made the first jazz organ records inside a church in Camden, New Jersey that had been converted into a recording studio by the Southern Music Company....
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1929
Released: 1929
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Released: 1929
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Five years before the formation of his famous "Rhythm" band, Thomas "Fats" Waller created a body of solo piano recordings that proved to be only modestly successful with the record buying public of...
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1934-1935
Released: 1934
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Released: 1934
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Looking for the perfect Fats Waller album? This just might be it. With the exception of eight titles recorded in May and August of 1934, these are the earliest recordings to be issued under the...
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1935
Released: 1935
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Released: 1935
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One of several Classics discs chronicling Waller's vast amount of Bluebird combo sides from the '30s and '40s, this roundup of some of the pianist's 1935 offerings includes many fine cuts but...
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1935-1936
Released: 1935
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Released: 1935
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By the time of this ninth volume of French label Classics' chronological series, Fats Waller was among the most popular recording artists in the U.S., and the 24 selections here, drawn from...
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1937, Vol. 2
Released: 1937
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Released: 1937
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This might be a good choice for those who are just finding out about Fats Waller and want to hear him at the top of his form. Not every segment of the Waller chronology would necessarily serve as...
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1937-1938
Released: 1937
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Released: 1937
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It is December 1937, Fats Waller has landed in Hollywood. Five musicians have been rounded up to form a sort of West Coast rhythm band. Waller plays the introduction to a pretty love song, one with...
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1938
Released: 1938
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Released: 1938
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Fats Waller seems never to have suffered from seasickness. Every photograph and eyewitness account of his transatlantic nautical adventures indicates a strong constitution, unfazed by rough seas...
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