Fats Waller - The joint is jumpin' [EAC FLAC]

American jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer (born 21 May 1904 in Harlem, New York, USA - died 15 December 1943 in a Santa-Fé-Express near Kansas City, Missouri, USA (pneumonia).One of the most popular performers of his era.

The reason Fats Waller was so huge (6' tall, 300 lbs., shoe size 15) was because there were two of him in there. One was a dazzling pianist and prolific songwriter. "The Joint Is Jumpin'" gives us the other Fats, a Pagliacci-type buffoon hilariously re-creating the raucous ambience of a Harlem rent party. Of Waller's death at 39 from pneumonia, Frederick J. Spencer, M.D., observes: "His alcoholic clowning endeared him to his fellow musicians and the public. But if he had stayed sober the world might not have been deprived so soon of one of its great pianists and entertainers." Duh! If James Dean had been a safe driver, we'd have more James Dean films to watch. The problem is, if James Dean had been a safe driver, he wouldn't have been James Dean. If Fats Waller had stayed sober, he might've made a swell shoe salesman, but he wouldn't have kept The Joint Jumpin'. We are who we are.

Tracklist

01. Handful Of Keys
02. The Minor Drag
03. Numb Fumblin'
04. Ain't Misbehavin'
05. Smashing Thirds
06. African Ripples
07. Alligator Crawl
08. Viper's Drag
09. Lulu's Back In Town
10. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
11. S'posin'
12. Honeysuckle Rose (jam session)
13. Blues
14. Tea For Two
15. I Ain't Got Nobody
16. The Joint Is Jumpin'
17. The Sheik Of Araby
18. Yacht Club Swing
19. (When You) Squeeze Me
20. Your Feet's Too Big
21. Carolina Shout
22. Honeysuckle Rose
23. Ain't Misbehavin'