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Jazz Musician of the Day: Fats Waller

Source: Michael Ricci
May 21, 2010
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JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY

Fats Waller

Jazz music\'s first organist and one of the giants of piano jazz Thomas Wright “Fats" Waller was born on May 21, 1904 in Harlem into a musical family. His grandfather was an accomplished violinist and his mother was the church organist... more

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