Amoeba Music

By Stuart Kremsky

            With his engaging vocal style, satirical wit and immense instrumental gifts, Thomas “Fats” Waller was one of the best-loved entertainers in jazz history, a star of stage, screen, and radio. A prolific composer who wrote more than 450 songs, Waller was also a hard-working bandleader and recording artist with hundreds of records to his credit. The broad appeal of his unmistakably ebullient persona had important social effects as well. As pianist and record producer Mike Lipskin has noted, “At first, Waller made ‘race records,’ the term for recordings marketed solely to African-Americans. But soon his singing and humor... Read More

City Of Origin:

New York, New York, United States

Genre:

Jazz, Classic Jazz, Stride

Birthdate:

05/21/1904

Death date:

12/15/1943