Handful of Keys (Fats Waller, played by Chris Dawson)

[joeymanko1]

Well, my friend, you have captured the essence of Fats as well as anyone I have heard!. You have a flawless technic, are accurate, and play the 10ths very well. I wish you a successful career, you deserve it. Joe Mankowski

[andreboogie]

You deserved to have that grand piano!

[bobeunie]

dang, that's good!-thanks

[showaltersarah]

THANK YOU for not taking it too fast! It drives me crazy when people play fast just for the sake of playing fast...this is by far one of the best versions of this piece I've heard...for realz.

[jamesp34]

tout simplement excellent; une des meilleures interprétations de ce thème.

[kagstyle]

clean, swinging, melodic and yet powerful. best version of that piece i heard on youtube... i especially like the part with the collapsing thirds, beautifully done. i hope u will add more tutorial lessons to youtube, how to play stride well. i await them with open ears...

[horstb29]

Yeah! Right on!

[aknabea]

Great Job!!

[bmxgeniesdad]

the best ever , ive done lots of lokking , and this is is the best ever, of fats handful. i have lots of his 78s , lps , even a pino roll, sheets from when it was wrote , this is spot on.

[juanlespin]

Fantastic. Congratulations. Hate to know how long it took to transcribe and practice. Worth the effort. A wonderful record of this great piece.

[krispy432]

Ahhh that was a pleasure to listen to. Pass along my thanks to Chris.

[StrideBatty76]

Immaculate playing..... Not bad, man!! :-) four stars...!!

[noinas01]

Totally & superbly nailed....an absolute joy to listen to...thanks!

[guweck]

I´ve watched this video several times in diferent days and each time I enjoy it like the first time.

I wonder how you achieved such a perfect transcription. Is there any method to do that or is it just a miracle ear that you have?

Thank you very much. I´m a fan of Fats Waller and of yours.

Greetings from Argentina.

[heliotrope1920]

if you made cds of this music I would buy everything you put out. there is to much bedop, not enough of this.

[heliotrope1920]

that was perfect. you and Dick Kroeckle need to get tegother, hes in denver.

[scourtheearth]

fantastic! Excellent execution! Congratulations on your hard work!

[jsteeber]

Wow - even your substitutions are 'right'.

Perfect attack on this oft-mis-managed piece. You obviously love this material. I like your choice of piano, too.

[SmithSolver]

I love this piece!

[johnsonhogg]

Lovely