Fats Waller !!!!

playing the Joint is Jumping

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• Joint
• is
• Jumping

[BrunoJazzmanLeicht]

Thanks very much for this one. Wonderful performance!

For more splendid jazz, please feel free to visit my blog (see profile).

THX again & All best,

BRUNO LEICHT

[busconductorxhines]

Hey Bruno,

been to your blog, fantastic and insightful work. Fats was the best!

Cheers,

Rab

[Eli3459]

I think the drummer is having a seizure!! but all kidding aside this is great

[jsteeber]

Waller - for me - was a principal reason I survived the 70's. His music, at its best, is simply sublime. It has a tendency to make me happier in almost all situations. This track - part of a "Soundie" - is not the best performance of "The Joint is Jumpin'" on record, but it is probably the most energetic one. The RCA studio (audio) record from 1937 is the monster hit. It's also on YouTube. The problem with Soundies is that the soundtrack is poorly adapted to the picture.

[horarwgt]

"The Joint Is Jumpin'" (minus the female vocal insertion) was a Fats Waller smash in November 1937 (Victor 25712). If you don't own a Fats Waller CD, go out and buy one! You''ll be so gald you did!

[starisent]

0:35 is priceless

[beast72486]

The man's facial expressions crack me up....I love the swing vibe this has

[haileybutt331]

i have to do a tap dance to this nd its fast!!!!

[usefulmusic]

1:08 to 1:14 - one of the earliest electric guitar solos ever recorded??

[OhShitOhHellOhWell]

@TaylorMonkeyAl Nah, that was Bessie Smith.

[IV92101]

what year was this song written?

[zhartable]

comedy took away from his playing~He was actually a great strider!

[pyannaguy]

@TaylorMonkeyAl

How about looking at it as a joyous expression of art and celebration of life in the face of and in spite of racism, economic injustice and all the rest that Black people had to contend with just 6-7 decades after the end of an era in which they had been bought and sold like livestock for centuries?

[TaylorMonkeyAl]

Note all the elements of modern ganster rap present:

References to concealed carry weapons, alchohol, adversarial relationships with the police, prison, violence against women (in the original recording), and particular women dancing provacatively.

This is actually the first ganster rap video.

Fats, the Original Notorious B.I.G.

[piacerejosh]

I just bought a 10 cd boxset of Fats, and it's a treasure of great recordings. His interperations of songs can be so surprising at times. There's a recording of Ellington's Ring Dem Bells that is done in a sensitive almost classical style that is really special. Long live Fats!!

[NatKingCole46]

Hip Hop destroyed the true valuable culture of African Americans. All that stride, ragtime, blues, rock&roll,.... are ALL BLACK INVENTIONS.

[dogman1796]

yesssss he's so awesome!!

[vanvlitp]

What a character!

[slownoman]

My mom was a big band singer, so music from this era knocks me out. Nobody, I think, ever had a better time playing than Fats Waller. And the cat could wail. Big time chops.

[billyshears11]

I hate it when kids post their age in their comments. "I'm 12 nd i like teh beatles!!!!!" It pretty much just shows you only listen to that kind of music for attention, which no one is going to give you anyway. So, shut up and enjoy Fats Waller. We don't give a damn about your age. :)

[BarnacleBillsBastard]

Checking them for weapons? This looks like a modern party to me!