Noun
United States jazz musician (1904-1943)
Source: WordNetAnd I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor. Paul McCartney
After sessions with Ted Lewis (1931), Jack Teagarden (1931) and Billy Banks ' Rhythmakers (1932), he began in May 1934 the voluminous series of recordings with a small band known as Fats Waller and his Rhythm. Source: Internet
In the 1930s, Fats Waller sometimes played celesta with his right hand and piano simultaneously with his left hand. Source: Internet
Recordings of Fats Waller were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame which is a special Grammy Award established in 1973 to honour recordings that are at least 25 years old and that have "qualitative or historical significance". Source: Internet