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FEEDCD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Tom Talbert: Bix, Duke, Fats
- 8:49 PM — Nov 18 —
- Source: All About Jazz
Barring a handful of gems, among them Louis Armstrong's salutes to Fats Waller and W.C. Handy, most miss the mark because they try too hard to one-up or mimic the subject of their adulation. Read More
The Great Performers: Fats Waller
- 2:14 AM — Oct 17 —
- Source: The Moderate Voice
Fats Waller was one of the greatest jazz performers and showmen of the early-mid 20th century. Read More
“The Sheik of Araby”
- 7:18 PM — Sep 17 —
- Source: Jazz.com
Fats Waller led a big band for a short period in the late 30s. Read More
The Splitting Image of Pot
- 1:27 AM — Sep 14 —
- Source: New York Magazine
As far as yours truly is concerned, however, the most important date in pot history took place on a chilly early-December night shortly after the Great Blackout of 1965, when, seated on the pitcher's mound of a frost-covered baseball diamond in Alley Pond Park, Queens, I first got high on the stuff. Read More
Girl, 5, hit after getting off bus
- 7:45 PM — Sep 01 —
- Source: Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake IL
A 5-year-old girl was hit by a car Tuesday afternoon while crossing the street after getting off a school bus. Read More
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