I bought a copy of Fats Waller's The Centennial Collection
this past week and it came with a bonus DVD with soundies that Fats performed in. Great CD, great DVD. In this particular clip, Al Casey, Fats' guitar player is featured on Honeysuckle Rose. Though this clip shows Al in a soloist role, what interests me most about his playing is his accompanying. Behind Fats' vocals on most songs, Casey is playing tasteful chord solos. Since Casey was playing the fills, Fats didn't have to, which allowed him to do more complex things vocally since he could just go boom-chick-boom-chick behind the vocals on the piano.Enjoy the video!
Glenn
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Hey, I have that album too! It's great! Before I got that CD/DVD pair, I hadn't heard "I've Got My Fingers Crossed" before. Since then, it's become one of my favorite songs. At the Medford Jazz Jubilee in 2004 (or was it 2005?), I requested that song at an end-of-night jam session with Jeff Barnhart (piano, Titan Hot Seven), Danny Coots (drums, Titan Hot Seven), Jim Fryer (trombone, Titan Hot Seven), Bria Skonberg (trumpet, Big Bang Jazz Band, Mighty Aphrodite Jazz Band) and Claire McKenna (clarinet, Mighty Aphrodite Jazz Band). It was awesome. 'Nuff said.
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