December 15, 1943 Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller, jazz pianist, organist and composer, died. Waller was born May 21, 1904 in New York City. He started playing the piano at the age of six. At the age of 14, he was playing the organ at Harlem’s Lincoln Theater and within 12 months had composed his first […]
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Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller – December 15th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on December 15, 2013 in African American History, December, Music
Tags: Broadway, composer, December 15, Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, May 21, organist, Songwriters Hall of Fame
February 8th in African American History – James Oscar “Jimmy” Smith
By Chimsima Zuhri on February 8, 2011 in African American History, February
Tags: Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame, jazz, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA Jazz Master, organist, pianist
February 8, 2005 James Oscar “Jimmy” Smith, jazz organist, died. Smith was born December 8, 1928 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Originally a pianist, he switched to the organ in 1953 and over his career recorded almost 100 albums, including “The Sermon” (1958), “Prayer Meetin’” (1963), “Root Down” (1972), and his last album “Black Cat/Daybreak” (2001).
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