May 21 - Fats Waller (The Musical Birthday Series)

Fats Waller (21 May 1904 – 15 December 1943) was an innovative and virtuosic jazz pianist and composer.

Tenths Situation

The leaps and the stretches are wide

If you play in the style called stride,

And hands that are smaller

Can’t play like Fats Waller --

You can take it from me, ‘cause I’ve tried.