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- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: EDGE56D
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 820680105693
- Street Date: 03/10/09
- PreBook Date: 02/03/09
- Label: Screen Edge »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 52 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2008
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
Cast & Crew
- Producer: Mike Wallington
- Producers: Mike Wallington
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Fats Waller - This Joint Is Jumpin'
Documentary celebrates the exemplary life and work of the greatest of jazz entertainers through interviews and music.
- List Price: $14.95
- Your Price: $14.95
- In Stock: 61
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This Joint Is Jumpin' celebrates the life and work of the the great Fats. Fats started playing church organ at age 10 and his all-action musical career ended, full speed ahead, at the age of 39. This documentary features his son, Maurice, and Eddie Barefield and Marshal Royal, fellow musicians. Sammy Price and Paul Machlin talk about stride and Andy Razaf's widow, Jean Hutson, remembers him.
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- He'd appeared in movies like Stormy Weather with Lena Horne and Bill Robinson. He helped make soundies, or video juke-box promos, the much-appreciated art-form it is today.
- He played private parties for gangsters like Al Capone and Hollywood royalty like Humphrey Bogart and Tallulah Bankhead. He collaborated with the great Andy Razaf. But most of all, he partied. More than any other musician in the history of popular music