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All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller is an album by Jason Moran paying tribute to pianist/composer Fats Waller which was released on the Blue Note label.
3 de oct. de 2014 · All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller re-envisions the music of the colorful pianist, singer, and entertainer who shook things up during the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s and 1930s.
16 de sept. de 2014 · Jason Moran ‘s description of Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller (1904-1943), the legendary Harlem jazz master, helps explain the spirit of collaboration and ebullience that pervades All Rise: An Elegy for Fats Waller, Moran’s ninth album for Blue Note.
11 de sept. de 2014 · Waller was a big-time pop singer as well as a piano virtuoso, so Moran hit on the inspired idea of giving R&B, soul and jazz star Meshell Ndegeocello a central vocal role.
23 de sept. de 2014 · All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller is a collaboration between Moran, a natural pianistic descendant of Waller, and MeShell Ndegeocello, a singer and electric bass player who has...
16 de sept. de 2014 · The snippet quickly lets you know that All Rise is a contemporary and personal take on the Harlem Stride master’s oeuvre. (Moran is from Houston.) “Ain’t Misbehavin’” gets a jazzy R&B reading that finds Meshell Ndegeocello’s subtle and soulful vocals backed by Moran’s Fender Rhodes and punchy horns.
ALL RISE: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller. Blue Note: 3753429. Buy download online. Jason Moran (piano), Charles Haynes (drums), Tarus Mateen (bass guitar), Laron Thomas (trumpet), Joshua Roseman (trombone), Stephen Lehman (saxophone), Nasheet Waits (drums), Jason Moran (keyboards), Meshell Ndegeocello (background vocalist), Josh Roseman (trombone)
