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...Misbehavin'. This handsome tribute to Fats Waller is a jumpin' Harlem cantata of urban night music. Winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle and Tony Awards for Best Musical...
Many of the 500 or so songs Fats wrote have been lost. Waller himself could not always remember his compositions, and he would sometimes give away the rights to a song for as little as taxi fare. The world rights to Ain't Misbehavin' went for less than...
...Though Waller was a national figure when, in 1943, he died of pneumonia at the age of 39, he was almost forgotten until Maltby revived his music...
...criminal," says Maltby, "but a lot of Waller's music is simply gone. The music publishers don't have it, and nobody knows if it exists anywhere." To assemble their show, Maltby and Horwitz unearthed 75 songs...
...Maurice Waller, one of Fats' three sons, came up with four or five that no one could remember hearing. The success of Ain't Misbehavin ', Maltby hopes, may bring a few more out of albums and attics. And that, for all those new Waller fans crowding in to see the show, may be the biggest treat...