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...Republicans are seeking Eastland's seat. The most prominent contender is Governor Cliff Finch, 51, a gladhanding populist who enjoys support among rural whites and urban blacks. But any Governor makes enemies, and three Democrats have a shot at upsetting Finch: his predecessor, former Governor Bill Waller, 51, a folksy Jackson lawyer who has a broad black following after twice prosecuting the accused murderer of Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers; Columbia Attorney Maurice Dantin, 48, a lean marathon runner who seems to have inherited the help of some key Eastland supporters; and Charles Sullivan, 53, a former Lieutenant Governor...
...Thomas Wright ("Fats") Waller, the three Bs were Bach, booze and broads. He was as prodigious in his appetite as le was generous in spirit. But it is, of course, as a master pianist and composer in the classic tradition of U.S. jazz that Fats has proved larger than death...
...handsome and jubilant tribute is being paid to the man's genius at the Manhattan Theater Club's cabaret. One reservation must be made about this frolicsome revue-styled show. Waller was, above all things, a spotlight performer and star entertainer. The structure of Ain't Misbehavin' casts Luther Henderson more in the role of an accompanist. Faithful to the music, Henderson lacks that explosive authority at "stride" piano which was Waller's legacy to U.S. jazz...
...Andre De Shields is a cat of cool gray nattiness and Ken Page is a slithery streetwise shark with a mi metic gift for Waller's gravelly mocking asides. To give the show its rightful name, "The Joint Is Jumpin...
Truckin'--that's something hippies do when they get bored. That's the name of a song by the Grateful Dead. That's modern, right? Actually, Cora La Redd first introduced a song called "Truckin"' at the Cotton Club in New York in 1935. Likewise, Fats Waller's "Alligator Crawl" preceeded Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" by more than 40 years. Popular music, like the song titles, derives from an old American tradition. Rock 'n roll was born 20 years ago, like me. The national hit charts were born over 40 years ago, like...