Fats Waller

Dog Ears Music: Things My Accountant Says Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Count Basie, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, The Strokes, The Knack, Robert Ellis, New Radicals, Trent Dabbs, Music, Billy Lee Riley, Gov?T Mule, Harper Simon, Skeletons, Buffalo Springfield, The Mynabirds, J.B. Lenoir, Young the Giant, Jamie Lidell, The Jaggerz, Rod Stewart, Johnny Cash, Danielle Evin, Ry Cooder, Peggy Lee, John Hammond, As Tall as Lions, mp3s, Hard-Fi, Jesse Winchester, Champion Jack Dupree, Phil Ramone, Fats Waller, Supergrass, Oasis, Ray Charles, Dog Ears, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week our playlist includes music by Fats Waller, Champion Jack Dupree, Supergrass, Harper Simon, Count Basie and more.

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First Nighter: Genius Jazz Violinist Aaron Weinstein Meets Brilliant Jazz Singer Christine Ebersole in Dual Birdland Triumph

David Finkle | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Birdland, Tom Lehrer, David Frishberg, Ira Gershwin, Maxine Manners, Tom Hubbard, USA Channel, Christine Ebersole, Tony Award, " Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger, Charles R. Grean, Royal Pains, Cole Porter, Aaron Weinstein, Tedd Firth, Fats Waller, George Gershwin, "Fiddler on the Roof, Jack Benny, Arts News
David Finkle

It's high time someone employs several hundred words to sing the praises of jazz violinist Aaron Weinstein for the widest audience possible.

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Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Dr. Dre, Eurythmics, Mick Jagger, Eminem, Nick Payn, Dr. Hook, 50 Cent, Terry Tyler, Willie & the Poor Boys, Alan Parsons, Beverley Skeete, J.J. Cale, Thirty Seconds to Mars, James Michael, Today's the Day, Dennis Locorriere, Mick Mars, Hardcore Superstar, Dio, Ronnie Lane, The Sopranos, Mick Taylor, The Faces, Led Zeppelin, Guy Fawkes, Keith Richards, Tony Soprano, Steve Perry, Roger Waters, Brann Dailor, Jamiroquai, DJ Ashba, Charlie Watts, James Durbin, Bill Keliher, Ray Charles, Peter Frampton, American Idol, Chris Jericho, Ethel Waters, Eric Clapton, Mike Elizondo, Don Was, Procol Harum, Queen, Geraint Watkins, Frank Mead, Gary Brooker, Bill Wyman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Judas Priest, Elton John, Billy Bob Thornton, Dancing With the Stars, Georgie Fame, Marti Frederiksen, Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, My Chemical Romance, Barbarella, Bob Dylan, Stephane Grappelli, Mark Knopfler, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, Ben Moody, Annie Lennox, Albert Lee, Fats Waller, Roald Dahl, Crash Diet, Mastedon, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Although it seems that Paul Simon has been on the road frequently over the last few years, his latest tour seems much more date-packed as he heralds his latest and one of the best albums of his career, So Beautiful Or So What.

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Ondaatje Magic One More Time: The Cat's Table

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 10.20.2011

Read More: The Wind in the Willows, Mentors, Elizabeth Benedict, Muses & Monsters, The English Patient, Fats Waller, Brick Magazine, The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje, Voyages on Ocean Liner, Books News
Elizabeth Benedict

Since The English Patient, author Michael Ondaatje is an international star, and each new novel is greeted with appropriate fanfare. So too the haunting The Cat's Table.

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Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Bonnie Raitt, Guster, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Eric Roberts, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Fred Eltringham, Chris Walters, Joe, Georges Delarues, Laura Nyro, Dave Palmer, Mike Mills, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Chuck Mitchell, Kruu-Fm, Tim Hardin, The White Stripes, Cole Porter, Roger Niell, Barry Mann, Leonard Cohen, Duke Ellington, Eye of the Beholder, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, Roy Orbison, Glenn Frey, Elliott Smith, Mélanie Laurent, Judee Sill, Count Basie, Henry Mancini, Lex Price, k.d. Lang, Neil Young, Gilbert and Sullivan, Ewan MacGregor, The Kinks, Glen Campbell, Miles Davis, Daniel Clark, Rogers & Hammerstein, The Beatles, Jeff Coffin, John Coltrane, Longbranch Pennywhistle, Rob McGaha, Carly Simon, Gus Van Sant, Elton John, Don Henley, Christopher Plumber, Brian Reitzell, Bing Crosby, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, The Rolling Stones, Sam Shepard, Joe Pisapia, Carole King, Gershwin, Nona Hendryx, Harold Arlen, Viktor Krauss, Bob Dylan, Peggy Lee, Tom Waits, Liam Watson, Brian Sutton, Mark Ethridge, Meryl Streep, Waddy Wachtel, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Fats Waller, JD Souther, Gene Clark, The Band, Jimmy Webb, James Taylor, The Wallflowers, Josh Grange, Bruce Springsteen, Salmonberries, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

One of my favorite tracks on k.d. lang's new album is the opener, "I Confess," which sounds like Brill Building meets country, meets...okay, I'll shut up now, k.d. lang has the rest.

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HuffPost Review: Michael Jackson's Vision, Plus A Conversation With Brazilian Sensation Bebel Gilberto

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Magic Johnson, Julianna Neves, Bebel Gilberto, Prince, Eat Pray Love, Closer, Martin Scorsese, Gal Costa, Vincent Price, Bjork, George Wendt, Steven Spielberg, The Mills Brothers, Lisa Marie Presley, Gilberto Gil, David Francis, Ella Fitzgerald, Joao Gilberto, The Jackson 5, Entourage, Iman, Billie Holiday, Sex in the City, Bossa Nova, Simon & Garfunkel, John Travolta, Chris Tucker, Paul McCartney, Naomi Campbell, Nip/Tuck, Amoeba Records, Michael Jordan, Eddie Murphy, Kings of Convenience, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Marlon Brando, Macaulay Culkin, Lionel Hampton, Carlinhos Brown, Wesley Snipes, Miucha, Sadé, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This 35-track, triple disc DVD collection is such an important and significant pop-culture package that it might scare your unsuspecting holiday recipient into thinking you're saying something more than merely Happy Whatever.

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Dog Ears Music: Born in May Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Adele, Tchaikovsky, Hafdis Huld, Fats Waller, Raphael Saadiq, T-Bone Walker, Evon Helm, Rosemary Clooney, Joey Ramone (Ramones), Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week, we feature music by Levon Helm, Hafdis Huld, T-Bone Walker, Tchaikovsky, Rosemary Clooney and more.

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Dog Ears Music: Volume 109

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: mp3s, The Dils, Phil Ramone, Fats Waller, Danielle Evin, Sufjan Stevens, Music, Bora Yoon, Dog Ears, Langhorne Slim, Hacienda, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week's column includes music from Sufjan Stevens, Bora Yoon, Fats Waller, Hacienda, Langhorne Slim, and The Dils.

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Deciding How to Decide -- Making Critical Choices

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Roberto, The Art of Critical Decision Making, Into Thin Air, Bryant University, President Kennedy, President Eisenhower, Fats Waller, The Teaching Company, Harvard Business School, Mt. Everest, Bay of Pigs, Media News
Tom Alderman

Michael Roberto's unambiguous, extensive and genuinely engaging audio course is like having a heavyweight advisor on hand without the $500 hourly fee.

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'Officer, Our Fate Is in Your Hands'

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Victor Records, Saint Peter's Church, Fats Waller, Manhattan, Music, Dick Hyman, Entertainment News
Jan Herman

During one of Waller's recording sessions in the 1930s, when he made about 300 sides for Victor Records, somebody gave him the idea of doing "Bach up to me."

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