By Dale King Thomas “Fats” Waller lived a short but notable 39-year life. A master of stride piano and a sparkling entertainer, he was a fine songwriter whose best work occupies an honorable place in the Great American Songbook. He deserved wider recognition, but it took 35 years from his 1943 death before the high-energy compilation of his tunes, Ain’t Misbehavin’, hit the … [Read more...]