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Whistledown

When Fats met Al

May 26, 2015, 02:04 PM

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In 1927 - or thereabouts, a car pulled up outside a hotel in central Chicago. The pianist Fats Waller was bundled in the back ... or was he? Kurt Elling investigates one of the strangest footnotes in jazz in this extract from the forthcoming Radio 2 documentary.

#FatsWaller #AlCapone #Mob #chicago #KurtElling #Radio2

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