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A Tribute to Fats Waller

Fresh Air | By Kevin Whitehead

Published May 21, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead pays tribute to Fats Waller on the centennial of his birth, and reviews Fats Waller: The Centennial Collection, a CD and DVD.

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