Tag: Abbey Lincoln

American Music History

Jitterbug Waltz

The history behind Fats Waller’s “Jitterbug Watlz” and some of the finest renditions of the tune

Tags Abbey Lincoln, Art Tatum, Charles Mingus, Chick Corea, Dinah Washington, Dizzy Gillespie, Eric Dolphy, Erroll Garner, Fats Waller, Frank Foster, Great American Songbook, Hank Jones, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Jitterbug Waltz, John Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Vince Guaraldi, Zoot Sims