Mezz Mezzrow in Connie's Inn - between 1928 and 1929
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 255:
I'll never forget when I first met Fats [Waller] personally, and began to associate with him in the fall of '28 and the spring of '29. He invited me to come to his rehearsals and his home while he was writing the music for Connie's HOT CHOCOLATES.
He and the celebrated Andy Razaf were then working together. Andy, of course, writing the lyrics, and what a team they made! I'll never forget when they were writing "Black and Blue", "Ain't Misbehavin' ", "That Rhythm Man", and "Sweet savannah Sue." Fats, his coat off, collar opened, sitting at the piano at Connie's Inn, which was in a cave, … more >>
cite as
Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro, Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It (London, 1992), p. 255. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435417386795 accessed: 1 September, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersjazz piano music | performed by Andy Razaf, Fats Waller |
Experience Information
Date/Time | between 1928 and 1929 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | indoors, in public, solitary |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:03:07 +0100
Approved on Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:07:32 +0100