Jason Moran "Fats Waller Dance party"- Live au Paris Jazz Festival / réalisateur, Guillaume Dero ; Tarus Mateen, Jason Moran, Lisa E. Harris, Charles Haynes, Leron Thomas.

[Place of publication not identified] : Huit Production, 2015.

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"So pianist Jason Moran wanted to make the Parisian audience dance? Mission accomplished! His Fats Waller Dance Party, performed in 2015 at the Paris Jazz Festival, was as unbridled as Fats Waller's own concerts. Several generations separate the two pianists, with the older dying suddenly in 1943 at the height of his popularity, at only 40 years of age. But they share a common thread which is brilliantly pulled by Jason Moran. Discovered in the late 1990s, he never fails to impress: with his trio, Bandwagon, with his collaborations-from Steve Coleman to Charles Lloyd-and by developing a powerful discourse on the place of music in its social and political environment. He is also part of the history of his instrument, playing Thelonious Monk and then Fats Waller, to whom he dedicated the album *All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller* (Blue Note) in 2014. ""He's a great pianist and his voice embodies his songs with ease,"" enthuses Jason Moran at the beginning of this film that alternates between parts of his interview and clips from his Parisian concert. He recalls in particular that dance was intimately linked to jazz in the 1930s and 1940s before the struggles of the African-American community gave musicians very different priorities. However, underneath his debonair tunes (we see him performing ""Ain't Misbehavin'"" in a 1943 film), Fats Waller also knew how to express the concerns of his time. He was a model for Jason Moran, who for half of the concert even wears a big head in his likeness! Eric Delhaye".

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