Your Feet's Too Big

Fats Waller · 1939 · Enregistrement de Fats Waller, 1939

Context

Song by Fred Fisher and Ada Benson published in 1936, which Waller recorded in 1939, adding his own spoken replies. It has remained closely associated with him.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• Jitterbug Waltz (Fats Waller) (1942)
• Honeysuckle Rose (1934)
• Handful of Keys (1929)
• Ain't Misbehavin' (1929)
• Smashing Thirds (1929)

Sources

• EN: Your Feet's Too Big

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