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What I have in common with Jazz Pianist Fats Waller

Who says being a pianist is safe? Check out this interesting anecdote from the life of legendary jazz pianist Fats Waller (Source: Wikipedia): “…His playing once put him at risk of injury. Waller was kidnapped in Chicago leaving a performance in 1926. Four men bundled him into a car and took him to the Hawthorne [...]