Fats Waller and His Rhythm - Christopher Columbus download song

I think he did have a compass...

Wonderful! One thing only: your transcription of the fourth verse is a bit of. This is what (I think) it should be: "Since the crew was makin' merry, Mary got off and went home Then came a yell for Isabelle, And they brought on the rum … and Isabelle."

Also, there's the bit at the end where Fats declares: "Well looka there, Christie's grabbed the Santa Maria And he's goin' back, ah ha, look at that. Ah ha, in the year fourteen ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. What I say?"

thanks for sharing. this is great entertainment!

1} Performers and instrumentation  Fats Waller- Piano, Herman Autrey-Trumpet, Gene Cedric-Sax, Mezz Mezzrow-Clarinet, Benny Morton-Trombone, Charlie Turner-Bass 2} School/Style of Jazz. -Swing 3} Form. -32 Bars popular form 4} Reason for inclusion. This tune is just extremely catchy, so I thought why not add a little fun to my list.

I seek the Ernestine Anderson version. Should have known Fats would be behind such a clever song.

For students of jazz: That sax solo is a great example of motive development. A student could do a lot worse than transcribing this. Easy chord changes too.

Latch on Christy latch on

Thank you for memories of when I understood my country. I can still feel the rhythm.

Wikipedia - "Christopher Columbus is an American jazz song composed by Chu Berry with lyrics by Andy Razaf. Pianist Fats Waller turned the tune into a novelty hit which was subsequently recorded by numerous other artists and became a jazz standard. Louis Prima wrote the lead into a medley with "Sing, Sing, Sing" for Benny Goodman." Since the famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert, that portion of CC often appears with SSS.

"All the crew were making merry, then Merry got up and went home." Happy Birthday to the one and only Fats. As long as I'm alive, you'll never be forgotten. (May 21, 2019)

Compared to Fats, all these hip-hoppers are getting away light.

mr chirstopher columbus, he used rhythm as a compass

He used rhythm as a compass... that actually explains a lot.