Dear Fats, I Love You

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Davell Crawford, the "Piano Prince of New Orleans," is paying respect to Antoine 'Fats' Domino, the renowned New Orleans piano-player and vocalist who passed away in 2017. Dear Fats, I Love You finds Crawford playing fifteen of Domino's most famous songs on solo piano in a tasteful tribute to the king of New Orleans R&B. A follow-up to his equally piano-centric Piano in the Vaults, Vol. 1 (2016, Basin Street Records), Dear Fats, I Love You highlights Crawford's raw talent as a performer saturated with the soul and history of New Orleans music. Unlike Piano in the Vaults this time Crawford focuses solely on the piano without any vocals, emphasizing the beauty and clarity of the Steinway Model D Piano expertly captured by the engineers and technicians of Steinway & Sons. Crawford ingeniously translates the many classic Fats Domino vocal lines into elaborate, trill filled melodies that allow the listener to experience the music in a way that's never been heard before. Crawford's arrangements are dripping with New Orleans soul, and rightfully so, as many of the songs are written by Domino and his longtime collaborator and all-around New Orleans music phenom, Dave Bartholomew.