All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller
by Jason Moran
Metascore
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Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

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  1. The Guardian
    Sep 16, 2014
    100
    Some Waller devotees will recoil, but this is a respectful tribute from a remarkable modern-music mind.
  2. Mojo
    Dec 17, 2014
    80
    Moran builds on the foundation of the stride of king's eclectic, joint-jumping oeuvre. [Jan 2015, p.94]
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  3. PopMatters
    Sep 26, 2014
    80
    Mostly, this project is a revelation and a thrill. It succeeds in making something old/new into something newer/new.
  5. The New York Times
    Sep 16, 2014
    80
    His performance is a respectful but contemporary nod.
  6. AllMusic
    Sep 16, 2014
    80
    This set manages to be reverent to Waller's original recordings, but since facsimile was never the goal, it also manages to create a completely new veneer for them, and the end result is a marvelous tribute that still retains its own shape and coherency.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Sep 16, 2014
    75
    Fats Waller never sounded like this, but he sounds more alive than ever.

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  1. ArthurM19
    Jan 4, 2020
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    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. I enjoy watching the show 'All Rise'. I think its a breath of fresh air. If you begin to make the judge sleep around, bi-sexual, sleep with white men. That will be the last attempt. I want her to maintain her respect, and just do the job like other white stars. I saw an episode where you had a black woman in traditional African garb gay, you made sure you kept the camera on them. I hate this type of programming. When I watch your programs I am not looking for the sexuality of casted members. I just want to follow the story. I like the show. I don't have a problem watching reruns of Madlock, Diagnostic Murder. THose shows you get a chance to root for the stars. I am going to watch a few more episodes. If I see you straying, making the black people Gay, the Black Man beating his women, cheating, leaving his wife and children while the white character has all the morals. That will be it in watching this show. so far you got my attention.… Full Review »
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