Check out Fats Waller's recording of "Haitian Blues," a song first recorded by Clarence Johnson and Creole singer Lizzie Miles. While there is nothing really distinctly 'Haitian' about this blues, Lizzie Miles had ancestors from Saint Domingue/Haiti. It's more interesting as another example of Harlem's multicultural musical environment and the stride style, something Fats Waller perfected like Johnson.
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