DESCRIPTION:
Ain't Misbehavin' is a musical revue with a book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., music by Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller, and lyrics by various writers. It is named after the song by Fats Waller, "Ain't Misbehavin'"

It serves as a tribute to the black musicians of the 1920s and '30s who were part of the Harlem Renaissance, an era of growing creativity, cultural awareness, and ethnic pride, and takes its title from the 1929 Waller song "Ain't Misbehavin'".

It was a time when Manhattan nightclubs like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom were the playgrounds of high society and Lenox Avenue dives were filled with piano players banging out the new beat known as swing.

Frankie Manning tribute video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34eD21QzUw

Whitey's Lindy Hoppers  were a dance troup from the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. The fella in the overalls is Frankie Manning. He choreographed this piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahoJReiCaPk

Most versions of Ain't misbehavin' are played fast but I had my whiskers trimmed and wore a straw hat 'cos the pace of Mr Leon Redbone was the inspiration for doing this song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZqJ5ogLIGk