The Big Fat Surprise

An acclaimed nutrition educator reveals how the foods you’re eating to get healthy might be making you sick.

The most popular exponent of the classic New Orleans R&B sound, Fats Domino sold more records than any other black rock & roll star of the 1950s. His relaxed, lolling boogie-woogie piano style and easygoing, warm vocals anchored a long series of national hits from the mid-'50s to the early '60s. Through it all, his basic approach rarely changed. He may not have been one of early rock's most charismatic, innovative, or threatening figures, but he was certainly one of its most consistent.

Max Johnson is a bassist & composer based in New York City. Johnson has performed over 1000 concerts worldwide with renowned artists such as Anthony Braxton, Muhal Richard Abrams, John Zorn, and Candido Camero. His albums have been positively reviewed in the New York Times, JazzTimes, NYC Jazz Record, and in 2012, he was voted Best Newcomer Musician in El Intruso's International Critic’s Poll.