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Fats Waller
The Essential Collection
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (26) - Disc #1
1. Won't You Take Me Home? - Fats Waller, Morris
2. You Rascal, You - Fats Waller, Theard
3. Handful of Keys (Piano Solo) - Fats Waller, Waller
4. Loveless Love [Organ Solo] - Fats Waller, Handy
5. Harlem Fuss - Fats Waller, Waller
6. That's What I Like About You - Fats Waller, Donaldson, Walter
7. Valentine Stomp (Piano Solo) - Fats Waller, Waller
8. I Wish I Were Twins - Fats Waller, DeLange, Eddie
9. Hog-Maw Stomp [Organ Solo] - Fats Waller, Waller
10. Won't You Get off It, Please? - Fats Waller, Waller
11. Don't Let It Bother You - Fats Waller, Gordon
12. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling (Piano Solo) - Fats Waller, Link
13. Sweet Sue-Just You - Fats Waller, Harris, Will J.
14. Soothin' Syrup Stomp [Organ Solo] - Fats Waller, Waller
15. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter - Fats Waller, Ahlert
16. Twelfth Street Rag - Fats Waller, Bowman, Brooks
17. Viper's Drag (Piano Solo) - Fats Waller, Waller
18. Got a Bran' New Suit - Fats Waller, Dietz
19. My Very Good Friend the Milkman - Fats Waller, Burke
20. Woe! Is Me - Fats Waller, Cavanaugh
21. Sugar [Organ Solo] - Fats Waller, Pinkard, Maceo
22. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful - Fats Waller, Woods
23. I've Got My Fingers Crossed - Fats Waller, Koehler, Ted
24. Sugar Rose - Fats Waller, Ponce
25. Baby Brown - Fats Waller, Hill
26. Let's Sing Again - Fats Waller, Kahn
Track Listings (26) - Disc #2
1. Oooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty? - Fats Waller, Lombardo
2. Smarty (You Know It All) - Fats Waller, Freed, Ralph
3. Alligator Crawl (Piano Solo) - Fats Waller, Waller
4. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Fats Waller, Mayhew, Billy
5. There's Honey on the Moon Tonight - Fats Waller, Coots
6. African Ripples (Piano Solo) - Fats Waller, Waller
7. The Joint Is Jumpin' - Fats Waller, Johnson
8. The Curse of an Aching Heart - Fats Waller, Fink, Henry
9. Fair and Square - Fats Waller, Razaf
10. Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller, Waller
11. Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller, Brooks
12. You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams - Fats Waller, Goodhart
13. Anita - Fats Waller, Waller
14. Keepin' out of Mischief Now (Piano Solo) - Fats Waller, Waller
15. Suitcase Susie - Fats Waller, French
16. Your Feet's Too Big - Fats Waller, Benson
17. Everybody Loves My Baby - Fats Waller, Palmer, Jack
18. Little Curly Hair in a High Chair - Fats Waller, Simon
19. Pantin' in the Panther Room - Fats Waller, Casey
20. Old Grand Dad - Fats Waller, Waller
21. Shortnin' Bread - Fats Waller, Traditonal
22. Stop Pretending - Fats Waller, Johnson
23. Bond Street - Fats Waller, Waller
24. Rump Steak Serenade - Fats Waller, Kirkeby
25. Twenty-Four Robbers - Fats Waller, Buckner, T.
26. That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear - Fats Waller, Berlin

CD Details

All Artists: Fats Waller
Title: The Essential Collection
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Avid Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 10/24/2006
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Swing Jazz, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Jive Jazz
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 5022810187820

CD Reviews

An Armful Of Sweetness

Barry McCanna | Normandy, France | 07/15/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Given the opportunity, Fats Waller could produce minor masterpieces, but his creative talents were undermined by the need to fund his increasingly hectic lifestyle, which factor bedevilled much of his later output. Fortunately for us, this Avid set has been cherry-picked with evident care, and the result lives up to the title. Those who know him only as the exuberant leader of his Rhythm group will discover two earlier sides with his Buddies, some of his distinctive piano solos, and some amusing dialogue on two collaborations with Jack Teagarden. It may come as a surprise also to hear him on the organ, in four 1927 pipe-organ solos and with Morris' Hot Babies the same year. In addition, he is featured on the Compton organ in "Ain't Misbehavin'", a side recorded with his Continental Rhythm during a visit to London in 1938, and the orchestral version of "Bond Street" from his London Suite of 1939 is included also. In short, anyone wanting an excellent showcase of Fats Waller's talents will not be disappointed.

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