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AND HIS RHYTHM

IF YOU GOT TO ASK, YOU AIN'T GOT IT!

Description:
3 CD set. Fats Waller Piano/Vocal. Featuring 66 superlative vocal and instrumental performances. They range from piano and organ solos to all star jams, from ebuillient comic capers to introspective pieces and from hits by his tight little group, "Fats Waller And His Rhythm," to numbers for larger ensembles. This collection is divided thematically. Disc One features Fats' insouciant vocals, Disc Two is "Strictly Instrumental," while the third CD finds Waller touring Tin Pan Alley and rendering Great Americal Songbook standouts like "Dinah" and "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," as well as such personal signatures as "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter." Box set produced by Orrin Keepnews, annotated by Dan Morgenstern. Includes a 96 page book featuring stunning artifacts.

Songs:

Personnel

Details:

Honeysuckle Rose

How Can You Face Me?

The Panic Is On

Sugar Rose

I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me)

Lost Love

Our Love Was Meant To Be

The Joint is Jumpin'

A Hopeless Love Affair

Hold My Hand

Patty Cake, Patty Cake

Honey Hush

Anita

Squeeze Me

Old Grand Dad

All That Meat And No Potatoes

Ain't Nothin' To It

Bessie, Bessie, Bessie

Cash For Your Trash

You Must Be Losing Your Mind

Up Jumped You With Love

Ain't Misbehavin'

St. Louis Blues

'Sippi (*)

Thou Swell (From "Connecticut Yankee") (*)

Numb Fumblin'

Ain't Misbehavin'

Love Me Or Leave Me

Smashin' Thirds

My Fate Is In Your Hands

African Ripples

Viper's Drag

Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now

Stardust

Carolina Shout

Serenade For A Wealthy Widow

Rosetta

Functionizin'

Lounging At The Waldorf

Blue, Turnin' Grey Over You

In The Gloamin'

Mamacita

The Jitterbug Waltz

Honeysuckle Rose (**)

(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You (+)

You're Not the Only Oyster In the Stew

What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)

Lulu's Back In Town

I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter

Dinah

There'll Be Some Changes Made

Somebody Stole My Gal

Christopher Columbus (A Rhythm Cocktail)

It's a Sin to Tell a Lie

She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific

The Sheik Of Araby

Two Sleepy People

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama)

'Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It)

Your Feet's Too Big

Darktown Strutters Ball

I Can't Give You Anything But Love

You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business

Let's Get Away From It All

'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do

*- Louisiana Sugar Babes; **- A Jam Session At Victor ; +- Jack Teagarden

Label:	RCA
Number:	11252
Item Code:	59714
Format:	CD
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Dates:	(1926-1943)
Price:	$33.00
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