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Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Fats Waller and His Rhythm: The Middle Years, Part 1 (1936-1938)
CD DetailsArtist: Fats Waller & His Rhythm Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 1992-10-27 Music Label: RCA Soundtracks: Music CD 1- Havin' a Ball - Fats Waller, Johnson, James [01]
- I'm Sorry I Made You Cry - Fats Waller, Clesi, Jeannine
- Who's Afraid of Love? - Fats Waller, Mitchell, Sidney
- Please Keep Me in Your Dreams - Fats Waller, Lawnhurst, Vee
- One in a Million - Fats Waller, Mitchell, Sidney
- Nero - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
- You're Laughing at Me - Fats Waller, Berlin, Irving
- I Can't Break the Habit of You - Fats Waller, Beal, Charlie
- Did Anyone Ever Tell You? - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
- When Love Is Young - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
- The Meanest Thing You Ever Did Was Kiss Me - Fats Waller, Lewis, Sam M.
- Cryin' Mood - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
- Where Is the Sun? - Fats Waller, Lee, David [Compose
- Old Plantation - Fats Waller, Lee, David [Compose
- To a Sweet Pretty Thing - Fats Waller, Ahlert, Fred E.
- You've Been Reading My Mail - Fats Waller, Meyer, George [2] W
- Spring Cleaning - Fats Waller, Powell, Teddy
- You Showed Me the Way - Fats Waller, Fitzgerald, Ella
- You Showed Me the Way - Fats Waller, Fitzgerald, Ella
- Boo-Hoo - Fats Waller, Heyman, Edward
- The Love Bug Will Bite You (If You Don't Watch Out) - Fats Waller, Tomlin, Pinky
- San Anton' - Fats Waller, Denniker, Paul
- San Anton' - Fats Waller, Denniker, Paul
- I've Got a New Lease on Love - Fats Waller, Ahlert, Fred E.
- I've Got a New Lease on Love - Fats Waller, Ahlert, Fred E.
Music CD 2- Sweet Heartache - Fats Waller, Stept, Sam
- Sweet Heartache - Fats Waller, Stept, Sam
- Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
- Smarty (You Know It All) - Fats Waller, Freed, Ralph
- Don't You Know or Don't You Care? - Fats Waller, Fain, Sammy
- Lost Love - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
- I'm Gonna Put You in Your Place - Fats Waller, Meyer, George [2] W
- Blue Turning Grey Over You - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
- You've Got Me Under Your Thumb - Fats Waller, Brooks, Harry
- Beat It Out - Fats Waller, Bernier, Buddy
- Our Love Was Meant to Be - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
- I'd Rather Call You Baby - Fats Waller, Lawnhurst, Vee
- I'm Always in the Mood for You - Fats Waller, Coots, J. Fred
- She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific - Fats Waller, Coots, J. Fred
- You're My Dish - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
- More Power to You - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
- How Can I? - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C.
- The Joint Is Jumpin' - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C.
- A Hopeless Love Affair - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
- What Will I Do in the Morning? - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C.
- How Ya, Baby? - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C.
- Jealous of Me - Fats Waller, Razaf, Andy
Music CD 3- Every Day's a Holiday - Fats Waller, Coslow, Sam
- Neglected - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
- My Window Faces the South - Fats Waller, Livingston, Jerry
- Am I in Another World? - Fats Waller, Green, Bud
- Why Do Hawaiians Sing Aloha? - Fats Waller, Maskill, Jack
- My First Impression of You - Fats Waller, Stept, Sam
- On the Sunny Side of the Street - Fats Waller, Fields, Dorothy
- Georgia on My Mind - Fats Waller, Carmichael, Hoagy
- Something Tells Me - Fats Waller, Mercer, Johnny
- I Love to Whistle - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
- You Went to My Head - Fats Waller, Bernier, Buddy
- Florida Flo - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
- Lost and Found - Fats Waller, Tomlin, Pinky
- Don't Try to Cry Your Way Back to Me - Fats Waller, Kelly
- Marie - Fats Waller, Berlin, Irving
- In the Gloaming - Fats Waller, Traditional
- You Had an Ev'ning to Spare - Fats Waller, Adamson, Harold
- Let's Break the Good News - Fats Waller, Davis, Joe [Jazz]
- Skrontch - Fats Waller, Ellington, Duke
- I Simply Adore You - Fats Waller, Mann, Paul
- The Sheik of Araby - Fats Waller, Smith, Harry [2] Be
- Hold My Hand - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C.
- Inside (This Heart of Mine) - Fats Waller, Johnson, J.C.
Music reviews of Fats Waller and His Rhythm: The Middle Years, Part 1 (1936-1938)Music Review: more fine jazz from Fats Rating: 5 StarsThe Middle Years Part One sees essentially the same cats coming back from earlier volumes on the record dates, with the exception of some "big band" sides where "His Rhythm" gets fleshed out. Most of the songs are original compositions and it makes me wonder "when the hell did this guy sleep?"
It's too bad these sets went out of print, but thankfully they're still available at a usually reasonable price in good condition. I'm working towards collecting them all. I have a radio show on local community FM, specializing in all kinds of classic American music and Fats always gets a call of appreciation. In a modern music scene full of flash in the pan, photogenic 1-D "artists", I treat the music of Fats and folks like him as manna from music heaven.
Description of Fats Waller and His Rhythm: The Middle Years, Part 1 (1936-1938)While the swing era has been strongly identified with big bands, few musicians of the period enjoyed the success of Fats Waller, who spent most of the period happily leading a sextet. While Waller's popularity was inevitably tied to his casual vocals and the scale of his personality--his verbal humor can become a running commentary on an instrumental--Waller was one of the greatest pianists who ever played jazz. Part of a comprehensive series of Waller's band recordings for RCA, this three-CD set covers his work from December 1936 to April 1938. As with every volume in the series, there's a mix of novelty vocals, sentimental ballads, and superior pop songs. What distinguishes all of it is the genius of the Waller piano, from animated stride to the most thoughtful chord, all of it delivered with a lightness of touch that inspired pianists like Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson. In the spirit of the times, Waller expanded "His Rhythm" to a 14-piece band for the final session, which includes rousing versions of "Sheik of Araby" and Duke Ellington's "Skrontch." --Stuart Broomer
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