Handful of Keys

Fats Waller - Handful of Keys

Handful of Keys
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Artist: Fats Waller
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 2004-06-28
Music Label: Proper Box UK
Soundtracks:
  1. Muscle Shoals Blues
  2. Birmingham Blues
  3. Henderson Stomp
  4. Rusty Pail
  5. Blue Black Bottom
  6. Fats Waller Stomp
  7. Savannah Blues
  8. Geechee
  9. Thou Swell
  10. Handful Of Keys
  11. Minor Drag
  12. Harlem Fuss
  13. Numb Fumblin'
  14. Gladyse
  15. Valentine Stomp
  16. Smashing Thirds
  17. Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad
  18. Won't You Get Off It Please?
  19. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
  20. Porter's Love Song To A Chambermaid
  21. I Wish I Were Twins
  22. Do Me A Favor
  23. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
  24. Don't Let It Bother You
  25. Have A Little Dream On Me
  26. Serenade For A Wealthy Widow
  27. How Can You Face Me?
  28. Sweetie Pie
  29. Belive It, Beloved
  30. Dream Man
  31. Breakin' The Ice
  32. African Ripples
  33. Alligator Crawl
  34. Viper's Drag
  35. I'm A Hundred Per Cent For You
  36. Night Wind
  37. I Believe In Miracles
  38. I Ain't Got Nobody
  39. Clothes Line Ballet
  40. Lulu's Back In Town
  41. I'm Going To Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
  42. You're The Cutest One
  43. Dinah
  44. My Very Good Friend The Milkman
  45. Twelfth Street Rag
  46. There'll Be Some Changes Made
  47. Sweet Sue
  48. Truckin'
  49. Sugar Blues
  50. Rhythm And Romance
  51. I'm On A See-Saw
  52. When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful
  53. I've Got My Fingers Crossed
  54. A Little Bit Independent
  55. Fat And Greasy
  56. I Got Rhythm
  57. All My Life
  58. Christopher Columbus
  59. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
  60. Black Raspberry Jam
  61. Fractious Fingering
  62. Paswonky
  63. Until The Real Thing Comes Along
  64. Curse Of An Aching Heart
  65. S'posin
  66. I'm Sorry I Made You Cry
  67. Nero
  68. Spring Cleaning
  69. Honeysuckle Rose
  70. Smarty
  71. Blue Turning Grey Over You
  72. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
  73. Joint Is Jumping
  74. Everyday's A Holiday
  75. Two Sleepy People
  76. Yacht Club Swing
  77. Spider And The Fly
  78. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
  79. Hold Tight
  80. 'tain't What You Do
  81. London Suite: Piccadilly/ Chelsea/ Soho/ Bond Street/...
  82. Squeeze Me
  83. Your Feet's Too Big
  84. Darktown Strutter's Ball
  85. I Cant Give You Anything But Love
  86. Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues
  87. Pantin' In The Panther Room
  88. Carolina Shout
  89. Chant Of The Groove
  90. Buck Jumpin'
  91. Your Socks Don't Match
  92. Jitterbug Waltz
  93. Swing Out To Victory
  94. Ain't Misbehavin'
  95. Waller Jive/ Hallelujah

Music reviews of Handful of Keys

Music Review: One of the best of the series
Rating: 5 Stars

We may now be in re-issue heaven and the PROPER BOX series are up to No 72 as at Sep 2004. To my ear, some of the music now sounds dated such as the bebop saxophone re-issues, or some of the swing music of the forties. Duke Ellington of any period but perhaps especially from 1926 to 1944 still seems brilliant to me, and modern. Similarly, Louis Armstrong seems immortal. And this PROPER BOX of FATS WALLER is in that company. I find it difficult to name a musician of such calibre who was also a consummate entertainer who could redeem some musical rubbish just by his performance. My first record was a 12" 78 which had BLUE TURNING GREY OVER YOU on one side HONEYSUCKLE ROSE on the other. Both these sides - works that almost define what it means to swing, which combine rhythm, harmony and melody in such a delicious combination, both recorded in 1937 - are included in this Box Set of four CD's. The accompanying Booklet has 48 pages of biography, posters, photos, recording details, and biographical information as well as notes accompanying the records by JOOP VISSER. My one disappointment is that the set contains no records of Mr Waller on a large organ has he did record some Spirituals in England which were stunning. (He is featured on organ and piano on a number of tracks in the set though I assume it is a Hammond). Some of the music - such as I'M ON A SEE-SAW - are classics of swing music; others - I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES made acceptable by Mr Waller: none are filler. For music lovers of 20th Century music, this is an essential purchase of a compleat musician at the peak of his powers exuding the joy of creating some of the best swing ever.
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A Handful Of Keys by Fats Waller

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Dizzy Gillespie claimed that "Fats could eat up a piano"--one of the clearest expressions of the great Waller's talent ever uttered by another master. But what's frustrating for all pianists about Waller was said by Fats himself in the middle of a vast piano solo that sounded as if he had four hands and two pianos going at once: "It's so easy when you knows how!" To add credence, the great Art Tatum declared "Fats ... that's where we all came from." To add credence listeners can experience, it's difficult to find a musician who cut as many records as Waller did in his short life of 39 years. Handful of Keys boasts previously unrecorded selections like "Stop Beatin' 'Round The Mulberry Bush," "My Best Wishes," and "What's the Matter with You," all of them masterfully performed. The biggest surprise here is "St. Louis Blues" done as a solo, in contrast to the early duet in March 1930 with Bennie Payne, then a member of Cab Calloway's orchestra. The solo version can render you unconscious because of both its stride and its luminous optimism. Fats's stride piano invokes a stomp and howl at (or with) anyone who can play so much piano and transmit such happiness through the music alone. The clever asides and burlesques of the rather simple-minded numbers RCA Victor forced him to record, of course, add to the hilarity, but the stupefyingly glorious wonder of Waller's technique and imagination are joyous. Handful of Keys is a keeper for all fans, be they Traditional, Bop, R&B, Rock, or whatever the present state of Jazz connotes. Fats is the cat who gave us many of the foundation stones of all jazz. --Daniel Bartlett Jr.

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