The best of Fats Waller and His Rhythm

Fats Waller and His Rhythm
Thomas “Fats” Waller . piano on all tracks,vocal where applies with:
John Hamilton (tp), Gene Sedric (cl, ts), John Smith (g), Cedric Wallace (b), Slick Jones (dm)
1 I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (Waller - Hill) - August 2, 1939
Herman Autrey (tp), Ben Whittet (cl), Al Casey (g), Billy Taylor (b), Harry Dial (dm)
2 A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid (Johnson - Razaf) - May
16, 1934
Rudy Powell (cl,as) and Charles Turner (b) replace Whittet and Taylor
3 What's the Reason (Tomelin - Hatch) - March 6, 1935
4 Lulu's Back in Town (Warren - Dubin) - May 8, 1935
piano solo - August 2, 1929
5 Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller - Razaf - Brooks)
same as track 3
6 Sweet and Slow ( Warren - Dubin) - May 8, 1935
7 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (Young -
Ahlert) - May 8, 1935
Herman Autrey (tp), Rudy Powell (cl,as), James Smith (g), Charles Turner (b), Arnold Boing (dm)
8 There'll Be Some Changes Made (Higgins — Overstreet) - June 24, 1935
9 My Very Good Friend the Milkman (Burke - Spina) - June 24, 1935
Herman Autrey (tp), Gene Sedric (cl,ts), Al Casey (g), Charles Turner (b), Arnold Boling(dm)
10 Christopher Columbus (Berry - Razaf)) - April 8, 1936
11 Us on a Bus (Seymour - Lawnhurst - April 8, 1936
12 It's a Sin To Tell a Lie (Mayhew) - June 5, 1936
Slick Jones (dm) replaces Boling
13 Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Cahn - Chaplin - Freeman) -
August 1, 1936
piano solo
14 Tea for Two (Youmans - Caesar) - June 11, 1937
Same as track 13. Waller also (cel)
15 You're Laughing at Me (Berlin) February 22, 1937
Herman Autrey (tp), Gene Sedric (cl,ts), Al Casey (g), Cedric Wallace(b), Slick Jones (dm)
16 There's Honey on the Moon (Coots - Davis - Gillespie) - July 1, 1938
17 I'll Dance at Your Wedding - December 7, 1938
18 Two Sleepy People (Carmichael - Loesser) - October 13, 1938
19 Hold Tight (Brandow - Spotswood) - January 19, 1939
same as track 1
20 Honeysuckle Rose (Waller - Razaf) - August 2, 1939
Herman Autrey (tp), Chauncey Graham (ts), John Smith (g), Cedric Wallace (b), Larry Hinton (dm)
21 I Used To Love You (Brown - von Tilzer) - June 28, 1939
piano solo
22 Ring Dem Bells (Ellington) - May 13, 1941
same as track 1
23 Your Feet's Too Big (Fisher - Benson) - November 3, 1939
24 Sweet Sue, Just You (Harris - Young) - August 2, 1939
Una Mae Carlisle (voc) added (“I Can’’t Give You…” only
25 I Can't Give You Anything But Love (McHugh - Fields) - November 3,
1939
26 The Sheik of Araby (Snyder) - August 2, 1939