The best of Fats Waller

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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 ( 02:07 )
3 What's the Reason (Tomelin - Hatch) - March 6, 1935 ( 05:28 )
4 Lulu's Back in Town (Warren - Dubin) - May 8, 1935 ( 08:19 )
piano solo - August 2, 1929
5 Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller - Razaf - Brooks) ( 10:57 )
same as track 3
6 Sweet and Slow ( Warren - Dubin) - May 8, 1935 (13:58 )
7 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (Young -
Ahlert) - May 8, 1935 ( 17:30 )
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 ( 21:00 )
9 My Very Good Friend the Milkman (Burke - Spina) - June 24, 1935 ( 24:08 )
Herman Autrey (tp), Gene Sedric (cl,ts), Al Casey (g), Charles Turner (b), Arnold Boling(dm)
10 Christopher Columbus (Berry - Razaf)) - April 8, 1936 (27:41 )
11 Us on a Bus (Seymour - Lawnhurst - April 8, 1936 ( 30:35 )
12 It's a Sin To Tell a Lie (Mayhew) - June 5, 1936 ( 33:18 )
Slick Jones (dm) replaces Boling
13 Until the Real Thing Comes Along (Cahn - Chaplin - Freeman) -
August 1, 1936 ( 36:12 )
piano solo
14 Tea for Two (Youmans - Caesar) - June 11, 1937 ( 39:34 )
Same as track 13. Waller also (cel)
15 You're Laughing at Me (Berlin) February 22, 1937 ( 42:38 )
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 ( 45:12 )
17 I'll Dance at Your Wedding - December 7, 1938 ( 47:50 )
18 Two Sleepy People (Carmichael - Loesser) - October 13, 1938 ( 50:32 )
19 Hold Tight (Brandow - Spotswood) - January 19, 1939 ( 53:34 )
same as track 1
20 Honeysuckle Rose (Waller - Razaf) - August 2, 1939 ( 55:49 )
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 ( 59:06 )
piano solo
22 Ring Dem Bells (Ellington) - May 13, 1941 ( 01:01:57 )
same as track 1
23 Your Feet's Too Big (Fisher - Benson) - November 3, 1939 ( 01:05:10 )
24 Sweet Sue, Just You (Harris - Young) - August 2, 1939 (01:08:13 )
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 ( 01:10:41 )
26 The Sheik of Araby (Snyder) - August 2, 1939 ( 01:15:04 )