Portrait, Volume 1

Tracklist

• CD 1: Fats Waller Stomp
• 1
  Muscle Shoals Blues
  3:17
• 2
  Birmingham Blues
  3:00
• 3
  St. Louis Blues
  2:52
• 4
  Lennox Avenue Blues
  2:36
• 5
  Soothin’ Syrup Stomp
  2:53
• 6
  Sloppy Water Blues
  3:02
• 7
  Loveless Love
  3:05
• 8
  Messin’ Around With the Blues
  3:00
• 9
  Rusty Pail
  3:01
• 10
  Stompin’ the Bug
  3:13
• 11
  Hog Maw Stomp
  3:05
• 12
  Blue Black Bottom
  2:53
• 13
  Sugar (instrumental)
  3:01
• 14
  Sugar (vocal)
  3:16
• 15
  Beale Street Blues (vocal)
  3:14
• 16
  Beale Street Blues (instrumental)
  3:05
• 17
  I’m Going to See My Ma
  3:11
• 18
  Fats Waller Stomp
  3:21
• 19
  Savannah Blues
  2:55
• 20
  Won’t You Take Me Home
  2:41
• CD 2: A Handful of Keys
• 1
  He’s Gone Away
  2:37
• 2
  I Ain’t Got Nobody
  3:06
• 3
  The Digah’s Stomp
  2:53
• 4
  Red Hot Dan
  3:17
• 5
  Geechee
  3:01
• 6
  Please Take Me Out of Jail
  2:46
• 7
  Chloe (Song of the Swamp)
  2:42
• 8
  When You’re With Somebody Else
  2:22
• 9
  Willow Tree
  3:24
• 10
  ’Sippi
  3:13
• 11
  Thou Swell
  3:02
• 12
  Persian Rug
  3:33
• 13
  Handful of Keys
  2:46
• 14
  The Minor Drag
  2:39
• 15
  Harlem Fuss
  3:19
• 16
  Numb Fumblin’
  2:50
• 17
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
  3:02
• 18
  Sweet Savannah Sue
  3:01
• 19
  I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling
  2:49
• 20
  Love Me or Leave Me
  2:37
• 21
  Gladyse
  2:53
• CD 3: Valentine Stomp
• 1
  Valentine Stomp
  3:14
• 2
  Waiting at the End of the Road
  3:22
• 3
  Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be?
  3:16
• 4
  Waiting at the End of the Road
  3:05
• 5
  Baby, Oh! Where Can You Be?
  2:53
• 6
  Tanglefoot
  3:06
• 7
  That’s All
  3:20
• 8
  Goin’ About
  3:08
• 9
  My Feelin’s Are Hurt
  3:04
• 10
  Smashing Thirds
  3:06
• 11
  Lookin’ Good but Feelin’ Bad
  2:32
• 12
  I Need Someone Like You
  3:29
• 13
  Big Business, Part 1
  3:39
• 14
  Big Business, Part 2
  3:07
• 15
  My Fate Is in Your Hands
  3:04
• 16
  My Fate Is in Your Hands
  2:41
• 17
  Turn on the Heat
  2:25
• 18
  Lookin’ For Another Sweetie
  3:03
• 19
  Ridin’ But Walkin’
  2:29
• 20
  Won’t You Get Off It, Please?
  2:59
• 21
  When I’m Alone
  3:26
• CD 4: I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby
• 1
  St. Louis Blues
  3:00
• 2
  After You’re Gone
  3:23
• 3
  Girls Like You Were Meant for Boys Like Me
  2:56
• 4
  Arkansas Blues
  2:34
• 5
  Egyptian Ella
  3:17
• 6
  I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby (And My Baby’s Crazy ’Bout Me)
  3:04
• 7
  Dallas Blues
  3:18
• 8
  Royal Garden Blues
  3:01
• 9
  I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby (And My Baby’s Crazy ’Bout Me)
  3:20
• 10
  Draggin’ My Heart Around
  3:19
• 11
  A Shine on Your Shoes
  3:08
• 12
  A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid
  3:18
• 13
  I Wish I Were Twins
  2:39
• 14
  Armful O’Sweetness
  3:00
• 15
  Do Me a Favor
  3:10
• 16
  Georgia May
  2:33
• 17
  Don’t Let It Bother You
  2:50
• 18
  Have a Little Dream on Me
  2:49
• 19
  Serenade for a Wealthy Widow
  2:38
• 20
  How Can You Face Me?
  2:47
• 21
  Sweetie Pie
  3:03
• CD 5: Honeysuckle Rose
• 1
  Mandy
  2:31
• 2
  Let’s Pretend There’s a Moon
  3:28
• 3
  You’re Not the Only Oyster in the Stew
  3:12
• 4
  Honeysuckle Rose
  2:39
• 5
  Believe It, Beloved
  2:42
• 6
  Dream Man (Make Me Dream Some More)
  2:58
• 7
  I’m Growing Fonder of You
  3:18
• 8
  If It Isn’t Love
  2:55
• 9
  Breakin’ The Ice
  3:18
• 10
  African Ripples
  3:18
• 11
  Clothes Line Ballet
  3:07
• 12
  Alligator Crawl
  2:42
• 13
  Viper’s Drag
  2:58
• 14
  I’m a Hundred Percent for You (vocal)
  3:05
• 15
  I’m a Hundred Percent for You (instrumental)
  3:03
• 16
  Baby Brown (vocal)
  3:12
• 17
  Baby Brown (instrumental)
  2:32
• 18
  Night Wind
  3:16
• 19
  Because of Once Upon a Time
  3:13
• 20
  I Believe in Miracles
  2:57
• 21
  You Fit Into the Picture
  2:25
• CD 6: Sweet and Low
• 1
  Louisiana Fairy Tale
  3:26
• 2
  I Ain’t Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) (vocal)
  3:00
• 3
  I Ain’t Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me) (instrumental)
  2:54
• 4
  Whose Honey Are You? (vocal)
  2:39
• 5
  Whose Honey Are You? (instrumental)
  3:12
• 6
  Rosetta (vocal)
  3:05
• 7
  Rosetta (instrumental)
  2:47
• 8
  Pardon My Love
  3:05
• 9
  What’s the Reason (I’m Not Pleasin’ You) (vocal)
  2:46
• 10
  What’s the Reason (I’m Not Pleasin’ You) (instrumental)
  2:47
• 11
  Cinders
  2:57
• 12
  (Oh Suzannah) Dust Off That Old Pianna
  2:32
• 13
  Lulu’s Back in Town
  2:36
• 14
  Sweet and Slow
  3:26
• 15
  You’ve Been Taking Lessons in Love
  3:06
• 16
  You’re the Cutest One
  3:16
• 17
  I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  3:30
• 18
  I Hate to Talk About Myself
  2:37
• 19
  Dinah
  3:05
• 20
  Take It Easy
  3:08
• CD 7: Sugar Blues
• 1
  You’re the Picture (I’m the Frame)
  3:38
• 2
  My Very Good Friend the Milkman
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Blue Because of You
  2:56
• 4
  There’s Going to Be the Devil to Pay
  2:29
• 5
  12th Street Rag
  2:50
• 6
  There’ll Be Some Changes Made
  3:09
• 7
  Somebody Stole My Gal
  3:30
• 8
  Sweet Sue
  2:55
• 9
  Truckin’
  3:20
• 10
  Sugar Blues
  2:51
• 11
  Just as Long as the World Goes ’round and ’Round (And I Go Around With You)
  3:07
• 12
  Georgia Rockin’ Chair
  2:44
• 13
  Brother, Seek and Ye Shall Find
  2:51
• 14
  The Girl I Left Behind Me
  3:18
• 15
  You’re So Darn Charming
  2:46
• 16
  Woe! Is Me
  2:59
• 17
  Rhythm and Romance
  3:16
• 18
  Loafin’ Time
  2:30
• 19
  (Do You Intend to Put an End To) A Sweet Beginning Like This
  2:53
• 20
  Got a Bran’ New Suit
  2:37
• 21
  I’m on a See‐Saw
  3:04
• 22
  Thief in the Night
  2:50
• CD 8: Functionizin’
• 1
  When Somebody Thinks You’re Wonderful
  3:37
• 2
  I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed
  2:38
• 3
  Spreadin’ Rhythm Around
  2:41
• 4
  A Little Bit Independent
  2:55
• 5
  You Stayed Away Too Long
  3:11
• 6
  Sweet Thing
  3:22
• 7
  Fat and Greasy
  3:09
• 8
  Functionizin’
  3:07
• 9
  I Got Rhythm
  3:10
• 10
  The Panic Is On
  3:14
• 11
  Sugar Rose
  3:09
• 12
  Ooh! Look‐A‐There, Ain’t She Pretty?
  2:32
• 13
  Moon Rose
  2:54
• 14
  West Wind
  3:34
• 15
  That Never‐To‐Be‐Forgotten Night
  3:12
• 16
  Sing an Old Fashioned Song (To a Young Sophisticated Lady)
  3:24
• 17
  Garbo Green
  2:59
• 18
  All My Life
  2:48
• 19
  Christopher Columbus
  2:53
• 20
  Cross Patch
  3:30
• 21
  It’s No Fun
  2:47
• CD 9: Fractious Fingering
• 1
  Cabin in the Sky
  3:27
• 2
  Us on a Bus
  2:41
• 3
  Stay
  2:50
• 4
  It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
  2:54
• 5
  The More I Know You
  2:21
• 6
  You’re Not the Kind
  3:07
• 7
  Why Did I Lie to Myself About You?
  2:51
• 8
  Let’s Sing Again
  2:19
• 9
  Big Chief De Sota
  2:53
• 10
  Black Raspberry Jam
  2:37
• 11
  Bach Up to Me
  2:39
• 12
  Fractious Fingering
  2:41
• 13
  Paswonky
  2:32
• 14
  Lounging at the Waldorf
  2:55
• 15
  Latch On
  3:04
• 16
  I’m Crazy ’Bout My Baby
  2:17
• 17
  I Just Made Up With That Old Girl of Mine
  2:51
• 18
  Until the Real Thing Comes Along
  3:24
• 19
  There Goes My Attraction
  2:12
• 20
  The Curse of an Aching Heart
  2:29
• 21
  Bye‐Bye‐Baby
  2:18
• CD 10: Havin’ A Ball
• 1
  S’posin’
  2:51
• 2
  Copper Colored Gal
  2:52
• 3
  I’m at the Mercy of My Love
  3:03
• 4
  Floatin’ Down to Cotton Town
  2:19
• 5
  La‐De‐De, La‐De‐Da
  3:01
• 6
  Hallelujah! Things Look Rosy Now (vocal)
  2:47
• 7
  Hallelujah! Things Look Rosy Now (instrumental)
  2:46
• 8
  ’Tain’t Good (Like a Nickel Made of Wood) (vocal)
  2:29
• 9
  ’Tain’t Good (Like a Nickel Made of Wood) (instrumental)
  2:29
• 10
  Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells (vocal)
  3:01
• 11
  Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells (instrumental)
  3:00
• 12
  A Thousand Dreams of You (vocal)
  2:58
• 13
  A Thousand Dreams of You (instrumental)
  3:02
• 14
  A Rhyme of Love
  2:40
• 15
  I Adore You
  2:47
• 16
  Havin’ A Ball
  2:59
• 17
  I’m Sorry I Made You Cry
  2:47
• 18
  Who’s Afraid of Love?
  2:56
• 19
  Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
  2:33
• 20
  One in a Million
  2:43
• 21
  Nero
  2:39

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Release credits

• Al Casey
  guitar [9.1-21, 5.1-9, 5.14-21, 4.12-21, 10.1-21, 6.1-18, 8.18-21]
• Albert Nicholas
  alto saxophone [11-12], clarinet [20], reeds [18-21]
• Alberta Hunter
  vocal [14-15]
• Andy Sannella
  reeds [15]
• Arnold Boling
  drums (drum set) [8.18-21, 7.1-22, 6.19-20, 9.1-9]
• Arville Harris
  alto saxophone [14], clarinet [14], reeds [15]
• Ben Whitted
  alto saxophone [14], clarinet [12-15]
• Benny Goodman
  alto saxophone [3-4], clarinet [3-8]
• Benny Morton
  trombone [7-9]
• Benny Payne
  piano [1-2]
• Bill Coleman
  trumpet [4-9, 14-21]
• Billy Taylor Sr.
  double bass [4.12-21, 5.1-4, 5.4-9]
• Bob Carroll
  tenor saxophone [7-9]
• Bobby Leecan
  guitar [1, 6]
• Bud Freeman
  tenor saxophone [3]
• Charles Turner
  double bass [10.1-21, 8.1-21, 5.14-21, 6.1-20, 7.1-22, 9.1-21]
• Charlie Gaines
  trumpet [14-15]
• Charlie Holmes
  clarinet [20], reeds [18-21]
• Charlie Irvis
  trombone [2.14-15, 1.18-20]
• Chuck Campbell
  trombone [8]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [3]
• Dave Klein
  trumpet [5-8]
• Dick Cherwin
  double bass [15]
• Ed Anderson
  trumpet [7-9]
• Eddie Condon
  banjo [2.14-15, 3.11-12, 4.3-4]
• Emmett Matthews
  reeds [7-9], soprano saxophone [7-9]
• Fats Waller
  additional [17], celesta [7.15, 7.17, 7.19, 6.5-7, 6.10-12, 9.1, 9.6, 8.4, 8.11-12], lead vocals [16, 19], organ [2.7-8, 2.8-9, 2.11-12, 5.18, 5.20], piano [7.1-22, 1.1-2, 1.12, 1.19, 8.1-21, 3.1-3, 3.8-21, 4.1-10, 4.12-21, 9.1-21, 6.1-20, 5.1-17, 5.19, 5.21, 10.1-21, 2.1, 2.6, 2.13-21], pipe organ [1.3-11, 1.13-20, 3.4-7, 2.1-6, 2.9-11], solo [5.13, 2.13], spoken vocals [17, 19], vibraphone [7], vocal [8.1-7, 8.9-21, 4.6-10, 4.12-18, 4.20-21, 6.1-2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.8-9, 6.11-20, 7.1-22, 10.1-6, 10.8, 10.10, 10.12, 10.14-21, 9.1-9, 9.16-21, 5.1-9, 5.14, 5.16, 5.18-21]
• Fats Waller and His Buddies
  performer [2.15, 3.20]
• Fats Waller and His Rhythm
  performer [8.1-2, 6.17, 7.5]
• Floyd O'Brien
  trombone [4.19-21, 5.1-3]
• Four Wanderers
  choir vocals [11-12]
• Francis J. Lapitino
  harp [8]
• Fred Robinson
  trombone [7-9]
• Fred Skerritt
  reeds [7-9]
• Garvin Bushell
  reeds [9-11]
• Gene Krupa
  drums (drum set) [11-12]
• Gene Sedric
  clarinet [8.1-6, 8.10-17, 5.4-8, 5.20-21, 9.14, 9.16], reeds [5.14, 5.16, 8.1-21, 9.1-21, 10.1-21], tenor saxophone [4.16-18, 8.1-17, 9.16, 5.8-9, 5.14-20]
• George "Pops" Foster
  double bass [11-12, 18-21]
• George Brunies
  trombone [5-8]
• George James
  reeds [7-9]
• Hank Duncan
  piano [7-9]
• Harry Barth
  double bass [5-8], tuba [5-8]
• Harry Dial
  additional [17], drums (drum set) [5.1-9, 5.14-21, 6.1-18, 4.12-21], spoken vocals [17], vibraphone [5.7, 4.12, 4.19]
• Henry “Red” Allen
  trumpet [11-12, 18-21]
• Herman Autrey
  trumpet [7.1-22, 5.1-3, 4.12-21, 6.1-20, 10.1-21, 8.1-21, 9.1-21], vocal [18-19]
• Hymie Wolfson
  tenor saxophone [5-8]
• J.C. Higginbotham
  trombone [18-21]
• Jabbo Smith
  cornet [9-11]
• Jack Teagarden
  trombone [11-12, 18-21], vibraphone [12, 19]
• James P. Johnson
  piano [9-11]
• James Smith
  guitar [8.1-17, 6.19-20, 7.1-22]
• Jimmy Archey
  trombone [1, 6]
• John Lucas
  drums (drum set) [5-8]
• Kaiser Marshall
  drums (drum set) [18-21]
• Larry Binyon
  tenor saxophone [11-12, 18-21]
• Leonard "Ham" Davis
  trumpet [18, 20-21]
• Lou Raderman
  violin [2.7, 3.15]
• Louis Martin
  alto saxophone [5-8], baritone saxophone [5-8]
• Mezz Mezzrow
  alto saxophone [5.1-3, 4.19-21], clarinet [4.19-21, 5.1-3]
• Milt Rettenberg
  piano [7-8]
• Muggsy Spanier
  cornet [5-6], trumpet [5-8]
• Orlando Roberson
  vocal [18, 21]
• Otto Hardwick
  alto saxophone [11-12]
• Red McKenzie
  other instruments [3], vocal [4]
• Rudy Powell
  alto saxophone [6.2-20, 7.1-19, 7.21-22], clarinet [7.1-22, 6.1-20], reeds [6.2, 6.14-15, 6.17, 8.7-9]
• Sam Blank
  trombone [5-8]
• Sam Shapiro
  violin [5, 7]
• Slick Jones
  drums (drum set) [9.16-21, 10.1-21]
• Sol Klein
  violin [5, 7]
• Ted Lewis
  clarinet [5-6], vocal [5]
• Thomas Morris
  cornet [2.1, 2.6, 1.18-20]
• Tony Girardi
  guitar [5-8]
• Will Johnson
  banjo [18-21]
• Yank Porter
  drums (drum set) [8.1-17, 9.10-15], vibraphone [7]
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Issues

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  Portrait, Volume 1

  10x CD
  6 March 2003