The Essence of Fats Waller

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Handful of Keys
  2:50
• 2
  A Porter’s Love Song to a Chambermaid
  3:23
• 3
  Don’t Let It Bother You
  2:55
• 4
  How Can You Face Me
  2:48
• 5
  I Wish I Were Twins
  2:42
• 6
  Sweetie Pie
  3:05
• 7
  Then I’ll Be Tired of You
  3:10
• 8
  A Little Bit Independent
  2:56
• 9
  Because of Once Upon a Time
  3:14
• 10
  Believe It, Beloved
  2:43
• 11
  Honeysuckle Rose
  2:39
• 12
  I Believe in Miracles
  2:51
• 13
  I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  3:29
• 14
  I’ve Got My Fingers Crossed
  2:39
• 15
  Lulu’s Back in Town
  2:40
• 16
  Rhythm and Romance
  3:15
• 17
  Sweet and Slow
  3:27
• 18
  Truckin’
  3:19
• 19
  Twelfth Street Rag
  2:49
• 20
  Whose Honey Are You
  2:36
• 21
  All My Life
  2:48
• 22
  Black Raspberry Jam
  2:38
• 23
  Bye Bye Baby
  2:20
• 24
  Dinah
  3:07
• 25
  It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
  2:57
• CD 2
• 1
  Let’s Sing Again
  2:20
• 2
  S’Posin’
  2:51
• 3
  The Curse of an Aching Heart
  2:29
• 4
  Until the Real Thing Comes Along
  3:25
• 5
  Us on a Bus
  2:41
• 6
  What Will I Do in the Morning?
  3:06
• 7
  You’re Not the Kind
  3:08
• 8
  I’m Sorry I Made You Cry
  2:47
• 9
  Our Love Was Meant to Be
  3:29
• 10
  Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
  2:33
• 11
  Smarty (You Know It All)
  2:40
• 12
  Spring Cleaning
  2:27
• 13
  The Joint Is Jumpin’
  2:47
• 14
  Where Is the Sun?
  2:36
• 15
  Blue Turning Grey Over You
  4:26
• 16
  Something Tells Me
  2:59
• 17
  There’s Honey on the Moon Tonight
  2:36
• 18
  You Look Good to Me
  3:13
• 19
  Two Sleepy People
  3:05
• 20
  Good for Nothing (But Love)
  3:28
• 21
  Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)
  2:15
  3.0 ★
• 22
  Your Feet’s Too Big
  3:06
• 23
  The Jitterbug Waltz
  3:22
• 24
  Your Socks Don’t Match
  3:05
• 25
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
  4:00

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Release credits

• Al Casey
  guitar [1.2-7, 1.9-13, 1.15, 1.17, 1.20-23, 1.25, 2.1-21, 2.23-24]
• Alton Moore
  trombone [25]
• Arnold Boling
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 2.5, 2.7, 1.16, 1.18-19, 1.21, 1.24-25]
• Arthur Trappier
  drums (drum set) [23-24]
• Ben Whitted
  clarinet [2, 5]
• Benny Carter
  trumpet [25]
• Bill Coleman
  trumpet [9-12]
• Billy Taylor Sr.
  double bass [2-7, 10-11, 11]
• Bob Carroll
  tenor saxophone [23]
• Cedric Wallace
  double bass [16-23]
• Charles Turner
  double bass [2.1-13, 2.13-15, 2.24, 1.8-9, 1.12-25]
• Fats Waller
  Hammond organ [23], additional [3], celesta [1.8, 1.16, 2.7, 2.16], organ [12], piano, solo [1], spoken vocals [3], vocal [2.1-14, 2.16-22, 2.24-25, 1.2-21, 1.23-25]
• Fats Waller and His Rhythm
  performer [13-14, 19]
• Floyd O'Brien
  trombone [4, 6]
• Gene Porter
  reeds [25]
• Gene Sedric
  clarinet [1.8, 1.10-12, 1.14, 2.13], reeds [2.1-11, 2.13-24, 1.8, 1.14, 1.21-23, 1.25], saxophone [13], tenor saxophone [2.12, 1.3, 1.7-9, 1.12, 1.14]
• George James
  alto saxophone [23]
• George Wilson
  trombone [23]
• Harry Dial
  additional [3], drums (drum set) [2-7, 9-13, 15, 17, 20], spoken vocals [3], vibraphone [2]
• Herb Flemming
  trombone [23]
• Herman Autrey
  trumpet [1.2-8, 1.13-25, 2.1-21, 2.23-24]
• Irving Ashby
  guitar [25]
• Jackie Fields
  alto saxophone [23]
• James Smith
  guitar [8, 14, 16, 18-19, 24]
• Joe Thomas
  trumpet [23]
• John Hamilton
  trumpet [22-23]
• John Smith
  guitar [22]
• Lawrence Fields
  alto saxophone [23]
• Mezz Mezzrow
  alto saxophone [4, 6], clarinet [4, 6]
• Nathaniel Williams
  trumpet [23]
• Rudy Powell
  alto saxophone [13, 15-20, 24], clarinet [13, 15-20, 24], reeds [13, 17]
• Slam Stewart
  double bass [25]
• Slick Jones
  drums (drum set) [1.23, 2.2-4, 2.6, 2.8-23], vibraphone [9]
• Slim Moore
  trombone [25]
• Yank Porter
  drums (drum set) [8, 14, 22]
• Zutty Singleton
  drums (drum set) [25]
• Show all credits (36)

Issues

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  The Essence of Fats Waller

  2x CD
  2007