The Essential Fats Waller

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Essential Fats Waller: Disc 1
• 1
  Ain't Misbehavin'
  4:02
• 2
  Viper's Drag
  2:58
• 3
  Honeysuckle Rose
  3:26
• 4
  The Joint Is Jumpin'
  2:48
• 5
  Until the Real Thing Comes Along
  3:26
• 6
  I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby

  Fats Waller with Adelaide Hall
  2:54
• 7
  After You've Gone
  3:25
• 8
  Two Sleepy People
  3:06
• 9
  You Stayed Away Too Long
  3:11
• 10
  Alligator Crawl
  2:42
• 11
  There Goes My Attraction
  2:14
• 12
  Messin' Around With the Blues
  3:02
  4.0 ★
• 13
  I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy About Me)
  2:19
• 14
  Fats Waller Stomp
  3:23
• 15
  It's No Fun
  2:46
• 16
  A Rhyme for Love
  2:41
• 17
  I Can't Break the Habit of You
  2:45
• 18
  Lennox Avenue Blues
  2:37
• 19
  (Oh Susannah) Dust Off That Old Piana
  2:34
• 20
  Darktown Strutter's Ball
  2:44
• 21
  Tea for Two
  3:02
• 22
  12th Street Rag
  2:48
• 23
  What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)
  2:48
• 24
  Somebody Stole My Gal
  3:29
• 25
  Functionizin'
  3:04
• CD 2: The Essential Fats Waller: Disc 2
• 1
  I Got Rhythm
  3:12
• 2
  It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
  2:54
• 3
  Blue Turning Grey Over You
  4:26
• 4
  Baby Brown
  2:33
• 5
  Carolina Shout
  2:20
• 6
  My Very Good Friend the Milkman
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 7
  I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling
  2:51
• 8
  I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
  3:31
• 9
  Believe It Beloved
  2:43
• 10
  The Minor Drag
  2:41
• 11
  Soothin' Syrup Stomp
  2:55
• 12
  Sugar Rose
  3:10
• 13
  All My Life
  2:45
• 14
  Nero
  2:39
• 15
  I'm at the Mercy of Love
  3:04
• 16
  Valentine Stomp
  3:14
• 17
  Sloppy Water Blues
  3:03
• 18
  The More I Know You
  2:22
• 19
  Spring Cleaning
  2:27
• 20
  Then I'll Be Tired of You
  3:10
• 21
  I Just Made Up With That Old Girl of Mine
  2:52
• 22
  Rusty Pail
  3:02
• 23
  Sweet Savannah Sue
  3:02
• 24
  Woe! Is Me
  2:58
• 25
  Lulu's Back in Town
  2:38

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Release credits

• Al Casey
  guitar [1.4-5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13, 1.15-17, 1.19, 1.23, 2.2-4, 2.8-9, 2.13-15, 2.18-21]
• Alton Moore
  trombone [1]
• Arnold Boling
  drums (drum set) [2.2, 2.6, 2.13, 2.18, 2.24, 1.15, 1.22]
• Arville Harris
  alto saxophone [10], clarinet [10]
• Benny Carter
  trumpet [1]
• Benny Morton
  trombone [1.25, 2.1]
• Benny Payne
  piano [7]
• Bill Coleman
  trumpet [4, 9]
• Billy Taylor Sr.
  double bass [9, 20]
• Bob Carroll
  tenor saxophone [2.1, 1.25]
• Cedric Wallace
  double bass [8, 20]
• Charles Turner
  double bass [2.1-4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.12-15, 2.18-19, 2.21, 2.24, 1.4, 1.4-5, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.15-17, 1.19, 1.22-23, 1.25]
• Charlie Gaines
  trumpet [10]
• Charlie Irvis
  trombone [2.10, 1.14]
• Ed Anderson
  trumpet [2.1, 1.25]
• Eddie Condon
  banjo [10]
• Emmett Matthews
  reeds [1.25, 2.1], soprano saxophone [2.1, 1.25]
• Fats Waller
  celesta [2.12, 1.19, 1.23], lead vocals [11, 13], piano [1.1, 1.1-5, 1.7-11, 1.13, 1.15-17, 1.19-20, 1.22-23, 1.25, 2.1-10, 2.12-16, 2.18-21, 2.23-24], pipe organ [1.12, 1.14, 1.18, 2.11, 2.17, 2.22], solo [2-3], vocal [1.1, 1.4-5, 1.8-9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.15-17, 1.19-20, 1.22, 2.1-2, 2.6, 2.8-9, 2.12-15, 2.18-21, 2.24]
• Fats Waller and His Rhythm
  performer [2.8, 1.22]
• Fred Robinson
  trombone [1.25, 2.1]
• Fred Skerritt
  reeds [2.1, 1.25]
• Gene Porter
  reeds [1]
• Gene Sedric
  clarinet [1.4, 1.9, 1.13, 2.9, 2.12], reeds [2.1-3, 2.12-15, 2.18, 2.21, 1.4-5, 1.8-9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.15-17, 1.20, 1.25], saxophone [4], tenor saxophone [2.1, 2.4, 2.12, 2.19-20, 1.9, 1.13, 1.25]
• George James
  reeds [1.25, 2.1]
• Hank Duncan
  piano [1.25, 2.1]
• Harry Dial
  drums (drum set) [2.4, 2.8-9, 2.20, 1.19, 1.23]
• Herman Autrey
  trumpet [1.4-5, 1.8-9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.15-17, 1.19, 1.22-23, 1.25, 2.1-3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.12-15, 2.18-21, 2.24]
• Irving Ashby
  guitar [1]
• James Smith
  guitar [2.1, 2.6, 2.12, 2.24, 1.9, 1.22, 1.25]
• John Hamilton
  trumpet [20]
• John Smith
  guitar [20]
• Rudy Powell
  alto saxophone [1.19, 1.22-23, 2.6, 2.8, 2.24], clarinet [1.19, 1.22-23, 2.6, 2.8, 2.24], reeds [2.1, 2.8, 1.25]
• Slam Stewart
  double bass [1]
• Slick Jones
  drums (drum set) [1.4-5, 1.8, 1.11, 1.13, 1.16-17, 1.20, 2.3, 2.14-15, 2.19, 2.21]
• Slim Moore
  trombone [1]
• Thomas Morris
  cornet [14]
• Yank Porter
  drums (drum set) [1.9, 1.25, 2.1, 2.12]
• Zutty Singleton
  drums (drum set) [1]
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Issues

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  The Essential Fats Waller

  2x CD
  2018