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Article: Album Review

Jimmy Smith: Plays Fats Waller

Read "Plays Fats Waller" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Fats Waller, whose rollicking contributions have enlivened the American songbook since the 1930s, once wrote, “Well, I really love the organ. I can get so much color from it than the piano that it really sends me." About a generation later, Jimmy Smith fell in love with the Hammond B-3 organ. Here in the ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Vaughn Wiester / Doncaster Jazz Orchestra / Kluvers Big Band / Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra

Read "Vaughn Wiester / Doncaster Jazz Orchestra / Kluvers Big Band / Mike Holober & the Gotham Jazz Orchestra" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra Dreams Come True COJazz 2009 If you're going to dream, you may as well dream big, in glorious Technicolor with stereophonic sound. As Vaughn Wiester knows, there are times when Dreams Come True. Wiester's vision of leading his own big band is a ...

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The Essential Collectionn

Label: Igloo
Released: 2006

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Fats Waller: If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!

Label: Bluebird
Released: 2006
Track listing: CD1: Honeysuckle Rose; How Can You Face Me?; The Panic Is On; Sugar Rose; I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby; Lost Love; Our Love Was Meant To Be; The Joint Is Jumpin'; A Hopeless Love Affair; Hold My Hand; Patty Cake, Patty Cake; Honey Hush; Anita; Squeeze Me; Old Grand Dad; All That Meat and No Potatoes; Ain't Nothing To It; Bessie, Bessie, Bessie; Cash For Your Trash; You Must Be Losing Your Mind; Up Jumped You With Love; Ain't Misbehavin'. CD2: St. Louis Blues; 'Sipi; Thou Swell; Numb Fumblin'; Ain't Misbehavin'; Smashing Thirds; My Fate Is In Your Hands; African Ripples; Viper's Drag; Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now; Star Dust; Carolina Shout; Serenade For A Wealthy Widow; Rosetta; Functionizin'; Loungin' At the Waldorf; Blue Turnin' Grey Over You; In the Gloamin'; Mamacita; The Jitterbug Waltz; Honeysuckle Rose. CD3: I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You; You're Not the Only Oyster In the Stew; What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You; Lulu's Back In Town; I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter; Dinah; There'll Be Some Changes Made; Somebody Stole My Gal; Christopher Columbus; It's A Sin To Tell A Lie; She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific; The Shiek of Araby; Two Sleepy People; A Good Man Is Hard To Find; Hold Tight; 'Taint What you Do It's the Way That You Do It; Your Feets Too Big; Darktown Strutter's Ball; I Can't Give You Anything But Love; You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business; Let's Get Away From It All; 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Fats Waller: If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!

Read "Fats Waller: If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!" reviewed by Jim Santella


Fats Waller If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It! Bluebird Jazz 2006 His career was short, but he left behind the kind of memories that will never fade. Fats Waller had it all: personality, keyboard talent, musical ear, and an intuitive feel for communicating with an audience. He ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Fats Waller: If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!

Read "Fats Waller: If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!" reviewed by David Rickert


Fats Waller If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It! Bluebird Jazz 2006 The first thing that strikes you about Fats Waller's music is how much fun it is. Today we recognize Waller as one of the first geniuses of jazz, both as a composer and as a musician, ...

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Article: Profile

Fats Waller

Read "Fats Waller" reviewed by Tim Kirker


1904-1943Fats Waller's jazz legacy is an unlikely combination of pianist, composer, singer, and comedian. Sometimes referred to as “the greatest comedian who ever played jazz, Fats' appeal was as much visual as it was musical. From his physical presence (he had a huge girth and wore a size 15 shoe) and wildly arched eyebrows ...

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The Centennial Collection

Label: Bluebird
Released: 2004
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The Centennial Edition

Label: Igloo
Released: 2004


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