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Fats Waller: The Centennial Collection

Read "The Centennial Collection" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The centennial of Thomas “Fats" Waller’s birth is yet another good reason to release another collection of his recordings. This one is a nice accumulation of songs (don’t know why “Jitterbug Waltz” is missing), enough to whet newcomers' appetites. Plus, this disc includes a bonus DVD of footage from King of Burlesque and an animated version ...

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Fats Waller The Cheerful Little Earful

Read "Fats Waller The Cheerful Little Earful
" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


Fats Waller... Alyn Shipton Continuum Books ISBN 0826457967 The jazz world has its share of legendary figures, and Thomas “Fats” Waller ranks as one of the most memorable. His enormous talent and humor are only paralleled by his infamous hedonistic lifestyle. Obviously, Waller often approached life like an ...

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Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive

Read "Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Swing It: An Annotated History of Jive Bill Milkowski ISBN: 0823076717 Billboard Books2001 The history of jazz music is rich with characters, “scenes,” stages in music development and musical progress—all peppered with its own mythology.One feature of the jazz world over the years is ...

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Old Plantation Vol. 1

Label: Igloo
Released: 2003

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The 1935 Transcriptions

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2002
Track listing: Baby Brown/Viper's Drag/How Can You Face Me?; Dinah/Handful Of Keys/Solitude; I'm Craxy 'Bout My Baby/Teat For Two/Believe It, Beloved; Sweet Sue, Just You/Somebody Stole My Gal/Honeysuckle Rose; Night Wind/African Ripples/Because Of Once Upon A Time; Where Were You On The Night Of June The Third;/Clothesline Ballet/Don't Let It Bother You; Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues; Alligator Crawl; Zonky; Hallelujah/Do Me A Favor/California Here I Come; I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling;/My Fate Is In Our Hands/Ain't Misbehavin'; You're The Top/Blue Turning Grey Over You/Russian Fantasy. (Total Time: 67:41).

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Fats Waller: The 1935 Transcriptions

Read "The 1935 Transcriptions" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Ain't Misbehavin'... Born in Waverley, New York in 1904, raised in Harlem, and schooled by his mother, James P. Johnson, Karl Bohm, and Leopold Godowsky, Thomas “Fats" Waller would have been a giant in American music history without his happy gargantuan personality. A personality, in fact, so big, that his showmanship has often overshadowed his considerable ...

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Your Feet's Too Big

Label: Igloo
Released: 2001

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Handful Of Keys

Label: Igloo
Released: 2000

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Ultimate Collection

Label: Igloo
Released: 1999


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