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- Artist: Clarence Williams
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- Release Date: 1995
- Total Time: 67:10
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Jazz
Review
The eighth CD in the European Classics series which is reissuing complete and in chronological order all of the recordings led by pianist/composer Clarence Williams documents his activity from a ten-month period. During this era Williams varied his personnel and instrumentation from session to session and the results are quite varied yet consistently hot. Williams's groups feature such sidemen as cornetist Ed Allen, trumpeter Charlie Gaines, the reeds of Arville Harris and Russell Procope, the enthusiastic tuba of Cyrus St. Clair, Floyd Casey on drums and washboard, two excellent vocals apiece by Margaret Webster (her "You've Got to Give Me Some" is a near-classic) and Eva Taylor and, on eight selections, the masterful pianist James P. Johnson. The highpoints are "How Could I Be Blue?" and "I've Found a New Baby," performances taken as piano duets by Johnson and Williams that include some humorous conversation. All of the CDs in this very valuable series are highly recommended to collectors of 1920s jazz. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Whoop It Up | (2:49) | ||
| I'm Not Worrying | Fats Waller, Clarence Williams | (3:01) | |
| High Society | Armand Piron | Clarence Williams | (3:08) |
| Whoop It Up | Clarence Williams | (3:15) | |
| A Pane in the Glass | Clarence Williams | (2:58) | |
| Freeze Out | Fats Waller | (2:47) | |
| Nervous Breakdown | Clarence Williams | (2:45) | |
| Railroad Rhythm | Fats Waller | (3:03) | |
| You've Got to Give Me Some | Clarence Williams, Spencer Williams | (2:55) | |
| I've Got What It Takes (It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away) | (3:12) | ||
| You Don't Understand | James P. Johnson, Clarence Williams | (3:02) | |
| (Oh! Baby) What Makes Me Love You So? | Clarence Williams, Fred Longshaw | (3:21) | |
| Zonky | Andy Razaf, Fats Waller | (2:44) | |
| You've Got to Be Modernistic | James P. Johnson | Eva Taylor, |
(2:49) |
| What If We Do | Clarence Williams | (3:01) | |
| Wipe 'Em Off | James P. Johnson, Clarence Williams | (2:40) | |
| Left All Alone With the Blues | (3:28) | ||
| I've Found a New Baby | Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams | (3:35) | |
| How Could I Be Blue? | Andy Razaf | Clarence Williams, James P. Johnson | (3:23) |
| I've Found a New Baby | Spencer Williams, Jack Palmer | James P. Johnson, Clarence Williams | (2:50) |
| Whip Me With Plenty of Love | Clarence Williams | (3:10) | |
| Worn Out Blues | (3:14) |
