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- Artist: Fats Waller
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- Release Date: November 20, 2007
- Type: Compilation (best of), Box set
- Genre: Jazz
Review
The third volume in JSP's massive library of Fats Waller's Complete Recorded Works brings together all of the commercial studio recordings he made between November 16, 1934, and August 1, 1936. The first four tracks ("African Ripples," "Clothes Line Ballet," "Alligator Crawl," and "Viper's Drag") serve as an excellent prologue, for these are some of the choicest piano solos of Waller's entire career. The other 99 selections document the explosive success of Fats Waller & His Rhythm, a powerful little sextet that found itself doubled into a 12-piece big band on "Fat and Greasy," "Functionizin'," and the riotously rowdy "I Got Rhythm." Expertly remastered and chronologically presented, Waller's works at last receive the special handling they so richly deserve. Alternate takes are stashed at the end of disc four, except for half a dozen instrumentals that served well as flip sides of the original 78-rpm platters and work even better as wordless continuations of the vocal takes: "I'm a Hundred Per Cent for You," "Baby Brown," "I Ain't Got Nobody," "Whose Honey Are You?," "Rosetta," and "What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?)." The fourth disc also contains everything recorded at the brilliantly creative session that took place on June 8, 1936: "Black Raspberry Jam," "Bach Up to Me" (a bowed bass feature for Charles Turner), "Fractious Fingering," "Paswonky," "Lounging at the Waldorf," and "Latch On." While the previous volumes in this series are vitally important and endlessly fascinating, Vol. 3 is by far the best possible choice for anyone who wants and needs a definitive dose of Fats Waller's greatest recorded performances. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| African Ripples | (3:13) | ||
| Clothes Line Ballet | (3:03) | ||
| Alligator Crawl | (2:46) | ||
| Viper's Drag | (3:04) | ||
| I'm a Hundred Per Cent for You | (3:10) | ||
| I'm a Hundred Per Cent for You [Instrumental] | (3:08) | ||
| Baby Brown | (3:16) | ||
| Baby Brown [Instrumental] | (2:36) | ||
| Night Wind | (3:25) | ||
| Because of Once Upon a Time | (3:15) | ||
| I Believe in Miracles | (2:58) | ||
| You Fit into the Picture | (2:31) | ||
| Louisiana Fairy Tale | (3:31) | ||
| I Ain't Got Nobody | (2:53) | ||
| I Ain't Got Nobody [Instrumental] | (2:54) | ||
| Whose Honey Are You? | (2:41) | ||
| Whose Honey Are You? [Instrumental] | (3:11) | ||
| Rosetta | (3:04) | ||
| Rosetta [Instrumental] | (2:52) | ||
| Pardon My Love | (3:08) | ||
| What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?) | (2:53) | ||
| What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?) [Instrumental] | (2:53) | ||
| Cinders | (3:04) | ||
| (Oh Suzannah) Dust Off That Old Pianna | (2:38) | ||
| Lulu's Back in Town | (2:41) | ||
| Sweet and Slow | (3:34) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| You've Been Taking Lessons in Love | (3:12) | ||
| You're the Cutest One | (3:24) | ||
| I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter | (3:35) | ||
| Hate to Talk About Myself | (2:45) | ||
| Dinah | (3:11) | ||
| Take It Easy | (3:15) | ||
| You're the Picture (I'm the Frame) | (3:41) | ||
| My Very Good Friend the Milkman | (3:35) | ||
| Blue Because of You | (3:00) | ||
| There's Going to Be the Devil to Pay | (2:31) | ||
| 12th Street Rag | (2:51) | ||
| There'll Be Some Changes Made | (3:11) | ||
| Somebody Stole My Gal | (3:32) | ||
| Sweet Sue | (2:57) | ||
| Truckin' | (3:23) | ||
| Sugar Blues | (2:53) | ||
| Just as Long as the World Goes 'Round and 'Round | (3:06) | ||
| Georgia Rockin' Chair | (2:47) | ||
| Brother, Seek and Ye Shall Find | (2:52) | ||
| The Girl I Left Behind Me | (3:18) | ||
| You're So Darn Charming | (2:48) | ||
| Woe! Is Me | (3:00) | ||
| Rhythm and Romance | (3:17) | ||
| Loafin' Time | (2:32) | ||
| A Sweet Beginning Like This | (2:52) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Got a Bran' New Suit | (2:39) | ||
| I'm on a See-Saw | (3:05) | ||
| Thief in the Night | (2:56) | ||
| When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful | (3:42) | ||
| I've Got My Fingers Crossed | (2:42) | ||
| Spreadin' Rhythm Around | (2:46) | ||
| A Little Bit Independent | (3:00) | ||
| You Stayed Away Too Long | (3:16) | ||
| Sweet Thing | (3:25) | ||
| Fat and Greasy | (3:14) | ||
| Functionizin' | (3:11) | ||
| I Got Rhythm | (3:13) | ||
| The Panic Is On | (3:20) | ||
| Sugar Rose | (3:15) | ||
| Oooh! Look-A-There, Ain't She Pretty? | (2:36) | ||
| Moon Rose | (2:59) | ||
| West Wind | (3:39) | ||
| That Never to Be Forgotten Night | (3:17) | ||
| Sing an Old Fashioned Song | (3:25) | ||
| Garbo Green | (3:04) | ||
| All My Life | (2:49) | ||
| Christopher Columbus | (2:55) | ||
| Cross Patch | (3:30) | ||
| It's No Fun | (2:51) | ||
| Cabin in the Sky | (3:27) |
CD 4
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Us on a Bus | (2:45) | ||
| Stay | (2:52) | ||
| It's a Sin to Tell a Lie | (2:59) | ||
| The More I Know You | (2:23) | ||
| You're Not the Kind | (3:10) | ||
| Why Do I Lie to Myself About You? | (2:55) | ||
| Let's Sing Again | (2:22) | ||
| Big Chief de Sota | (2:56) | ||
| Black Raspberry Jam | (2:42) | ||
| Bach Up to Me | (2:43) | ||
| Fractious Fingering | (2:45) | ||
| Paswonky | (2:38) | ||
| Lounging at the Waldorf | (3:01) | ||
| Latch On | (3:08) | ||
| I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby | (2:21) | ||
| I Just Made Up with That Old Girl of Mine | (2:55) | ||
| Until the Real Thing Comes Along | (3:28) | ||
| There Goes My Attraction | (2:16) | ||
| The Curse of an Aching Heart | (2:33) | ||
| Bye, Bye, Baby | (2:24) | ||
| Louisiana Fairy Tale | (3:29) | ||
| Sweet Sue | (3:00) | ||
| Lulu's Back in Town | (2:40) | ||
| You're So Darn Charming | (2:47) | ||
| Fat and Greasy | (3:12) | ||
| Black Raspberry Jam | (2:49) | ||
| The Curse of an Aching Heart | (2:29) |
