Best of Jazz/Swing Era [Import]

Fats Waller | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Valley Multimedia-Closeouts
• ASIN: B000001MZ8
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,473,355 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Willow Tree

2. Handful of Keys

3. The Minor Drag

4. Numb Fumblin'

5. Ain't Misbehavin'

6. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling

7. Valentine Stomp

8. How Can You Face Me?

9. You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew

10. Honeysuckle Rose

11. I'm Growing Fonder of You

12. Alligator Crawl

13. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

14. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie

15. The Meanest Thing You Ever Did Was Kiss Me

16. Lost Love

17. Stardust

18. The Joint Is Jumpin'

19. Go Down Moses

20. Two Sleepy People

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars A VERY GOOD SAMPLER OF FATS, January 20, 2010

By 

Barry McCanna (Normandy, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Jazz/Swing Era (Audio CD)

This compilation spans a longer period than that by Robert Parker, and contains 6 more titles, but with one exception (Willow Tree, by the Louisiana Sugar Babes) confines itself to those records Fats made under his own name. So it's a less varied mix, which comprises seven piano solos, an organ solo, a dozen of Fats & his Rhythm, and one of Fats with his Buddies. Sound quality is excellent, but in my opinion there are five numbers which do not merit inclusion in a selection which claims to be his best recordings. But if you want a "sampler" of Fats singing some of his best-known songs, together with some piano solos, then this should do nicely.