Description
Portrait Of Fats Waller / Songs Include Old Grand Dad, Dry Bones, Stop Pretending, Fats Waller Original E Flat Blues, Too Tired, and many more / Penny Audio CD 1996 / PYCD 149
UPC 5028376101492
Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999. Waller copyrighted over 400 songs, many of them co-written with his closest collaborator, Andy Razaf. Razaf described his partner as "the soul of melody... a man who made the piano sing... both big in body and in mind... known for his generosity... a bubbling bundle of joy". It is likely that he composed many more popular songs than he has been credited: when in financial difficulties he had a habit of selling songs to other writers and performers who claimed them as their own.
| Label: | Penny – PYCD 149 |
|---|---|
| Series: | The Portrait Collection |
| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | UK |
| Released: |
1996 |
| Genre: | Jazz, Blues |
| Style: | Piano Blues |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Old Grand Dad | |
| 2 | Fat And Greasy | |
| 3 | Little Curly Hair In The High Chair | |
| 4 | (You're A) Square From Delaware | |
| 5 | You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business | |
| 6 | Too Tired | |
| 7 | Send Me Jackson | |
| 8 | Eep'ipe, Wanna Piece Of Pie | |
| 9 | Stop Pretending | |
| 10 | I'll Never Smile Again | |
| 11 | My Mommie Sent Me To The Store | |
| 12 | Dry Bones | |
| 13 | Fats Waller Original E Flat Blues | |
| 14 | Staying At Home | |
| 15 | Hey! Stop Kissing My Sister | |
| 16 | Everybody Loves My Baby, But My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me | |
| 17 | I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar | |
| 18 | T'ain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do |
