The Chronological Classics: Fats Waller 1939-1940

~ Release by Fats Waller (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1You're Lettin' the Grass Grow Under Your Feet
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-11-03)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-11-03)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-11-03)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-11-03)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
3:22
2The Darktown Strutters' Ball
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-11-03)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-11-03)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-11-03)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-11-03)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
recording of:
Darktown Strutters’ Ball (on 1939-11-03)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks (in 1917)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:47
3I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-11-03)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-11-03)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-11-03)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1939-11-03)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-11-03)
vocals:
Una Mae Carlisle (on 1939-11-03) and Fats Waller (on 1939-11-03)
recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby (on 1939-11-03)
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
cover recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
2:58
4Swinga-Dilla Street
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
electronic organ and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
2:47
5At Twilight
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
recording of:
At Twilight (on 1940-01-12)
lyricist:
William Tracey
composer:
Maceo Pinkard
3:23
6Oh! Frenchy
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 982 (2))
3:08
7Cheatin' on Me
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set) and vibraphone:
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
3:14
8Black Maria
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
3:17
9Mighty Fine
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
3:03
10The Moon Is Low
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
instrumental recording of:
The Moon Is Low (from MGM film "Montana Moon") (on 1940-01-12)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
recording of:
The Moon Is Low (from MGM film "Montana Moon") (on 1940-01-12)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
3:10
11The Moon Is Low, Part 2
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-01-12)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-01-12)
Hammond organ and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-01-12)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-01-12)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-01-12)
instrumental recording of:
The Moon Is Low (from MGM film "Montana Moon") (on 1940-01-12)
lyricist:
Arthur Freed
composer:
Nacio Herb Brown (US songwriter)
2:49
12Old Grand Dad
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
recording of:
Old Grand Dad (on 1940-04-11)
lyricist and composer:
Fats Waller
2:47
13Fat and Greasy
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
recording of:
Fat and Greasy (on 1940-04-11)
writer:
Porter Grainger and Charlie Johnson (jazz bandleader and pianist)
3:07
14Little Curly Hair in a High Chair
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
recording of:
Little Curly Hair in a High Chair (on 1940-04-11)
lyricist and composer:
Nat Simon and Charles Tobias (Tin Pan Alley songwriter)
3:10
15Square From Delaware
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
2:58
16You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
recording of:
You Run Your Mouth and I'll Run My Business (on 1940-04-11)
lyricist and composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
3:29
17Too Tired
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
3:01
18"Send Me" Jackson
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
3:17
19Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece of Pie
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-04-11)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-04-11)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1940-04-11)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-04-11)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-04-11)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-04-11)
2:51
20Stop Pretending
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-07-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1940-07-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-07-16)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-07-16)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-07-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-07-16)
3:10
21I'll Never Smile Again
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-07-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1940-07-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-07-16)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-07-16)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-07-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-07-16)
recording of:
I’ll Never Smile Again (on 1940-07-16)
lyricist and composer:
Ruth Lowe
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996), Pickwick Music (publisher), Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
sub-publisher:
シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
3:11
22My Mommie Sent Me to the Store
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-07-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1940-07-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-07-16)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-07-16)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-07-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-07-16)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studio #2 (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1940-07-06)
3:05
23Dry Bones
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1940-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1940-07-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1940-07-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1940-07-16)
reeds:
Eugene Sedric (on 1940-07-16)
trumpet:
John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1940-07-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1940-07-16)
recording of:
Dry Bones (on 1940-07-16)
writer:
Will Osborne and Dick Rogers (singer, comedian, songwriter & pianist)
3:18

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part of:The Chronological Classics (number: 1002) (order: 511)