The Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2: A Handful of Keys

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

Annotation

individual CDs are numbered JSP928A, JSP928B, JSP928C, JSP928D.

Annotation last modified on 2019-06-03 15:34 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Plain Dirt
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers2:47
2Gee, Ain't I Good to You
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:30
3I'd Love It
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:11
4The Way I Feel, Today
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers2:53
5Miss Hannah
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-11-06)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1929-11-06) and Don Redman (on 1929-11-06)
celesta and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1929-11-06)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1929-11-06) and Ted McCord (on 1929-11-06)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall (on 1929-11-06)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1929-11-06)
trumpet:
Leonard "Ham" Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1929-11-06), Sidney De Paris (on 1929-11-06) and Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1929-11-06)
tuba:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1929-11-06)
vocals:
Don Redman (on 1929-11-06)
recording of:
Miss Hannah (on 1929-11-06)
writer:
Don Redman
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:05
6Peggy
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:21
7Wherever There's a Will, Baby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-11-07)
alto saxophone:
Benny Carter (on 1929-11-07) and Don Redman (on 1929-11-07)
celesta and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1929-11-07)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1929-11-07) and Ted McCord (on 1929-11-07)
drums (drum set):
Kaiser Marshall (on 1929-11-07)
trombone:
Claude Jones (on 1929-11-07)
trumpet:
Leonard "Ham" Davis (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1929-11-07), Sidney De Paris (on 1929-11-07) and Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1929-11-07)
tuba:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1929-11-07)
vocals:
Don Redman (on 1929-11-07)
recording of:
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way (on 1929-11-07)
writer:
Don Redman
McKinney’s Cotton Pickers3:02
8You Don't Understand
Jimmy Johnson Orchestra3:01
9You've Got to Be Modernistic
Jimmy Johnson Orchestra3:09
10My Fate Is in Your Hands
Gene Austin & Fats Waller3:09
11My Fate Is in Your Hands
Gene Austin & Fats Waller2:46
12Turn on the Heat
Gene Austin & Fats Waller2:31
13Lookin' for Another Sweetie
Fats Waller and His Buddies3:09
14Ridin' but Walkin'
Fats Waller and His Buddies2:34
15Won't You Get Off It, Please
Fats Waller and His Buddies3:05
16When I'm Alone
Fats Waller and His Buddies3:34
17St. Louis Blues
Fats Waller & Bennie Paine3:07
18After You've Gone
Fats Waller & Bennie Paine3:31
19Girls Like You Were Meant for Boys Like Me
Red McKenzie's Mound City Blues Blowers3:03
20Arkansas Blues
Red McKenzie's Mound City Blues Blowers2:41
21Egyptian-Ella
Ted Lewis Orchestra3:26
22I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
alto saxophone and baritone saxophone:
Louis Martin (early jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-03-05)
clarinet:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) (on 1931-03-05) and Ted Lewis (on 1931-03-05)
cornet:
Muggsy Spanier (on 1931-03-05)
double bass and tuba [brass bass]:
Harry Barth (early jazz bassist and tuba player) (on 1931-03-05)
drums (drum set):
John Lucas (early jazz drummer) (on 1931-03-05)
guitar:
Tony Gerhardi (early jazz guitarist) (on 1931-03-05)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1931-03-05)
tenor saxophone:
Hymie Wolfson (early jazz saxophonist) (on 1931-03-05)
trombone:
Sam Blank (early jazz trombonist) (on 1931-03-05) and George Brunies (on 1931-03-05)
trumpet:
Dave Klein (cornet, trumpet) (on 1931-03-05) and Muggsy Spanier (on 1931-03-05)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1931-03-05)
recording of:
I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby (and My Baby’s Crazy ’bout Me) (on 1931-03-05)
lyricist:
Alexander Hill (20th century US jazz pianist)
composer:
Fats Waller
Ted Lewis Orchestra3:12
23Dallas Blues
Ted Lewis Orchestra3:22
24Royal Garden Blues
Ted Lewis Orchestra3:03
25I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby
Fats Waller3:22
▶ CD 3
▶ CD 4