Fats Waller And Fats Waller Orchestra* – The Fats Waller Story



Label: Radiola – CD2MR #112113, Radio Yesteryear – No. 112-113
Series: Personality Series (3) – No. 9-10
Format:
2 x CD, Compilation

Country: Canada
Released: 1991
Genre: Jazz
Style:
1-1 The Second Annual American Swing Festival - A Tribute To "Fats" Waller
1-2 The Second Annual American Swing Festival - Conclusion
The Rest Of Side B And C And D Contain Broadcast Recordings Of Fats Waller
The Magic Key. NBC Net. May 24, 1936
1-3a I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
1-3b Christopher Columbus
The Fleischmann Hour. NBC Net. June 4, 1936
2-1a I've Got My Fingers Crossed
2-1b Honeysuckle Rose
The Magic Key. NBC Net August, 1936
2-2a Until The Real Thing Comes Along
2-2b I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby And My Baby Crazy 'Bout Me
The Magic Key. NBC Net. January 3, 1937
2-3a Hallelujah, Things Are Rosy Now
2-3b A Thousand Dreams Of You
This Is New York. CBS Net. December 11, 1938
2-4a The Joint Is Jumpin'
2-4b Summertime
2-4c Stompin' At The Savoy
Broadway Showcase. February 6, 1939
2-5 Old Grandad
Band Remote From The Panther Room Of The Hotel Sherman, Chicago. December 31, 1940
2-6a Dark Eyes
2-6b Lila Lou
Freedom's People. December 21, 1941
2-7 Honeysuckle Rose
Hobby Lobby. CBS Net. January 10, 1942
2-8a Go Down Moses
2-8b Ain't Misbehavin'
Carnegie Hall Concert. January 14, 1942
2-9 Blues in B Flat
Band Remote From The Hotel Blatz, Milwaukee. February 2, 1942
2-10 (Get Some) Cash For Your Trash
Command Performance. AFRS #95, C. 1943
2-11a Your Feets Too Big
2-11b A Handful Of keys
Personally, It's Off The Record. WBC, New York. September 23, 1943. (Complete Broadcast)
2-12a Ain't Misbehavin'
2-12b There's A Girl In My Life
2-12c Honeysuckle Rose

   Bass – Cedric Wallace
   Clarinet – Gene Sedric
   Drums – Arthur Trappier
   Guitar – Al Casey
   Piano – Fats Waller, Pat Flowers (tracks: 1-2)
   Tenor Saxophone – Gene Sedric
   Trumpet – Herman Autrey

Radio broadcast made by "Fats" between 1936 and 1943, plus a musical biography as told by his friends.

The life and times of Thomas "Fats" Waller told by Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey, Mildred Bailey, James P. Johnson, Count Basie, Red Norvo, Una Mae Carlisle, Red McKenzie, the original Fats Waller Orchestra - and Fats himself!

The Second Annual American Swing Festival: A composite broadcast heard on WNEW, New York between February 4 and February 11, 1945 (a little over 1 year after his death). His life story is dramatized, his music played and his friends and fellow musicians are heard in musical tributes. With the original Fats Waller Orchestra ( Pat Flowers substituting for Fats on The piano and playing in remarkably similar style).
Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
The Fats Waller Story (2×LP, Compilation) Radiola, Radiola MR2-112113, No. 112-113 US 1980
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