The Sheik of Araby

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Skrontch
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-04-12)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John "Bugs" Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel "Courtney" Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
recording of:
Skrontch (on 1938-04-12)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader), Irving Mills and Henry Nemo
3:29
2I Simply Adore You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-04-12)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John "Bugs" Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel "Courtney" Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
3:02
3The Sheik of Araby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-04-12)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John "Bugs" Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel "Courtney" Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
recording of:
The Sheik of Araby (on 1938-04-12)
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
cover recording of:
The Sheik of Araby (on 1938-04-12)
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
3:07
4Hold My Hand
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-04-12)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John "Bugs" Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel "Courtney" Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
recording of:
Hold My Hand (on 1928-04-12)
writer:
J.C. Johnson and Fats Waller
2:58
5Inside (This Heart of Mine)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
3:05
6There's Honey on the Moon Tonight
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
recording of:
There’s Honey on the Moon Tonight (on 1938-07-01)
lyricist:
J. Fred Coots
composer:
Mack Davis (US composer, songwriter, and conductor) and Haven Gillespie
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
2:36
7If I Were You
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
recording of:
If I Were You (on 1938-07-01)
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier
composer:
Robert Emmerich (writer "Our Love")
2:57
8(take Me Back) To the Wide Open Places
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
2:20
9On the Bumpy Road to Love
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
recording of:
On the Bumpy Road to Love (on 1938-07-01)
writer:
Al Hoffman, Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist) and Murray Mencher
2:38
10Fair and Square
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
2:41
11We, the People
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
2:21
12Don't Try Your Jive on Me
double bass:
Len Harrison (on 1938-08-21)
drums (drum set):
Hymie Schneider (on 1938-08-21)
guitar:
Alan Ferguson (Jazz guitarist active in the 1930s) (on 1938-08-21)
pipe organ:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
reeds:
Alfie Kahn
trombone:
George Chisholm (jazz trombonist (1915-1997)) (on 1938-08-21)
trumpet:
Dave Wilkins (Jazz trumpeter from Barbados) (on 1938-08-21)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
3:17
13Ain't Misbehavin'
double bass:
Len Harrison (on 1938-08-21)
drums (drum set):
Edmundo Ros (on 1938-08-21)
guitar:
Alan Ferguson (Jazz guitarist active in the 1930s) (on 1938-08-21)
pipe organ:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
reeds:
Alfie Kahn (on 1938-08-21)
trumpet:
Dave Wilkins (Jazz trumpeter from Barbados) (on 1938-08-21)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (on 1938-08-21)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1929)
composer:
Harry Brooks (jazz pianist & songwriter) (in 1929) and Fats Waller (in 1929)
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), EMI Music (Electric & Musical Industries Music, do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), Redwood Music and Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin)
2:55
14The Flat Foot Floogie
double bass:
Len Harrison (on 1938-08-21)
drums (drum set):
Edmundo Ros (on 1938-08-21)
guitar:
Alan Ferguson (Jazz guitarist active in the 1930s) (on 1938-08-21)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
tenor saxophone:
Ian Sheppard (on 1938-08-21)
trombone:
George Chisholm (jazz trombonist (1915-1997)) (on 1938-08-21)
trumpet:
Dave Wilkins (Jazz trumpeter from Barbados) (on 1938-08-21)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
recording of:
The Flat Foot Floogie (on 1938-08-21)
composer:
Slim Gaillard, Bud Green and Slam Stewart
2:46
15Pent Up in a Penthouse
clarinet:
Alfie Kahn
double bass:
Len Harrison (on 1938-08-21)
drums (drum set):
Edmundo Ros (on 1938-08-21)
guitar:
Alan Ferguson (Jazz guitarist active in the 1930s) (on 1938-08-21)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
trombone:
George Chisholm (jazz trombonist (1915-1997)) (on 1938-08-21)
trumpet:
Dave Wilkins (Jazz trumpeter from Barbados) (on 1938-08-21)
violin:
Ian Sheppard
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
recording of:
Pent Up in a Penthouse (on 1938-08-21)
writer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
2:33
16Music, Maestro, Please
celesta and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
clarinet:
Alfie Kahn (on 1938-08-21)
double bass:
Len Harrison (on 1938-08-21)
drums (drum set):
Edmundo Ros (on 1938-08-21)
guitar:
Alan Ferguson (Jazz guitarist active in the 1930s) (on 1938-08-21)
violin:
Ian Sheppard
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
recording of:
Music Maestro Please (on 1938-08-21)
lyricist:
Herb Magidson (in 1938)
composer:
Allie Wrubel (US composer and songwriter) (in 1938)
medley of:
Spela maestro
3:17
17A-Tisket, A-Tasket
double bass:
Len Harrison (on 1938-08-21)
drums (drum set):
Edmundo Ros (on 1938-08-21)
guitar:
Alan Ferguson (Jazz guitarist active in the 1930s) (on 1938-08-21)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
reeds:
Alfie Kahn (on 1938-08-21)
tenor saxophone:
Ian Sheppard
trombone:
George Chisholm (jazz trombonist (1915-1997)) (on 1938-08-21)
trumpet:
Dave Wilkins (Jazz trumpeter from Barbados) (on 1938-08-21)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-21)
recording of:
A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket (on 1938-08-21)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist), Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer) and Van Alexander (aka Al Feldman)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 13188)
2:34
18Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
pipe organ and solo organ:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-28)
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (on 1938-08-28)
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
instrumental recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
2:56
19All God's Chillun Got Wings
pipe organ:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-28)
3:04
20Go Down, Moses
pipe organ and solo organ:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-28)
instrumental recording of:
Go Down Moses (spiritual) (on 1938-08-28)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
recording of:
Go Down Moses (spiritual)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:49
21Deep River
pipe organ and solo organ:
Fats Waller (on 1938-08-28)
instrumental recording of:
Deep River (on 1938-08-28)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
recording of:
Deep River
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:46