A Handful of Keys

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Ain't Misbehavin’
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-05)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-05)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-05)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-05)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-05)
live instrumental recording of:
Ain’t Misbehavin’ (on 1938-07-05)
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)
1:06
2The Joint Is Jumpin’
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-12)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-12)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-12)
live recording of:
The Joint Is Jumpin’ (on 1938-07-12)
lyricist:
J.C. Johnson and Andy Razaf
writer:
James C. Johnson (James Calvin Johnson // American guitarist, singer and songwriter)
composer:
Fats Waller
3:01
3Inside (aka Inside This Heart of Mine)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-12)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-12)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-12)
live recording of:
Inside (This Heart of Mine) (on 1938-07-12)
writer:
J.C. Johnson and Fats Waller
3:01
4I Had to Do It
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-12)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-12)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-12)
live recording of:
I Had to Do It (on 1938-07-12)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Fats Waller
2:14
5E Flat Blues
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-12)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-12)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-12)
2:48
6Hold My Hand
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-16)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-16)
live recording of:
Hold My Hand (on 1938-07-16)
writer:
J.C. Johnson and Fats Waller
2:29
7Stop Beatin’ ’Round the Mulberry Bush
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-16)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-16)
live recording of:
Stop Beatin' Around the Mulberry Bush (on 1938-07-16)
writer:
Clay Boland and Bickley Reichner
2:55
8What's the Matter With You
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-16)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-16)
live recording of:
What's the Matter With You?
writer:
Harold Levey (Broadway conductor and composer) and Kenneth S. Webb (US film director and composer)
2:30
9Hallelujah!
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-16)
live instrumental recording of:
Hallelujah! (on 1938-07-16)
lyricist:
Clifford Grey (in 1927) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1927)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1927)
part of:
Hit the Deck (1955 movie)
1:36
10What’s Your Name
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-16)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-16)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-16)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-16)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-16)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-16)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-16)
live recording of:
What’s Your Name (on 1938-07-16)
writer:
J.C. Johnson and Fats Waller
3:32
11I Simply Adore You
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-05)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-05)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-05)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-05)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-05)
live recording of:
I Simply Adore You (on 1938-07-05)
writer:
Paul Mann (German/American pianist and composer) and Ned Wever
2:32
12My Best Wishes
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-05)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-05)
Hammond organ:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-05)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-05)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-05)
live recording of:
My Best Wishes (on 1938-07-05)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler
composer:
Samuel Pokrass (Samuel Yakovlevich Pokrass)
2:30
13Handful of Keys
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-05)
live recording of:
Handful of Keys (on 1938-07-05)
composer:
Fats Waller
1:57
14The Sheik of Araby
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-05)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-05)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-05)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-05)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-05)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-05)
recorded at:
NBC Studios in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1938-07-05)
live recording of:
The Sheik of Araby (on 1938-07-05)
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
3:16
15The Flat Foot Floogie
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-14)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-14)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-14)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-14)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-14)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-14)
recorded at:
Yacht Club (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-14)
live recording of:
The Flat Foot Floogie (on 1938-10-14)
composer:
Slim Gaillard, Bud Green and Slam Stewart
4:01
16St. Louis Blues
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-14)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-14)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-14)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-14)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-14)
recorded at:
Yacht Club (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-14)
live instrumental recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1938-10-14)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
1:58
17Pent Up in a Penthouse
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-14)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-14)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-14)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-14)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-14)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-14)
recorded at:
Yacht Club (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-14)
live recording of:
Pent Up in a Penthouse (on 1938-10-14)
writer:
Tommie Connor (English songwriter) and Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
3:34
18Honeysuckle Rose
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-14)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-14)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-14)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-14)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-14)
recorded at:
Yacht Club (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-14)
live instrumental recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose (on 1938-10-14)
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
3:40
19I Got Rhythm
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-18)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-18)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-18)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-18)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-18)
recorded at:
Yacht Club (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-18)
live instrumental recording of:
I Got Rhythm (on 1938-10-18)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
2:37
20Some of These Days
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-18)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-18)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-18)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-18)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-18)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-18)
recorded at:
Yacht Club (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-18)
live instrumental recording of:
Some of These Days (on 1938-10-18)
lyricist and composer:
Shelton Brooks
2:12
21After You’ve Gone
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-14)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-14)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-14)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-14)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-14)
recorded at:
Yacht Club (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-14)
live instrumental recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1938-10-14)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
2:00
22The Yacht Club Swing
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-14)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-14)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-14)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-14)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-14)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-14)
recorded at:
Yacht Club (New York City) in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-14)
live recording of:
Yacht Club Swing (on 1938-10-14)
composer:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player), J.C. Johnson and Fats Waller
3:13

Credits

Release

art direction:Murray Brenman
liner notes:Will Friedwald (Author, Music Critic)
miscellaneous support:Paul Brizzi (task: CEDAR restoration)
Hsi-Ling Chang (Taiwanese-American engineer, producer and pianist) (task: sonic reconstruction)
producer:Will Friedwald (Author, Music Critic)
Glenn Korman
Mike Ragogna
mastering:Steve Hoffman (mastering engineer)
transferrer:Vince Giordano
Ron Olson (engineer)
Mike Panico
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/10978042 [info]
ASIN:US: B00000IM66 [info]