Fats Waller - The Centennial Collection

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I've fallen in love with "(Do You Intend to Put an End to) A Sweet Beginning," from Fats Waller's The Centennial Collection. Hardly one of Waller's signal recordings, it nevertheless gives a glimpse of the many wondrous things he could do: a bit of celeste, a striding piano solo full of tenths that show where Teddy Wilson came from, a self-mocking vocal, and poof, a drossy 1930s pop novelty turns into gold. The critics who argue Waller's stardom resulted in a net loss for jazz piano are being churlish. You could as easily say he laid the foundation for r&b, and as formulaic as his records gradually became, they were the first to give America some clue of what a Harlem rent party sounded like. Though a better way of celebrating Waller's centennial would have been for Bluebird to restore to circulation its seven multi-disc sets of the 1990s, this sampler includes most of his hits, some radio broadcasts, and a pair of influential solo piano recordings.

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1. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
2. Got A Bran' New Suit
3. Your Feets Too Big
4. Medley (NBC On-Air Studio Recording): Ain't Misbehavin'/Hold My Hand/What's The Matter With You?/Hallelujah/Hold My Hand
5. Spring Cleaning (Getting Ready For Love)
6. African Ripples
7. You're Not The Only Oyster In The Stew
8. The Joint Is Jumpin'
9. Beale Street Blues
10. Numb Fumblin'
11. E-Flat Blues
12. Lulu's Back In Town
13. Loafin' Time
14. I Ain't Got Nobody
15. Carolina Shout
16. (Do You Intend To Put An End To) A Sweet Beginning
17. If You're A Viper
18. Undecided
19. Then I'll Be Tired Of You
20. Up Jumped You With Love
21. 'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do

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