Handful of Keys - BOX SET
Released: Aug 17, 2004
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Released: Aug 17, 2004
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As a label, the U.K.'s Proper does a pretty decent job of assembling a great cross-section of tracks, decent sound, and fairly annotated notes (though labels names seldom if ever appear either in...
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Honeysuckle Rose - ASV/LIVING ERA
Released: May 25, 2004
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Released: May 25, 2004
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Fats Waller was a vocalist, composer, even a comedian and satirist, but most importantly, he was a phenomenally gifted piano player, and his smooth stride style always sounds fresh and vital. This...
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The Centennial Collection - RCA
Released: Apr 20, 2004
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Released: Apr 20, 2004
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This edition of Bluebird's Centennial Collection series celebrates what would've been Fats Waller's 100th birthday with a CD and DVD set showcasing the diversity of Waller's canon, from vocal-led...
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1939 Transcriptions, Vol. 2
Released: Nov 18, 2003
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Released: Nov 18, 2003
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This sick sad world can always use more Fats Waller reissues, especially if they are as cleanly reproduced as this bargain-priced Naxos release, the second volume in a series of transcription...
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A Handful of Keys: 1922-1935
Released: Sep 2, 2003
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Released: Sep 2, 2003
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A wonderfully selected chronological taste of Fats Waller from his first piano solo up through the glorious ensemble swing of 1935. Many recent U.S. attempts at a Waller sampler seem haphazard by...
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