Face the Music 7/31/14:  Fats Waller - Marvels 

Georgia on my Mind
piano solo 1941

Swaltzing with Faust
piano solo 1939

Rockin' Chair
Piano solo 1941

Intermezzo
piano solo 1939

Honeysuckle Rose
(a la Bach/Beethoven/Brahms/Waller)
piano solo 1941

Dry Bones
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Ring Dem Bells
piano solo 1941

The Bells of San Raquel
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Poor Butterfly
piano solo 1939

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
organ solo 1939

Jitterbug Waltz
Fats Waller, his Rhythm  & Orchestra 1942

Let's Get Away From It All
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Scram!
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Pantin' in the Panther Room
(rare alternate take)
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Mamacita
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Everybody Loves My Baby
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Twenty Four Robbers
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Face the Music 7.24.14

Rhythm & Romance: Studies in Relationship Dynamics

followed by a Rambunctious set of Puerile Regressions

Rhythm and Romance

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

All My Life

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

S’posin’

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

You’ve Been Reading My Mail

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

The Panic Is On

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

The Curse of an Aching Heart

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

I Just Made Up With That Old Gal of Mine

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

To a Sweet Pretty Thing

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Bye Bye Baby

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

There Goes My Attraction
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

My Mommy Sent Me to the Store

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

I Love to Whistle

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1938

Buckin’ the Dice

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

A Tisket, A Tasket

Fats Waller & his Continental Rhythm 1938

Shortnin’ Bread

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece-a Pie

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Patty Cake, Patty Cake

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1938

Hey! Stop Kissin’ My Sister

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

Swingin’ Them Jingle Bells

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Handful of Keys
Fats Waller solo piano broadcast transcription 1939

Face the Music 7.17.14

Lounging at the Waldorf

broadcast in spite of the

capitalistic/cultural haemmorhage

surrounding the ann arbor art fairs

Hallelujah, I’m a Bum

Fats Waller singing

while accompanying himself

on the organ 1939

Abercrombie Had a Zombie

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1940

B Flat Blues

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Moutnain

Fats Waller singing

while accompanying himself

on the organ 1939

Suitcase Susie

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

She’s Tall, She’s Tan, She’s Terrific

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Us on a Bus

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Let’s Sing Again

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Beat It Out

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Lounging at the Waldorf

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

You Asked For It – You Got It

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Marie

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1938

Fat and Greasy

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1936

Darktown Strutter’s Ball

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

The Joint is Jumpin’

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1937

Chant of the Groove
Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1941

Havin’ a Ball

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1941

Floatin’ Down to Cotton Town

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

When Fats Waller visited London in the late 1930s, he composed a piano suite inspired by the places he saw.

This week's program will open with these impressions, followed by highlights from the same portion of his brief but incredibly prolific recording career. His 1939 rendition of Vincent Youmans' "Hallelujah" is among my personal favorites.

Face the Music 7/10/14

featuring Fats Waller’s London Suite

Piccadilly

Chelsea

Soho

Bond Street

Limehouse

Whitechapel

solo piano 1939

Loch Lomond

piano & vocal 1939

St. Louis Blues

Hallelujah

solo piano broadcast transcriptions 1939

Hallelujah! Things Look Rosy Now

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

You Look Good To Me

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1938

I Simply Adore You

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1938

Remember Who You’re Promised To

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Ain’t Misbehavin’

Fats Waller & his Continental Rhythm 1938

Abdullah

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

The Sheik of Araby

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1938

Black Maria

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1940

Skrontch

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1938

The Moon is Low, Part II
Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Face the Music 7.03.14

Fats Waller - selected gems: 1935 -1939

This broadcast will include

the only studio recording

Mr. Waller managed to make

of his lively composition, "Zonky"

Medley {solo piano} You’re the Top/

Blue, Turning Grey Over You/

Russian Fantasy

broadcast transcription recording - 1935

I Ain’t Got Nobody

piano solo 1937

Until the Real Thing Comes Along

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

You Had an Evening to Spare

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1938

Don’t Try Your Jive On Me

Fats Waller & his Continental Rhythm 1938

Got No Time

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Medley {solo piano} “E Flat Blues”/

Alligator Crawl / Zonky

broadcast transcription recording - 1935

Sweet and Slow

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

Squeeze Me

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

I Believe in Miracles

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1935

West Wind

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

When You and I Were Young, Maggie

piano & vocal 1939

Bach Up To Me

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1936

Step Up and Shake My Hand

Fats Waller & his Rhythm 1939

Hold My Hand

Fats Waller, his Rhythm & Orchestra 1938