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Handful of Keys (album)

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Release date
  
27 April 1999

Label
  
Buddah

Genre
  
Jazz

Artists
  
Fats Waller, Fats Waller and his Rhythm

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A Handful of Keys is an album of live performances by Fats Waller and His Rhythm, the only authorized live performances of the musician. It features previously unreleased live radio transcriptions originally broadcast in 1938.

Contents

Musicians

  • Fats Waller: piano and vocals
  • Herman Autrey: trumpet
  • Gene Sedric: clarinet and tenor saxophone
  • Al Casey: guitar
  • Cedric Wallace: bass
  • Slick Jones: drums

    • Producers

  • Mike Ragogna
  • Glenn Korman
  • Will Friedwald

    • Includes liner notes by Will Friedwald.

    Recording

    Recorded live at NBC Studios and The Yacht Club, New York, New York in 1938.

    Track list

    1. "Ain’t Misbehavin’" (1:06)
    2. "The Joint is Jumpin’" (3:00)
    3. "Inside" (aka Inside This Heart of Mine) (3:01)
    4. "I Had To Do It (2:15)
    5. "E Flat Blues" (2:48)
    6. "Hold My Hand" (2:28)
    7. "Stop Beatin’ ‘Round the Mulberry Bush" (2:54)
    8. "What’s The Matter With You" (2:31)
    9. "Hallelujah" (1:34)
    10. "What’s Your Name" (3:26)
    11. "I Simply Adore You" (2:37)
    12. "My Best Wishes" (2:29)
    13. "Handful of Keys" (1:57)
    14. "The Sheik of Araby" (3:16)
    15. "The Flat Foot Floogie" (4:00)
    16. "St. Louis Blues" (1:57)
    17. "Pent Up In a Penthouse (3:34)
    18. "Honeysuckle Rose (3:40)
    19. "I Got Rhythm" (2:36)
    20. "Some of These Days" (2:12)
    21. "After You’ve Gone" (2:01)
    22. "The Yacht Club Swing" (3:11)

    Songs

    1Ain't Mishehavin'1:06
    2The Joint Is Jumpin'3:01
    3Inside (aka Inside This Heart of Mine)3:01

    References

    Handful of Keys (album) Wikipedia
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