Fine Arabian Stuff

by Fats Waller

Overview

The music on this album was all recorded in one day and finds an unaccompanied Fats Waller dealing with a variety of folk songs and spirituals, much of them out of character with the stereotype of Waller as a happy-go-lucky, partying extrovert. He plays piano on the first six numbers while performing in a much more somber mood on organ for the last seven songs. Not essential music, but Fats Waller collectors will want this unusual set. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	02/22/2000
Label:	Highnote Records
UPC:	0632375705329
Rank:	165900

Tracks

1. Oh, Dem Golden Slippers
2. When You and I Were Young, Maggie
3. Oh! Susanna
4. The Old Oaken Bucket
5. Annie Laurie
6. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
7. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
8. Frankie and Johnny
9. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
10. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
11. Deep River
12. The Lord Delivered Daniel
13. Go Down Moses
14. Loch Lamond
15. Swaltzing With Faust
16. Intermezzo

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fats Waller   Primary Artist,Piano

Technical Credits

Sammy Lerner   Composer
George Washington Johnson   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Taj Mahal   Composer
Stephen Foster   Composer
Irving Caesar   Composer
Gerald Marks   Composer
Lorenz Hart   Composer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
James Austin Butterfield   Composer