Fats Waller JSP Vol. 6

[romualdo]

  On 8/3/2024 at 1:18 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

Thanks @mikeweil @jazzbo @romualdo .

My Dad saw Fats Waller live sometime around the mid- to late-1930s.  He said there were three full bottles of Orange Crush soda sitting on the piano.  Between tunes, Fats drained one of the bottles in one breath, set it down, drank the second in one breath, set it down, and did the same with the third.  He then went on to sing the next song, completely unaffected.

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your father?!!

[Teasing the Korean]

  On 8/3/2024 at 1:31 PM, romualdo said:

your father?!!

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Yep!  My Dad also crossed paths with Ellington, and co-wrote a tune recorded by Ellington in 1938.  

[Jim Duckworth]

  On 8/3/2024 at 1:37 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

Yep!  My Dad also crossed paths with Ellington, and co-wrote a tune recorded by Ellington in 1938.  

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Wow!  That's heavy.  What tune?

[romualdo]

  On 8/3/2024 at 1:37 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

Yep!  My Dad also crossed paths with Ellington, and co-wrote a tune recorded by Ellington in 1938.  

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I just didn't picture your dad being of that age after seeing pics of you with Dan - you look too young

[l p]

for those who have the waller chronological classics cds, and the network label alternate takes, these are the new items that were on the jsp set. not too bad, for new material.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

  On 8/3/2024 at 1:45 PM, Jim Duckworth said:

Wow!  That's heavy.  What tune?

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An admittedly not-so-great tune called "You Gave Me the Gate," with lead vocals by Ivy Anderson.  Duke and the publisher added their names onto the songwriting credits, which show 4 authors.  In reality it was written by 2. 

  On 8/3/2024 at 1:52 PM, romualdo said:

I just didn't picture your dad being of that age after seeing pics of you with Dan - you look too young

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I'm told I look young for my age.  I just celebrated a milestone birthday.  So I'm probably older than you think, and my Dad was older than I thought!  He was a WWII-era guy.

[Jim Duckworth]

You Gave Me the Gate (And I'm Swinging)-I am very impressed.

 

My father did see the Bennie Moten Orchestra when he was 12...but he was never a jazz fan.

[Teasing the Korean]

  On 8/3/2024 at 4:45 PM, Jim Duckworth said:

You Gave Me the Gate (And I'm Swinging)-I am very impressed.

My father did see the Bennie Moten Orchestra when he was 12...but he was never a jazz fan.

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👍

[Ken Dryden]

I bought the entire series a few years back, I need to revisit it.

 

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I have the whole series too.  It's definitely very fun music and I never tire of listening to his stride piano, even on some of the novelty stuff they had him play.  Truly brilliant guy.  I wish RCA would take a look at remastering it.  This version was done quite a while back and I wonder if it couldn't be improved on quite a bit with newer techniques. They did a few tunes for a volume of the Centennial Collection and they are great!

Edited August 4, 2024 by Stompin at the Savoy

[Big Beat Steve]

  On 8/3/2024 at 3:11 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

An admittedly not-so-great tune called "You Gave Me the Gate," with lead vocals by Ivy Anderson.  Duke and the publisher added their names onto the songwriting credits, which show 4 authors.  In reality it was written by 2. 

I'm told I look young for my age.  I just celebrated a milestone birthday.  So I'm probably older than you think, and my Dad was older than I thought!  He was a WWII-era guy.

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I think I will be listening to this tune with totally "new" ears from now on.
And belated birthday wishes to you.