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Classic Jazz from Rare Piano Rolls | 
 enlarge | Artist: Fats Waller
Label: Biograph
Category: Music
New (7) Used (1) from $8.89
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 116787
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 092631040029
EAN: 0092631040029
ASIN: B000003HLE
Release Date: November 19, 1993
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| Tracks:
| • | 18th Street Strut | | • | If I Could Be With You | | • | I'm Coming Virginia | | • | 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do | | • | Clearing House Blues | | • | Squeeze Me | | • | Snake Hips | | • | Laughin' Cryin' Blues | | • | You Can't Do What My Last Man Did | | • | A New Kind Of Man With A New Kind Of Love For Me | | • | Nobody But My Baby | | • | Got To Cool My Doggies Now | | • | Ain't Misbehavin' |
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| Customer Reviews:
Pianola Fats - Unique and Superb January 27, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Most of these twenties tunes are beautifully constructed pieces of music, featuring abundant and subtle key changes, and Fats unerringly extracts their melodic and rhythmic potential to the maximum - "Got To Cool My Doggies Now", "`Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" and "Laughin' Cryin' Blues" are standout examples.
The effortless power of Fats' massive left hand on a regular piano (where even his left pinkie delivered a concussive thump) is prominent on these piano rolls as well. Sometimes his left hand climbs and descends in wonderful counterpoint against the melody-playing right hand, while at other times the left hand plays the melody and the right hand goes up an octave to play ripples and rolls above the tune.
Fats' style is eminently suited to the piano roll medium, with its potential for "third hand" embellishments and its rhythmic steadfastness. To me, this is an superb album, with compositions, arrangements and playing all of the highest order.
A Fine Disc. May 10, 2004
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
The editorial reviews above say it all. This is a good Fats starter disc.
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