Plays Fats Waller Explained

Plays Fats Waller
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jimmy Smith
Cover:	Plays Fats Waller.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	January 23, 1962
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:55
Label:	Blue Note BLP 4100
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Chronology:	Jimmy Smith
Prev Title:	Midnight Special
Prev Year:	1961
Next Year:	1962

Plays Fats Waller is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances of tunes associated with Fats Waller, recorded on January 23, 1962 and released on Blue Note later that year.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states, "It's fairly typical Smith, who careens, bolts, stutters, glides, and flashes notes all over the place at a frequently breathless pace, doing what he always does, which is being Jimmy Smith at the organ. That's what you want, and that's what you get here."^[2]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Everybody Loves My Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) – 3:47
2. "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller) – 5:31
3. "Ain't She Sweet" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) – 3:37
4. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Waller) – 3:44

Side 2

1. "Lulu's Back in Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 5:16
2. 'Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Waller) – 6:57
3. "I've Found a New Baby" (Palmer, Williams) – 6:03

Personnel

Musicians

• Jimmy Smith – organ
• Quentin Warren – guitar
• Donald Bailey – drums

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
• Reid Miles – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Del Shields – liner notes

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4000-series/#blp-4100 Blue Note discography
2. Leggett, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=jimmy-smith-plays-fats-waller-r156407|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed November 26, 2010