Title: 1940 To 1942, Vol. 6 Of The Complete Recorded Works
Artist: Waller, Fats
Label: JSP Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 788065905224
Genre: Jazz Traditional
Release Date: 2009-03-24
Number of Discs: 5
Additional Details: REMASTERED, BOXED SET

This is the final volume in JSP's Fats Waller series. Up to the end, there was no pause in his energy or creativity. Fats had toured Europe twice to deal with his waning American popularity, but as 1940 dawned, that could be forgotten. In early February, he appeared in Detroit in front of record audiences. This was the start of a seemingly unending schedule of tours, recordings, movies and radio work. Recorded Waller product continued to be popular - America was edging ever closer to World War - a cheery voice was ever more welcome. With December 7th's attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan, the world changed. On the session of 26th December, the mood is as cheery as ever. Cash For Your Trash is obviously inspired by a recycling drive. This is typical of Fats' response to the war - he was an early and enthusiastic promoter of War Bonds and gave frequent troop shows. As well as recordings made with his regular sidemen, featured here are recordings made with the cast of 'Stormy Weather' which Fats had starred in and rare V-Discs which were exclusively for the use of the Armed Forces - important because they are the only recordings made during the Musicians Union recording ban. By the end of 1943, Fats was on the West Coast. There was no let-up in the work or the partying. After two weeks of furious activity, Fats fell ill with influenza. He was confined to bed for ten days, after which he resumed the hectic round. At a press conference on Sunday 12th December he 'fell asleep' and returned to his hotel to rest. On Monday 13th, he caught the eastbound Super Chief, looking forward to Christmas with his family. By the time the train pulled into Kansas City he was dead - from pneumonia. Sixty years after his death, Fats' fame is undiminished - his most famous songs are still a radio staple. He might have hoped to surpass his piano playing jester image - but in dispensing joy to the world, his was a unique legacy.

Tracks:
1.1 Old Grand Dad
1.2 Fat and Greasy
1.3 Little Curly Hair in a High Chair
1.4 Square from Delaware
1.5 You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business
1.6 Too Tired
1.7 "Send Me" Jackson
1.8 Eep, Ipe, Wanna Piece of Pie
1.9 Stop Pretending
1.10 I'll Never Smile Again
1.11 My Mommie Sent Me to the Store
1.12 Dry Bones
1.13 "Fats" Waller's Original E Flat Blues
1.14 Stayin' at Home
1.15 Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister
1.16 Everybody Loves My Baby
1.17 I'm Gonna Salt Away Some Sugar
1.18 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Nezz If I Do
1.19 Abercrombie Had a Zombie
1.20 Blue Eyes
1.21 Scram!
1.22 Melancholy Baby
2.1 Georgia Grind
2.2 Oh Sister Ain't That Hot
2.3 Dancing Fool
2.4 (You're Some) Pretty Doll
2.5 Mamacita
2.6 Liver Lip Jones
2.7 Buckin' the Dice
2.8 Pantin' in the Panther Room
2.9 Come Down to Earth, My Angel
2.10 Shortnin' Bread
2.11 I Repent
2.12 Do You Have to Go?
2.13 Pan-Pan
2.14 I Wanna Hear Swing Songs
2.15 You're Gonna Be Sorry
2.16 All That Meat and No Potatoes
2.17 Let's Get Away from It All
2.18 Georgia on My Mind
2.19 Rockin' Chair
2.20 Carolina Shout
2.21 Honeysuckle Rose
2.22 Ring Dem Bells
2.23 Twenty-Four Robbers
3.1 I Understand
3.2 Sad Sap Sucker Am I
3.3 Headlines in the News
3.4 Chant of the Groove
3.5 Come and Get It
3.6 Rump Steak Serenade
3.7 Getting Much Lately? (Ain't Nothin' to It)
3.8 Oh Baby, Sweet Baby
3.9 Buck Jumpin'
3.10 That Gets It, Mr Joe
3.11 Bells of San Raquel
3.12 Bessie, Bessie, Bessie
3.13 Clarinet Marmalade
3.14 Winter Weather
3.15 Cash for Your Trash
3.16 Don't Give Me That Jive
3.17 Your Socks Don't Match
3.18 We Need a Little Love
3.19 You Must Be Losing Your Mind
3.20 Two Bits (Really Fine)
3.21 Jitterbug Waltz
3.22 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
3.23 Swing Out to Victory
4.1 Up Jumped You with Love
4.2 Romance a la Mode
4.3 That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear
4.4 That Ain't Right
4.5 Ain't Misbehavin'
4.6 Moppin' and Boppin'
4.7 Ain't Misbehavin'/Two Sleepy People
4.8 Slightly Less Than Wonderful/There's a Gal in My Life
4.9 That's What the Bird Said to Me
4.10 Waller Jive/Hallelujah
4.11 This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal/Martinique
4.12 You're a Viper (The Reefer Song)
4.13 Solitude
4.14 Bouncin' on a V-Disc
4.15 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
4.16 By the Light of the Silvery Moon
4.17 Ladies Who Sing with the Band
4.18 To a Wild Rose/Don't Get Around Much Anymore
4.19 St Louis Blues
4.20 Organ Tests
5.1 Pleasure Mad - Fats Waller, Ethel Waters
5.2 Back-Bitin' Mama - Fats Waller, Ethel Waters
5.3 I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling - Gene Austin, Fats Waller
5.4 Maybe-Who Knows? - Gene Austin, Fats Waller
5.5 Chloe - Shilkret's Rhythm-Melodists
5.6 When You're with Somebody Else - Shilkret's Rhythm-Melodists
5.7 Wipe 'Em Off - Seven Gallon Jug Band
5.8 You Run You Mouth, I'll Run My Business
5.9 Georgia Grind, Pt. 2
5.10 Georgia Grind, Pt. 3
5.11 Oh Sister Ain't That Hot, Pt. 2
5.12 Oh Sister Ain't That Hot, Pt. 3
5.13 Oh Sister Ain't That Hot [Inc.]
5.14 Dancing Fool, Pt. 2
5.15 Dancing Fool, Pt. 3
5.16 (You're Some) Pretty Doll, Pt. 2
5.17 (You're Some) Pretty Doll, Pt. 3
5.18 Pantin' in the Panther Room
5.19 Come Down to Earth, My Angel
5.20 Shortnin' Bread
5.21 Carolina Shout
5.22 Your Socks Don't Match
5.23 Martinique
5.24 Hallelujah

Waller, Fats: 1940 To 1942, Vol. 6 Of The Complete Recorded Works - COMPACT DISCS

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