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| Fats Waller | 
| Artist: Jimmy Smith
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 51785
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099921536922
ASIN: B001CAREXI
Release Date: September 2, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Everybody Loves My Baby - Jimmy Smith, Palmer, J. | | • | Squeeze Me - Jimmy Smith, Waller, F. | | • | Ain't She Sweet - Jimmy Smith, Ager, M. | | • | Ain't Misbehavin' - Jimmy Smith, Brooks | | • | Lulu's Back in Town - Jimmy Smith, Warren, H. | | • | Honeysuckle Rose - Jimmy Smith, Waller, F. | | • | I've Found a New Baby - Jimmy Smith, Palmer, J. |
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Album Description
Limited edition Japanese remastered pressing. Bluenote. 2005.
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| Customer Reviews:
 The mighty organ versus the mighty fats October 9, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Is this what you would expect from the meeting of the two mighty ones? Not entirely. The material is certainly there in the Fats Waller music and the playing skills of the organ-meister. But somehow it didn't hit the heights I expected not acheive the depth of tone richness we have come to expect from Jimmy Smith works. I think a great deal of this was down to a very basic remastering that left the sound in mono which was offputting to say the least. Feel a bit cheated by what was a very ordinary production.
 Unique but brief tribute album August 5, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Jimmy Smith, who re-defined jazz organ in the 1950's and 1960's, never recorded a bad album (although he did record some mediocre ones after 1970). This album will please many Smith fans for its selection of classic tunes and disappoint some Waller enthusiasts.
Fats Waller (1904-43) was the first organist in jazz. Additionally, Waller wrote 300+ songs, including several keyboard instrumentals. However, only two of the seven selections here were written by Waller - although all had been recorded by Waller.
Fats Waller swung as hard as any pianist ever and his left hand had enormous power and drive. However, Jimmy Smith never tries to play anything resembling stride, seldom using his left hand other than to change registration.
Fats Waller recorded over 600 songs, so any tribute album must be selective. However, this album is just plain skimpy, logging in at a mere 35 minutes.
On this CD, rhythm guitarist Quentin Warren offers workman-like support, but never solos. The superb drummer Donald Bailey provides very tasteful timekeeping, but likewise never gets a chance to solo or have meaningful interchanges with Smith. [Note: If you want to hear Smith at his best, I recommend Back at the Chicken Shack from 1960. Smith shines when challenged by Stanley Turrentine (tenor) and Kenny Burrell (guitar).]
The unique CD has Smith playing hits of an earlier era, but it is sometimes light on swing and short on energy (particularly in the first three selections). This brief album will appeal mainly to Smith collectors and curiosity seekers.
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