Turn on the Heat: The Fats Waller Piano Solos

Turn on the Heat: The Fats Waller Piano Solos Artist: Fats Waller
Label: RCA
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 078635248227
EAN: 0078635248227
ASIN: B000002W3T


Release Date: 1991-04-09

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Tracks:

  1. Blue Black Bottom
  2. Handful of Keys
  3. Numb Fumblin'
  4. Ain't Misbehavin'
  5. Sweet Savannah Sue
  6. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling, Take 2
  7. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling, Take 3
  8. Love Me or Leave Me, Take 1
  9. Love Me or Leave Me, Take 3
  10. Gladyse, Take 1
  11. Gladyse, Take 2
  12. Valentine Stomp, Take 1
  13. Valentine Stomp, Take 2
  14. Waiting At the End Of The Road, Take 1
  15. Waiting At the End Of The Road, Take 2
  16. Baby, Oh Where Can You Be?, Take 1
  17. Baby, Oh Where Can You Be?, Take 2
  18. Goin' About, Take 1
  19. Goin' About, Take 2
  20. My Feelings Are Hurt

Tracks:

  1. Smashing Thirds
  2. My Fate Is In Your Hands
  3. Turn On The Heat
  4. St. Louis Blues
  5. After You've Gone
  6. African Ripples
  7. Clothes Line Ballet
  8. Alligator Crawl
  9. Viper's Drag
  10. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now
  11. Stardust
  12. Basin Street Blues
  13. Tea For Two
  14. I Ain't Got Nobody
  15. Georgia On My Mind
  16. Rockin' Chair
  17. Caroline Shout, Take 1
  18. Carolina Shout, Take 2
  19. Honeysuckle Rose
  20. Ring Dem Bells

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Accept substitutes.......2006-05-14

This disc has been deleted by RCA, and $41.97 is currently the low price asked by sellers of used copies, but the same tunes are available on Jazz Archives' "Piano Masterworks, Vols. 1 & 2" at about half that price.

5 out of 5 stars turn it on.......2004-04-30

It's all here...gospel feeling, the whiff of the cocktail (lounge), artistry, entertainment and the finest combination of creativity and technique in the history of Stride Piano. If Johnson and Willie the Lion are unquestionably deeper, more searching artists, Waller is the most consistent. Highpoints for me are mostly on the second disc - aficionados, go there first! ( but skip those duets - tracks 4 and 5 - trivia!). Alligator Crawl is a manneristic masterpiece, possessing ( besides "the secret of joy" ) l'air de rien...you try playing it. Those hints of Boogie - Woogie certainly bring to mind Waller's cited distain for that idiom...he only uses it as a jumping off point. If you're feelin' nerdy, try following Keepin' Out of Mischief Now with Andre Hodier's analysis in the groundbreaking book Jazz, Its Evolution and Essence. Anyway, all of the 1937 solos are definitive. For all the great music Waller recorded, it's criminal that there are only 3 solo sessions between 1934 and his death in 1943! Carolina Shout (the originally issued, better take) is more technically assured than any of the composer James P. Johnson's versions...ah, i could go on and on...Just one thing, though - ( a cavil ): mastering is better than earlier reissues on Bluebird, but it ain't all that...those of you who have never experienced a John R. T. Davies or Lionel Risler or Steven Lasker remastering job need to check them out!

5 out of 5 stars Stride At Its Best.......2001-07-22

No two stride artists play exactly alike. I really have to say that of all the stride albums I've found, this is the one I keep listening and listening to. Waller is especially known for his powerful keystrokes. You really feel the keys being hit when you're listening...he wasn't taught to cup his fingers while striking the keys as most modern piano teaching calls for. Waller has an unbreakable left-hand rhythym and moves flawlessly from one tempo to another. You never lose the melody. Most of his improvisations on the songs in this album were never even put on paper and are practically impossible to duplicate, although Paul Posnak had transcribed a few of main ones. You will finish listening to this one wishing you could have been the one to play these...or at least to have been there. Waller was a genius.

5 out of 5 stars One of the greatest jazz pianists in history!.......2000-10-05

Waller was underappreciated as a jazz pianist in his day. He was usually clowing around and the emphasis was placed more on his singing. These cuts show off his instrumental prowess and it is awesome! His playing swung delicately and intricately. He also displayed a poignant harmonic beauty to all his works. It's like trying to describe a beautiful sunset or sunrise to someone who's never seen one. You have to experience Fats' playing to truly understand it's beauty. It's easy on the nerves. Ideal for driving through the road rage of life! One CD I'll always cherish. All his classic solos (1929-1937) are here for the ages!

4 out of 5 stars Honest American Music.......2000-07-12

In today's washed out pop-culture, honest, real music no longer captures the imagination of the American public. We either have anarchic nihilism or just plain nothing. We are either chaotically self-destructing or ablating into non-entities.

There is, however, a true and honest expression of real american values and aspirations, set in a time of great hardship for many, but where determination and optimism nevertheless persisted.

The music of Fats Waller and other pianists of

his generation and genre captures this spirit. The CD set "Turn On The Heat- Piano Solos" takes us back to a quintessentially American form which reinforces the notion of E Pluribus Unum and speaks to the universal feelings present in all men. This is a great CD. I wish I could hear this music at my local ballpark instead of "We Will Rock You".

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