A Good Man Is Hard to Find: The Middle Years, Part 2 (1938-1940)

~ Release by Fats Waller and His Rhythm (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1I Won’t Believe It (Till I Hear From You)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-12-07)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-12-07)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-12-07)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-12-07)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-12-07)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-12-07)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-12-07)
2:58
2The Spider and the Fly
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-12-07)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-12-07)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-12-07)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-12-07)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-12-07)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-12-07)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-12-07)
recording of:
Spider and the Fly (on 1938-12-07)
writer:
J.C. Johnson, Andy Razaf and Fats Waller
3:08
3Patty Cake, Patty Cake (Baker Man)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-12-07)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-12-07)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-12-07)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-12-07)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-12-07)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-12-07)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-12-07)
recording of:
Pat-a-Cake, Pat-a-Cake, Baker’s Man (on 1938-12-07)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6486)
3:16
4A Good Man Is Hard to Find (take 1)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
recording of:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (on 1939-01-19)
composer:
Eddie Green (1920's Jazz composer and actor) (in 1918)
publisher:
Mayfair Music Corp.
3:05
5A Good Man Is Hard to Find (take 2)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
recording of:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (on 1939-01-19)
composer:
Eddie Green (1920's Jazz composer and actor) (in 1918)
publisher:
Mayfair Music Corp.
2:58
6You Outsmarted Yourself
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
2:46
7Last Night a Miracle Happened
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
3:35
8Good for Nothin’ but Love
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
recording of:
Good for Nothin’ but Love (on 1939-01-19)
lyricist:
Eddie DeLange
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
3:30
9Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
recording of:
Hold Tight (on 1939-01-19)
lyricist:
Leonard Ware (American jazz guitar player and composer)
writer:
Kent Brandow, Lenny Kent and Leonard Ware (American jazz guitar player and composer)
composer:
Jerry Brandow, Lenny Kent and Leonard Ware (American jazz guitar player and composer)
32:16
10Kiss Me With Your Eyes (take 1)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
Hammond organ and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
3:10
11Kiss Me With Your Eyes (take 2)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-01-19)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-01-19)
Hammond organ and piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-01-19)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-01-19)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-01-19)
3:05
12You Asked for It - You Got It
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-03-09)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
2:40
13Some Rainy Day
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-03-09)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
3:23
14’Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-03-09)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) (on 1939-03-09)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
2:51
15Got No Time
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-03-09)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
3:28
16Step Up and Shake My Hand
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-03-09)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
2:39
17Undecided
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-03-09)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
recording of:
Undecided (on 1939-03-09)
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Charlie Shavers (in 1938)
3:38
18Remember Who You’re Promised To
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-03-09)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1939-03-09)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1939-03-09)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1939-03-09)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-03-09)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-03-09)
2:30
19Honey Hush
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-06-28)
drums (drum set):
Larry Hinton (Jazz drum player) (on 1939-06-28)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-06-28)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-06-28)
tenor saxophone:
Chauncey Graham (Sax player) (on 1939-06-28)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-06-28)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-06-28)
recording of:
Honey Hush (“Oh how I love you honey hush…”) (on 1939-06-28)
writer:
Ed Kirkeby (also known as Ed Lloyd and Ted Wallace) and Fats Waller
3:17
20I Used to Love You (But It’s All Over Now)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-06-28)
drums (drum set):
Larry Hinton (Jazz drum player) (on 1939-06-28)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-06-28)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-06-28)
tenor saxophone:
Chauncey Graham (Sax player) (on 1939-06-28)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-06-28)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-06-28)
recording of:
I Used to Love You but It’s All Over Now (on 1939-06-28)
lyricist:
Lew Brown
composer:
Albert Von Tilzer
publisher:
Broadway Music Corp.
2:51
21Wait and See
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-06-28)
drums (drum set):
Larry Hinton (Jazz drum player) (on 1939-06-28)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-06-28)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-06-28)
tenor saxophone:
Chauncey Graham (Sax player) (on 1939-06-28)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-06-28)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-06-28)
3:08
22You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1939-06-28)
drums (drum set):
Larry Hinton (Jazz drum player) (on 1939-06-28)
guitar:
John Smith (US jazz guitarist, active 1930s-1960s) (on 1939-06-28)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1939-06-28)
tenor saxophone:
Chauncey Graham (Sax player) (on 1939-06-28)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1939-06-28)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1939-06-28)
recording of:
You Meet the Nicest People (on 1939-06-28)
writer:
Al Goodhart, Al Hoffman and Manny Kurtz
2:51
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