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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1In the Gloaming (take 1)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John "Bugs" Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel "Courtney" Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
instrumental recording of:
In the Gloaming (on 1938-04-12)
lyricist:
Meta Orred
composer:
Annie Fortescue Harrison (in 1877)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 18343)
3:17
2I Simply Adore You (take 2)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
recording of:
I Simply Adore You (on 1938-04-12)
writer:
Paul Mann (German/American pianist and composer) and Ned Wever
3:25
3The Sheik of Araby (take 1)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
recording of:
The Sheik of Araby (on 1938-04-12)
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
3:06
4Hold My Hand (take 1)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
recording of:
Hold My Hand (on 1938-04-12)
writer:
J.C. Johnson and Fats Waller
2:58
5Inside (take 1)
alto saxophone:
William Allsop (on 1938-04-12), Jimmy Powell (Jazz saxophonist, most active 1930s-1950s) (on 1938-04-12) and Fred Skerritt (on 1938-04-12)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-04-12)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-04-12)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
tenor saxophone:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-04-12) and Lonnie Simmons (US jazz instrumentalist and bandleader) (on 1938-04-12)
trombone:
John Haughton (trombone) (on 1938-04-12) and George Robinson (on 1938-04-12)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12), John Hamilton (jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-04-12) and Nathaniel Williams (jazz trumpeter) (on 1938-04-12)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-04-12)
recording of:
Inside (This Heart of Mine) (on 1938-04-12)
writer:
J.C. Johnson and Fats Waller
3:07
6There’s Honey on the Moon Tonight
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
recording of:
There’s Honey on the Moon Tonight (on 1938-07-01)
lyricist:
J. Fred Coots
composer:
Mack Davis (US composer, songwriter, and conductor) and Haven Gillespie
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc. and Toy Town Tunes, Inc.
2:37
7If I Were You
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
recording of:
If I Were You (on 1938-07-01)
lyricist:
Buddy Bernier
composer:
Robert Emmerich (writer "Our Love")
2:58
8(Take Me Back) To the Wide Open Places
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
2:22
9On the Bumpy Road to Love
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
recording of:
On the Bumpy Road to Love (on 1938-07-01)
writer:
Al Hoffman, Al Lewis (Tin Pan Alley era lyricist) and Murray Mencher
2:36
10Fair and Square
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
2:42
11We the People
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-07-01)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-07-01)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-07-01)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-07-01)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-07-01)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-07-01)
2:22
12Two Sleepy People
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-13)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-13)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
recording of:
Two Sleepy People (from the 1938 film "Thanks for the Memory") (on 1938-10-13)
lyricist:
Frank Loesser
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3:05
13Shame! Shame! (Everybody Knows Your Game)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-13)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-13)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
2:39
14I’ll Never Forgive Myself (For Not Forgiving You)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-13)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-13)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
2:50
15You Look Good to Me (take 1)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-13)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-13)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
recording of:
You Look Good to Me (on 1938-10-13)
composer:
Clement A Wells, Jr and Seymour Lefco
recording of:
You Look Good to Me
composer:
Walter Donaldson and Billy Rose (lyricist and Broadway producer)
3:13
16You Look Good to Me (take 2)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-13)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-13)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
recording of:
You Look Good to Me (on 1938-10-13)
composer:
Clement A Wells, Jr and Seymour Lefco
2:42
17Tell Me With Your Kisses
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-13)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-13)
vocals:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
3:13
18Yacht Club Swing
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1938-10-13)
double bass:
Cedric Wallace (jazz double bass player) (on 1938-10-13)
drums (drum set):
Slick Jones (on 1938-10-13)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1938-10-13)
piano:
Fats Waller (on 1938-10-13)
reeds:
Gene Sedric (on 1938-10-13)
trumpet:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player) (on 1938-10-13)
recording of:
Yacht Club Swing (on 1938-10-13)
composer:
Herman Autrey (Jazz trumpet player), J.C. Johnson and Fats Waller
3:02
19Love, I’d Give My Life for 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)
2:17
20I Wish I Had 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)
recording of:
I Wish I Had You (on 1938-12-07)
writer:
Bud Green, Al Stillman and Claude Thornhill
2:44
21I’ll Dance at Your Wedding (take 1)
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:
I’ll Dance at Your Wedding (on 1938-12-07)
writer:
Herb Magidson and Ben Oakland
2:41
22I’ll Dance at Your Wedding (take 2)
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:
I’ll Dance at Your Wedding (on 1938-12-07)
writer:
Herb Magidson and Ben Oakland
2:34
23Imagine My Surprise
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)
2:30
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