Handful of Keys (album)
A Handful of Keys is an album of live performances by jazz pianist Fats Waller & His Rhythm, the only authorized live performances of the musician. It features previously unreleased live radio transcriptions originally broadcast in 1938.
Track listing
- "Ain't Misbehavin' – 1:06
- "The Joint is Jumpin' – 3:00
- "Inside" – 3:01
- "I Had To Do It" – 2:15
- "E Flat Blues" – 2:48
- "Hold My Hand" – 2:28
- "Stop Beatin' 'Round the Mulberry Bush" – 2:54
- "What's The Matter With You" – 2:31
- "Hallelujah" – 1:34
- "What's Your Name" – 3:26
- "I Simply Adore You" – 2:37
- "My Best Wishes" – 2:29
- "Handful of Keys" – 1:57
- "The Sheik of Araby" – 3:16
- "The Flat Foot Floogie" – 4:00
- "St. Louis Blues" – 1:57
- "Pent Up In a Penthouse" – 3:34
- "Honeysuckle Rose" – 3:40
- "I Got Rhythm" – 2:36
- "Some of These Days" – 2:12
- "After You've Gone" – 2:01
- "The Yacht Club Swing" – 3:11
- Recorded live at NBC Studios and The Yacht Club, New York, in 1938
Personnel
Musicians- Fats Waller – piano and vocals
- Herman Autrey – trumpet
- Gene Sedric – clarinet and tenor saxophone
- Al Casey – guitar
- Cedric Wallace – bass
- Slick Jones – drums
- Mike Ragogna, Glenn Korman – producer
- Will Friedwald – producer, liner notes