Plays Fats Waller is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances of tunes associated with Fats Waller, recorded on January 23, 1962 and released on Blue Note later that year.Blue Note discography accessed November 26, 2010
Reception The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states, "It's fairly typical Smith, who careens, bolts, stutters, glides, and flashes notes all over the place at a frequently breathless pace, doing what he always does, which is being Jimmy Smith at the organ. That's what you want, and that's what you get here."Leggett, S. [ Allmusic Review] accessed November 26, 2010
Track listing
Side 1 "Everybody Loves My Baby" (Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams) – 3:47 "Squeeze Me" (Fats Waller) – 5:31 "Ain't She Sweet" (Milton Ager, Jack Yellen) – 3:37 "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Waller) – 3:44
Side 2 "Lulu's Back in Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 5:16 'Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Waller) – 6:57 "I've Found a New Baby" (Palmer, Williams) – 6:03
Personnel Musicians Jimmy Smith – organ Quentin Warren – guitar Donald Bailey – drums
Technical personnel Alfred Lion – producer Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer Reid Miles – design Francis Wolff – photography Del Shields – liner notes
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