Album Notes: Personnel includes: Fats Waller (piano, celeste, Hammond organ, pipe organ); Slam Stewart (vocals, bass); Ben Whittet, Rudy Powell (alto saxophone, clarinet); Gene Sedric, Gene Porter (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Bob Carroll (tenor saxophone); Don Redman (reeds); John Hamilton, Herman Autrey, Sidney DeParis, Benny Carter (trumpet); Jabbo Smith (cornet); Benny Morton, Alton Moore (trombone); Garvin Bushell (bassoon); James P. Johnson (piano); Albert Casey, Irving Ashby (guitar); Cedric Wallace, Charles Turner (bass); Slick Jones (drums, vibraphone); Zutty Singleton (drums).
Advantages: Great jazz tunes from the Golden Age Disadvantages: None
...Parker.
Doggin' Around, is another By Royal Appointment tune, this time from the orchestra of Count Basie. A rather lush, full sound, perhaps a little less avant-garde than Duke Ellington?
Out of Nowhere by Coleman Hawkins makes use of jazz guitar (many of the jazz bands didn't) but this, combined with the other "traditional" instruments make for a satisfying jazz classic. Eventually Jango Rhinehart, the Gypsy/Roma jazz guitarist would change all that…
Lester Young's Sad Eyes, is a no-nonsense jazz piece, with more than a nod to the Blues. Moving, firm piano, which moves round a central theme, soon joined by the other instruments to show how to make Sad Eyes glad again.
Whose Honey Are You, by FatsWaller and his Rhythm starts with a smattering of scat singing, and then uses piano, rhythm, and jazz guitar to back a song sung by man asking...
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Advantages: Some fresh tracks with things that women could relate to. Disadvantages: There aren't more tracks on it!
...to sing a verse, Kelly then Michelle singing the bridge.
On this single, the girls voices complement each other perfectly and the backing vocals are really powerful.
Written by Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Rodney Jenkins, Ric Rude and RobertWaller and produced by Rodney Jenkins, Ric Rude and Beyonce Knowles.
4. T-shirt-
This song starts of with Beyonce speaking the lyrics. With a constant 'ooh' going on in the background this song makes the perfect slow romantic track.
Beyonce Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis, Sean Garrett and Angela Beyince are part of the writing team on this track and it is produced by Andre Harris, Vidal Davis and Beyonce Knowles.
5. Is She The Reason-
This track is probably one that some women could relate to. Once again these three have...
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very helpful 19.09.2005
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