Track Listing 1. Ain't Misbehavin' 2. Honeysuckle Rose 3. Handful of Keys 4. I'm Crazy About My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me) 5. Smashing Thirds 6. Joint Is Jumpin', The 7. Keepin' Out of Mischief Now 8. Squeeze Me 9. Honeysuckle Rose 10. All That Meat and No Potatoes 11. Jitterbug Waltz, The 12. I Ain't Got Nobody (And There's Nobody Cares For Me) 13. Lulu's Back in Town 14. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 15. Somebody Stole My Gal 16. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie 17. Sheik of Araby, The 18. Two Sleepy People 19. Good Man Is Hard to Find, A 20. Your Feet's Too Big
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Bunny Berigan | | Producer: | Orrin Keepnews (Compilation) | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Fats Waller (vocals, piano, organ); Rudy Powell (alto saxophone, clarinet); Gene Sedric (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Herman Autry, Bunny Berigan, John Hamilton (trumpet); Tommy Dorsey (trombone); Al Casey (guitar); Cedric Wallace, Charlie Turner, Slam Stewart (bass); Zutty Singleton, George Wettling, Slick Jones, Harry Dial (drums). Recorded between 1929 & 1943. Includes liner notes by Doug Ramsey. All tracks have been digitally remastered. This best-of features the inimitable performer in a variety of settings, from the rollicking late-1920s small group arrangements of "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose" to the beautiful, and unexpectedly delicate, big band sound of the instrumental "Jitterbug Waltz."
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