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  • Ain't Misbehavin' C Major
  • Gladyse D Major
  • Alligator Crawl C Major
  • Russian Fantasy C Minor
  • Valentine Stomp D Major
  • E-flat Blues Eb Major
  • Handful Of Keys F Major
  • Honeysuckle Rose F Major
  • I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling Eb Major
  • Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now C Major
  • Numb Fumblin' G Major
  • Smashing Thirds G Major
  • African Ripples D Major
  • Clothes Line Ballet Ab Major
  • Viper's Drag F Major

Fats Waller Collection. (The Great Solos, 1929-1937). By Thomas "Fats" Waller. For solo piano. Piano Solo Personality. Ragtime and Jazz. SMP Level 9 (Advanced). Songbook. Introductory text (does not include words to the songs). 120 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.672370).

ISBN 0793572797. With introductory text (does not include words to the songs). Ragtime and Jazz. 9x12 inches.

The 2nd edition now features 16 of Waller's best, including: African Ripples • Ain't Misbehavin' • Alligator Crawl • Clothes Line Ballet • E-Flat Blues • Gladyse • Handful of Keys • Honeysuckle Rose • I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling • Keepin' Out of Mischief Now • My Feelings Are Hurt • Numb Fumblin' • Russian Fantasy • Smashing Thirds • Valentine Stomp • Viper's Drag.

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All types of major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords spanning more than an octave. Extensive scale passages.

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Amy Rothstein

Location: from McLean, Va.

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

May 9, 2008

Great Transcriptions of Fats Waller Piano Solos

Paul Poznak has created a collection of the best Fats Waller Piano hits transcribing note for note what he has heard on recordings so that a pianist like me who doesn't have the ability to pick up by ear complicated music such as this can have the satifying experience of...

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Anonymous

Location: from

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

April 23, 2008

Best darn music around

No matter what style you like best I think that you're going fall in love with Fats Waller. He created such a unique style, which has made him stand out from all the other pianists of his time. Everyone with truly be in amazed when you sit down at the...

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Daniel P

Location: from France

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

February 19, 2008

Very valuable

I have waited for very long to come across exact transcriptions of Fats Waller's best piano solos. Until now I had only seen inexact or shortened versions, often exluding the most difficult and exciting parts. Paul Posnaks insight here is very valuable and helps those who have the abilities to...

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Lennart Hjelmstedt

Location: from Sweden

Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate

December 11, 2007

revival

I like this collection which enables me to sound like Fats....or at least a bit of it. The touch that was his can few imitate, but his music is still very much alive.

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Professional musician

Location: from NYC

Difficulty Level:
Advanced

December 1, 2007

Great transcriptions - not user friendly

Awesome book. Accurate transcriptions. A wealth of knowledge at your fingertips. However, if you are more of a "jazz" player, note that the music is notated in the classical style approximation of swing - using dotted eighth- sixteenth notes as opposed to the more "straight ahead" way of notating in...

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