1. TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY
Swanstrom-Hanley
2. LULU’S BACK IN TOWN
Dubin-Warren-Waller
3. BUGLE CALL RAG
Pettis-Meyers-Schoebel
4. WHEN DAY IS DONE
DeSylva-Katscher
5. SERENADE FOR A WEALTHY WIDOW
Fields-McHugh-Forsythe
6. SHINE ON YOUR SHOES
Schwartz-Dietz
7. CAN’T HELP LOVIN’ DAT MAN
Kern -Hammerstein II
8. TIGER RAG
LaRocca
9. BLUES IN C SHARP
Wilson
10. (IF I HAD) RHYTHM IN MY NURSERY RHYMES
Lunceford-Chaplin-Cahn
11. OH, LADY BE GOOD
Gershwin-Gershwin
12. ALL THAT MEET AND NO POTATOES
Kirkeby-Waller
13. SHOE SHINE BOY
Cahn-Chaplin
14. HORIZONTAL
David-Ricca
15. AFTER YOU’VE GONE
Creamer-Layton
16. DO ME A FAVOR
Cherdak-Loring-Waller
17. ROSETTA
G. Gershwin – I. Gershwin
18. K.K.BOOGIE
Kersey-Allen
19. YOU’RE AS PRETTY AS A PICTURE
McHugh-Adamson
20. LOUISIANA
Johnson-Razaf-Schafer
21. MY MAN
Pollock-Yvain-Willemetz-Charles
22. PITTER PANTHER PATTER
Ellington
23. CHARLIE THE CHULO
Ellington
24. THE SHEIK OF ARABY
Snyder-Smith-Wheeler
Band Members:
Ladislav Fanzowitz – piano (1-24), alto sax (19), tenor sax (9, 10, 23, 24), bari sax (11)
Pavol Hoďa – Bb clarinet, metal clarinet, tenor sax (1-7, 9-16, 18-21, 23, 24)
Ľubomír Kamenský – trumpet, cornet (1-7, 9,14, 16, 18-21, 23, 24)
Branislav Belorid – trombone (1, 3, 5-7, 10, 11, 18-21, 24), valve trombone (23)
Patrik Fičor – drums (1-7, 9-16, 18-21, 23, 24) glockenspiel (20)
Michal Matejka – guitar (1-5, 7, 9-12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24) banjo (6, 20)
Pavol Kušík – double bass (1-7, 9-16, 18-24)
Jana Dekánková – singer (1, 4, 7, 10, 14, 19, 21)
Matúš Uhliarik – singer (2, 6, 12, 16),
piano (9-11, 19, 23, 24), vibraphone (5)
Guests:
Zdeno Piala – tenor sax (6)
Pavol Sehnal – bass sax (20)
Arrangements:
Ladislav Fanzowitz, Pavol Kušík (22)
Photos:
Tatiana Hečková, Zuzana Černá a Miloš Černy
Recorded on March 29th - 30th and April 12th - 13th, 2014 at Ružinov Culture House, Bratislava, Slovakia . Sound Director: František Poul, Rostislav Pavlík . Music Director: František Poul . Mastering: František Poul, Rostislav Pavlík . Graphic Design:
Eva Pavlíková . Executive Producer: Ladislav Fanzowitz . Sound, production, distribution, mastering: PAVLK RECORDS
© FATS JAZZ BAND: www.fatsjazzband.com . Made in Slovakia 2014
FATS JAZZ BAND is a first class nine-member swing orchestra steeped in the swing music of late 1930s and early 1940s. It was initiated by Ladislav Fanzowitz, one of the best present Slovak pianists. The orchestra plays original swing music from repertoire of early jazz legends such as Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, Billie Holiday, Clarence Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Tommy Dorsey and others. This music takes you to another world, makes your blood boil, and brings you back in time to the era of elegance, glamour gowns, and hot parties.
FATS JAZZ BAND is authentic; Ladislav Fanzowitz transcribes carefully chosen contemporary tunes by ear to music scores. That’s why you have a unique opportunity to listen to the original arrangements as they were played by jazz legends in their time. Also, FATS JAZZ BAND uses reconstructed array of music instruments, and vintage clothes. The whole impression of the orchestra fully grasps the period of music and style that FATS JAZZ BAND represents.
Even though we could say it is anachronism, the orchestra’s presence evokes the vibrations of something unmistakably timeless. FATS JAZZ BAND takes an antiquated template and infuses it with the immediacy of the present. The main thing that gave music of this era its magic was spontaneity, which is undoubtedly retrieved by FATS JAZZ BAND.
