Fats Jazz Band – 24 Hours a Day

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.