Title: Slightly More Than Wonderful Artist: Martha Davis Label: Jasmine Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 604988320220 Genre: Soul/R & B Release Date: 2021-04-16 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT
This wonderful singer/pianist met and drew big inspiration from Fats Waller before she was 20. She started working the clubs of Chicago and then met-and married-bassist Calvin Ponder, and the two became wildly popular on tour and especially in NY. This comp of their recordings includes rare 1952 transcriptions plus their ABC-Paramount LPs "Marth Davis & Spouse" ('57) and "A Tribute to Fats Waller" ('58): "Umbrella Man," "Mine," "Two Sleepy People," "S'Posin'," "Handful of Keys," "I Like the Likes of You," "Life Is So Peculiar" and more! Jasmine.
Tracks: 1.1 Two Sleepy People 1.2 Mine 1.3 You're Slightly Less Than Wonderful 1.4 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter 1.5 Keepin' Out of Mischief Now 1.6 Umbrella Man 1.7 You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me 1.8 Have You Ever Been Lonely? 1.9 Back Street (PD) 1.10 The Surrey with the Fringe on Top 1.11 Life Is So Peculiar 1.12 I Like the Likes of You 1.13 A Tribute to Fats Waller 1.14 Your Feets' Too Big 1.15 Jitterbug Waltz 1.16 Ain't Misbehavin' 1.17 It's a Sin to Tell a Lie 1.18 The Spider and the Fly 1.19 How Can You Face Me? 1.20 Honeysuckle Rose 1.21 Lulu's Back in Town 1.22 Blue Turning Grey Over You 1.23 Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama) 1.24 Handful of Keys 1.25 S'posin' 1.26 * Bonus Transcriptions - 1.27 Goodbye, Honey, Goodbye (Live) 1.28 Vip-I-Ty Vip-I-Ty Vop (Live) 1.29 Martha's Boogie (Live) 1.30 We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye (Live)
