KEEP SHUFFLIN'
Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various
Opened: February 27, 1928, Daly's Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 104
Exhortation Theme From Yamekraw Negro Rhapsody (M: James P. Johnson; Henry Creamer):
For recordings of Yamekraw
(Piano Symphon), which was added during the run of MESSIN'
AROUND, see:
1. The Chronological James P. Johnson 1944-1945, CD/Classics
1027 (James P. Johnson, piano)
2. Portraits In Blue, CD/Columbia 68488 (Marcus Roberts, piano)
3. Rhapsody In Black And White, CD/Dynamic 351 (Marco Fumo,
piano)
4. Jazz Nocturne: American Concertos Of The Jazz Age, CD/Naxos
8559647 (Richard Rosenberg)
5. Red Bridge Blues, CD/Markosa Records (Terence O'Malley)
6. Sunday In Savannah, CD/Tee Jay (Teddy Adams)
7. Symphonic Jazz Of James P. Johnson, CD/Musicmasters 60066
(William Albright, piano)
8. Got The Saint Louis Blues: Classical Music In The Jazz Age,
CD/Clarion/VocalEssence 907 (Philip Brunelle)
Give Me The Sunshine (M: James P.
Johnson; L: Con Conrad; Henry Creamer):
1. 78/Victor 21425 (Roger
Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra)
Got Myself Another Jockey Now (M:
Thomas "Fats" Waller; L: Andy Razaf) (sheet music only):
1. The Broadway Musicals Of 1928,
CD/Original Cast OC 6827 (Lumiri Tubo with musical direction
by Ross Patterson)
Honeysuckle Rose (M: Thomas "Fats" Waller; L: Andy Razaf)
(subsequently used in LOAD OF COAL):
I have not attempted to
compile discological information for this standard beyond
original cast and composer renditions.
1. 78/Victor 24826 (Fats Waller, vocal, with Fats Waller and His
Rhythm) [also 78/Victor 20-1580; 78/Victor 420-0235; 45/Victor
447-0235; reissued on The Indispensable Fats Waller, Vols. 1-2:
1926-1935, CD/RCA 26162]
2. 78/Victor 36206 (Fats Waller and His Rhythm) [also 78/Victor
25779; 78/Victor JB 185; 78/Gramophone C. 2937; reissued on The
Middle Years, Pt. 1: 1936-38, CD/Bluebird RCA 07863660832]
3. 78/Victor 25559 (Tommy Dorsey, trombone, Bunny Berigan,
trumpet, Thomas "Fats" Waller, piano, Dick McDonough, guitar,
George Georgia Wettling, drums) [reissued on The Chronological
Fats Waller 1937, CD/Classics 838]
4. A Legend In His Lifetime, Trip Jazz TLX-5042 (Fats Waller) (3
versions)
5. The Chronological Fats Waller 1941, CD/Classics 1068 (Fats
Waller)
6. Live At The Yacht Club, CD/Mr. Music 7004 (Fats Waller)
7. Complete Associated Transcription Session 1935-1939,
CD/Storyville 2032076 (Fats Waller)
How Jazz Was Born (M: Thomas "Fats"
Waller; L: Andy Razaf):
1. Brooks Kerr Salutes
Fats Waller, Bluewail (S) BWLP 1001 (Brooks Kerr, piano and
voice, with George Duvivier, bass, and Sonny Greer, drums)
2. Concentratin' On Fats, CD/Jazzology JCD 299 (Rebecca Kilgore
with Hal Smith's Rhythmakers)
'Sippi (M: James P. Johnson; L: Con
Conrad; Henry Creamer):
1. 78/Bluebird B 10260
(Louisana Sugar Babes featuring Fats Waller, organ, and James P.
Johnson, piano, Jabbo Smith, cornet, and Garvin Bushell,
clarinet, alto sax and bassoon) [also 78/Victor 21348; reissued
on Fats Waller And His Buddies, CD/Bluebird RCA 61005-2]
2. The Alternative Takes, Vol. 1: 1923-1929, CD/Neatwork RP 2003
(Fats Waller with the Louisiana Sugar Babes)
3. The James P. Johnson Songbook, CD/Arbors ARB 19427 (Marty
Grosz and The Hot Winds)
Skiddle-De-Scow (M: James P. Johnson;
L: Perry Bradford) (added to the Finale during the run; also
used in MESSIN' AROUND):
1. 78/Columbia 14247-D
(Perry Bradford with James P. Johnson, piano) [reissued on The
Chronological James P. Johnson 1921-1928, CD/Classics 658]
Willow Tree (M: Thomas "Fats" Waller;
L: Andy Razaf) (sheet music only):
1. 78/Victor 21348
(Louisana Sugar Babes featuring Fats Waller, organ, and James P.
Johnson, piano, Jabbo Smith, cornet, and Garvin Bushell,
clarinet, alto sax and bassoon) [reissued on Fats Waller And His
Buddies, CD/Bluebird RCA 61005-2]
2. 78/Parlophone R 2201 (Mildred Bailey and Her Alley Cats)
[also 78/Decca 18108; reissued on The Rockin' Chair Lady
(1931-1950), CD/Verve AAGRD644]
3. The Alternative Takes, Vol. 1: 1923-1929, CD/Neatwork RP 2003
(Fats Waller with the Louisiana Sugar Babes)
4. New Bottle, Old Wine, CD/CDP 7468552 (Gil Evans)
5. Town Hall Concerts, Vol. 2, CD/Jazzology 1003 (Eddie Condon)
6. Dick Hyman Plays Fats Waller, CD/Reference Recordings 33
(Dick Hyman, piano)
7. Live At The Village Vanguard, CD/Blue Note 60438 (Thad
Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra)
8. Village Vaguard Live Sessions, Vol. 3, CD/Delta Distribution
17138 (Thad Jones)
9. Back Room Romp, CD/Sackville 3059 (Keith Ingham and Harry
Allen)
10. Mellow Jazz, CD/BBC Music 25 (BBC Big Band)
11. Maple Leaf Rag, CD/GHB Records 391 (Roger Bell)
12. Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard, CD/Planet Arts
105084 (The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra)
13. Some Stride Piano Playing, CD/Mephistopheles (Henry Thin
Francis)
14. One Man Fats, CD/Unknown label (Pete Sokolow)
Unrecorded Material:
Brothers (added for the subsequent tour)
Buck Up To Me (added after opening and then dropped)
Bugle Blues (added for the subsequent tour)
Charlie, My Back Door Man (M: Clarence Todd; L: Henry Creamer)
Choc'late Bar (M: Thomas "Fats" Waller; L: Andy Razaf)
Deep Blue Sea (added for the subsequent tour)
Don't Wake ‘Em Up (added for the subsequent tour)
Dusky Love (M: Will Vodery; L: Henry Creamer)
Everybody's Happy In Jimtown (M: Thomas "Fats" Waller; L: Andy
Razaf)
Exhortation (M: Con Conrad; L: Henry Creamer) (cut after
opening)
Finale (Act 1)
Finale (Act 2)
Harlem Rose (M: Con Conrad; L: Gladys Rodgers) (cut after
opening)
Holiday In Jimtown (added after opening)
Keep Shufflin' (M: Thomas "Fats" Waller; L: Andy Razaf)
Labor Day Parade (M: Clarence Todd; L: Andy Razaf)
Leg It (M: Clarence Todd; L: Con Conrad; Henry Creamer)
Let's Go To Town (added for the subsequent tour)
My Old Banjo (added for the subsequent tour)
On The Levee (M: James P. Johnson; L: Henry Creamer)
Opening Chorus (M: Will Vodery; L: Henry Creamer)
Pining (M: Clarence Todd; L: Con Conrad; Henry Creamer) (cut
after opening)
Pretty Soft, Pretty Sweet (added for the subsequent tour)
Teasing (revised version of "Teasing Mama," added for the
subsequent tour)
Teasing Mama (Teasing Baby) (M: James P. Johnson; L: Henry
Creamer) (added after opening)
‘Twas A Kiss In The Moonlight (M: Stephen Jones; L: Con
Conrad; Henry Creamer) (sheet music only)
Washboard Ballet (M: Thomas "Fats" Waller) (inst.) (cut after
opening)
Where Jazz Was Born (revised version of "How Jazz Was Born";
added for the subsequent tour)
Whoopem Up (added for the subsequent tour)
You May Be A Whale In Georgia (added for the subsequent tour)