Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry album)

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Released1979 (1979)
RecordedMarch 15–16, 1979
Genre Jazz
Length33:15
Label Pablo Today
Producer Norman Granz
Clark Terry chronology
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Ain't Misbehavin' is a 1979 album by Clark Terry, focusing on the music on Fats Waller. Terry is joined by pianist Oscar Peterson and the singer Johnny Hartman. [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Richard Maltby, Jr., Fats Waller) – 5:41
  2. "Your Feet's Too Big" (Ada Benson, Fred Fisher) – 5:40
  3. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Waller) – 3:09
  4. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 2:45
  5. "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie" (Billy Mayhew) – 4:10
  6. "Ain't Misbehavin'" (Harry Brooks, Razaf, Waller) – 3:05
  7. "Squeeze Me" (Waller, Clarence Williams) – 4:20
  8. "Handful of Keys" (Murrary Horwitz, Maltby, Waller) – 4:19
  9. "Black and Blue" (Brooks, Razaf, Waller) – 2:29
  10. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 4:19
  11. "The Joint Is Jumpin'" (J. C. Johnson, Razaf, Waller) – 2:52

Personnel

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