Plays Fats Waller

{{Infobox album

| name = Plays Fats Waller

| type = Album

| artist = Jimmy Smith

| cover = Plays Fats Waller.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1962

| recorded = January 23, 1962

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz

| length = 34:55

| label = Blue Note
BLP 4100

| producer = Alfred Lion

| chronology = Jimmy Smith

| prev_title = Midnight Special

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith

| next_year = 1962

}}

Plays Fats Waller is an album by American jazz organist Jimmy Smith featuring performances of tunes associated with Fats Waller, recorded on January 23, 1962 and released on Blue Note later that year.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4000-series/#blp-4100 Blue Note discography] accessed November 26, 2010

Reception

The AllMusic review by Steve Leggett states, "It's fairly typical Smith, who careens, bolts, stutters, glides, and flashes notes all over the place at a frequently breathless pace, doing what he always does, which is being Jimmy Smith at the organ. That's what you want, and that's what you get here."Leggett, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=jimmy-smith-plays-fats-waller-r156407|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed November 26, 2010 {{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

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