A lovely inverted label Vocalion that finds the charming Clarence Williams languidly singing a new tune that biographer Tom Lord notes seems to be based on a reworking of the chord structure of “Squeeze Me”, which he co-wrote with Fats Waller and first recorded nearly ten years before. While it isn’t the “hot dance” number the label claims, I find it quite enjoyable.
“Oh If I’m dreamin’, please let me dream”
Recorded in New York on February 9, 1935.
Released as Vocalion 2958.
Credits
Clarence Williams – piano, vocals
Ed Allen – cornet
Cecil Scott – clarinet, tenor sax
Roy Smeck (?) – guitar
Cyrus St. Clair (or Richard Fullbright) – tuba


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