The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

This Is So Nice, It Must Be Illegal


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Jazz
Catalogue NumberPA-002-1
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Disc Makers
Record FormatCD
Shelf Number040085
Number of Tracks18
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Carolina Shout
Composer(s) : James P. Johnson
2 - This Is So Nice It Must Be Illegal
Composer(s) : Fats Waller; George Marion
3 - Tango A La Caprice
Composer(s) : Willie "The Lion" Smith
4 - Gliss Me Again
Composer(s) : Johnny Guarnieri
5 - Say Yes
Composer(s) : Thomas "Fats" Waller
6 - After The Sun Goes Down
Composer(s) : Pat Flowers
7 - Rippling Water
Composer(s) : Willie "The Lion" Smith
8 - Music On My Mind
Composer(s) : Willie "The Lion" Smith
9 - Snatches
Composer(s) : Dick Wellstood
10 - Brush Lightly
Composer(s) : Dick Wellstood
11 - There's A Gal In My Life
Composer(s) : "Fats" Waller; George Marion
12 - Bowing Singing Slam
Composer(s) : Johnny Guarnieri
13 - Hot Buttered Rum
Composer(s) : Ralph Sutton
14 - Sweet & Creamy
Composer(s) : Paul Asaro
15 - Caution Blues
Composer(s) : Earl "Fatha" Hines
16 - Sneakaway
Composer(s) : Wllie "The Lion" Smith
17 - Baltimore Todolo
Composer(s) : Eubie Blake
18 - The Shout
Composer(s) : Art Tatum