Balboa Party setlist 9/26/2008

I deejayed the Balboa party at Big City Swing from about 8:30 to 11:45 on 9/26/2008. Attendance was lighter than normal, probably because the first presidential debate was on TV from 8:00 to 9:30. More folks started to drift in after that, mostly friends of mine whose taste in music I have a pretty good sense for. Because of that, and because of the smaller crowd, I used more drastic transitions between tempos and styles, figuring that I didn't need to worry as much about super-smooth flow, and should concentrate more on variety, playing whatever selections I thought the dancers would really enjoy most so that nobody would get bored. A few of the songs I tested out for the first time, with mixed results.

1. Summit Ridge Drive - Buddy DeFranco - Plays Artie Shaw - 4:35
2. Perdido - Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band - 3:13
   
3. Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Benny Goodman - B.G. In Hi-Fi - 3:05
4. Mr. Ghost Goes To Town - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Mr. Rhythmist Goes To Town - 3:58
5. Whistle Stop - The Swing Session - Stompy Jones - 2:15
6. Celery Stalks At Midnight (Album Version) - Will Bradley - Swing Time! - The Fabulous Big Band Era (1925-1955) - 3:15
7. All That Meat And No Potatoes - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:47
8. Rose Room - Artie Shaw - Artie Shaw, King Of The Clarinet - 2:43
9. Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:44
10. Fiddle Dee Dee - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 1: Hot Mallets - 2:39
11. Boys from Harlem - Randy Sandke And The Nagel Heyer Allstars - Uptown Lowdown - 3:33
12. Six Appeal - Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander - Crazy Rhythm - 3:29
13. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - Compact Jazz - 3:26
14. Carolina In the Morning - Jimmy Dorsey - Big Band Masters: Jimmy Dorsey, Vol. 2 - 3:49
15. Sugarfoot Rag - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Story Vol. 2 - 3:06
16. Dipsy Doodle - Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - G.I. Jukebox, Original Hits from the Swing Era, 1938-1946 - 3:03
17. Take It Easy Greasy No. 2 - Lil Johnson - Lil Johnson & Barrelhouse Annie Vol. 3 1937 - 2:58
18. Grabtown Grapple - Artie Shaw - 1944-45 - 3:00
19. Shorty George - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings - 2:46
20. I May Be Wrong (Boogie Woogie) - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon & Panama Francis' Savoy Sultans - 3:21
21. Country Man - Carrie Smith - When You're Down and Out - 3:46
22. Jambalaya Strut - Dr. Michael White - Dancing In The Sky - 3:46
23. San Francisco Bay Blues - Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - Blues Over Bodega - 3:41
24. It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42
25. Madame Dynamite - Eddie Condon - Let's Swing It - 2:55
26. Tiger Rag - The Firehouse Five Plus Two - The Firehouse Five Plus Two Story - 3:04
27. Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Pete Fountain and The Kings Of Dixieland - 2:52
28. My Baby Likes To Be-Bop - Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Ella - 2:45
29. Ridin' And Jivin' - Earl Hines - Rosetta - 2:39
30. Thursday Evening Swing - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:28
31. The Right Idea - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Swing Street Strut - 3:13
32. Digga Digga Doo - Asylum Street Spankers - Mercurial - 4:10
33. Let's Get Drunk And Truck - The Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk And Truck - 3:06
34. On Revival Day - Lavern Baker - Precious Memories / LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 3:16
35. Colonel Josh's BBQ - Asylum Street Spankers - Strawberry - 3:40
36. Hoodle-Addle - Ray McKinley Orchestra - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - 3:21
37. Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06
38. Shout, Sister, Shout! - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Gospel of the Blues - 2:41
39. Yes Indeed - Slam Stewart - Slamboree - 3:35
40. All Of Me - Della Reese - Cocktail Classics - 2:01
41. Harlem Air Shaft - Duke Ellington - Piano In the Background - 4:03
42. Rockin In Rhythm - Duke Ellington - An Anthology Of Big Band Swing 1930-1955 - 3:01
43. Shoot the Likker to Me, John Boy - Artie Shaw - Self Portrait (Box Set) - 2:48
44. Don't Be That Way - Chick Webb - Jazz After Hours - 2:43
45. Everybody Loves My Baby - Sippie Wallace - Sippie - 3:11
46. My Blue Heaven - Stuff Smith Quartet - Swingin' Stuff - 3:46
47. Sugar Blues - Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb - Standing Tall - 3:05
48. Jive At Five - Count Basie - Swinging The Blues: 1930-1939 - 2:46
49. Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:50
50. Darktown Strutters Ball - Jeff Healey - It's Tight Like That - 4:50
51. Tutti Frutti - Slim Gaillard - 1938-46 - 2:38
52. Hop, Skip And Jump - Engelbert Wröbel's Swing Society - Sophisticated Swing - 3:47
53. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder - Classic Big Band Jazz - 3:26
54. Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea - Django Reinhardt - The Swing Sessions Volume 1 - 2:58
55. Hot Biscuits - Jay McShann - Jumpin' The Blues - 3:08
56. Jazz Me Blues (trimmed) - Jimmy Dorsey - America's Premier Dixieland Jazz Band Live 1950 - 2:00
57. Never Make You Move Too Soon - Barbara Morrison - Doing All Right - 3:34
58. I Found A New Baby - Cootie Williams - Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me - 2:39
59. Putting On The Ritz - The Pasadena Roof Orchestra - Pasadena - 25th Anniversary Album - 3:12