(At the beginning the night, the only folks there are a group of kids that are teaching each other East Coast Swing. They happen to be humming the melody to In the Mood, so I kick it off with Tar Paper Stomp.)
- Tar Paper Stomp - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Call Of The Freaks - 3:32
- Send Me - Wingy Manone - Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings of Louis Prima and Wingy Manone (1924-1937) - 2:44
- Exactly Like You - Alix Combelle - 1935-40 - 3:09
- Tuxedo Junction - Jan Savitt - Shuffle In Style - 3:12
(From what I know of the folks there at this point, the crowd likes classic big band.) - American Patrol - Glenn Miller - The Fabulous Swing Collection - 3:23
- My Blue Heaven - Artie Shaw - The Very Best Of Artie Shaw - 3:47
- I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 4:41
- Big John's Special - Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra - Radio Rhythm - 3:18
- Sugar Foot Swamp - Artie Shaw - His First Three Bands: 1936-1940 - 3:22
- Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:44
(At this point I want to move from classic big band to more New Orleans style and hot jazz.) - Sad Sap Sucker Am I - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 3:06
- All Of Me/The Peanut Vendor - Dick Hyman Group Feat. Howard Alden - Sweet And Lowdown - 1:43
- Twenty-Four Robbers - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:45
(Twenty-Four Robbers is a new favorite that I can't get out of my head. Skye and Frida used it for their routine at ULHS.) - Viper Mad - Sidney Bechet - Sweet And Lowdown - 3:06
- C'est Si Bon - Louis Armstrong - Happy Birthday Louis - 3:05
- When Day Is Done - Coleman Hawkins - April in Paris Featuring Body And Soul - 3:21
- A Viper's Moan - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Call Of The Freaks - 3:30
- Come On Over To My House - Jay McShann - Jumpin' The Blues - 2:52
- Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Benny Goodman - B.G. In Hi-Fi - 3:05
- Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Pete Fountain and The Kings Of Dixieland - 2:52
- Let's Misbehave - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - You Do Something To Me - 2:52
- All Of Me - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:10
(There's a buzz of energy in the room at this point.) - Jeep Jockey Jump - Glenn Miller - Inspirational Swing! - 2:13
- Daphne - Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt 3: Minor Swing - 3:03
(This track is too chill for people - I was hoping to draw some balboa dancers out, but it doesn't work. I shift gears to more of a boogie rhythm, and plan on chilling out down to some blues music.) - I'm A Bouncin' Mama - Tab Smith - Top 'n' Bottom - 2:30
- Honey Pie - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - 4:10
- Bli Blip - Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - Live In Swing City: Swingin' With Duke - 3:16
- Just One Of Those Things - Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife: The Complete Ella In Berlin - 3:53
- For Dancers Only - Junior Mance - Happy Time - 5:50
- Trombone Butter - Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington Sings Bessie Smith - 3:34
- Since I Lost My Baby (with Susan Tedeschi) - Pinetop Perkins - Ladies Man - 3:52
(Next track is a birthday jam. In retrospect, it's reaalllly long.) - Sweet And Lovely - Mary Stallings - Manhattan Moods - 5:20
- Keepin' Out A Mishif Now - Carling Family - 20th Jubilee - 3:32
- Savoy Blues - Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen - Trad Jazz Masters - 3:53
- Honeysuckle Rose - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:47
- On Revival Day - Lavern Baker - Precious Memories / LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 3:16
- Shake That Thing - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Shake That Thing - 6:30
(Shake That Thing is much longer than what I usually play, but it seemed to me like it worked. Anyone who was there have an opinion?) - Gang Busters - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 3:06
- Minor Swing - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 3:45
- Fibre de verre - Paris Combo - Attraction - 3:39
- Money Blues - Lavern Baker - Precious Memories / LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 2:53
- The Mooche - Duke Ellington - Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings of Duke Ellington, 1926-1931 - 3:13
- Just A-Settin' and A-Rockin' - Duke Ellington - Sophisticated Lady - 3:34
(Yes, it's an odd transition. Next two tracks are by request.) - Wade In The Water - Eva Cassidy - Eva By Heart - 4:04
- Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke - The Best of Sam Cooke - 2:42
- Finest Lovin' Man - Bonnie Raitt - The Bonnie Raitt Collection - 3:58
- All The Cats Join In - Jessica Molaskey - A Good Day - 4:15
(Aris flips me off because the last track has an extreme tempo change in it. The next track also changes tempo, from 60 to 120 bpm. It's a more natural transition though.) - Yesterdays - Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man - 4:54
- Lullabye of Birdland - Ella Fitzgerald - Unknown - 2:57
- In a Mellow Tone - Count Basie - Blues In Orbit - 2:40
- Harlem Air Shaft - Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - Live In Swing City: Swingin' With Duke - 3:05
(By 12:30, there are only a few folks left. Things get a little wonky from this point on.) - Take The A Train - Duke Ellington - Big Band Spectacular - 5:18
- Can't We Be Friends - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis - 3:47
- Ain't Misbehavin' - Benny Goodman - B.G. In Hi-Fi - 3:27
- The "C" Jam Blues - Duke Ellington - Sophisticated Lady - 2:38
- Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) - Benny Goodman - The Birth of Swing - 2:23
- Whisper Not - Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day and the Three Sounds - 2:59
- Someone Else Is Steppin' In - Ernestine Anderson - When the Sun Goes Down - 4:51
- Basin Street Blues - Jack Teagarden - Mis'ry And The Blues - 5:11
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