Fizz setlist 4/14/2008

Starting around 9:30 p.m. on 4/14/2008. I got a lot of complements on this set, so I posted it on Windyhop (here). Looking at it two days later, I commented that I would have liked to have hit a broader range of tempos, but the timing of when lots of folks started to show up made it a little tricky.

1. Shine - Ella Fitzgerald - Rhythm And Romance - 2:55
   (Beginning of the night was a pretty light crowd, seemed to be some new lindyhoppers and some folks comfortable with East Coast Swing. )
2. All Right, Okay, You Win - Count Basie - Count Basie at Newport - 2:45
3. Birmingham Bounce - Tommy Dorsey - Greatest Hits: Tommy Dorsey - 2:57
   (Starting to get more crowded.)
   
4. It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42
5. Georgia Cake Walk - Eddie Condon - We Called It Music - 3:06
   (Next two are for folks to get their bal on.)
   
6. All the Cats Join In - Benny Goodman - The Capitol Years - 4:22
7. Carolina In the Morning - Jimmy Dorsey - Big Band Masters: Jimmy Dorsey, Vol. 2 - 3:49
   (It's quite crowded by this point.)
   
8. Tea For Two - Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie - Ella And Basie! - 3:18
   (Next one's a nod to the bandleader, who was in the house.)
   
9. Good Bait - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Swingmatism - 2:53
   (Time for some bluesier sounds.)
   
10. Let the Good Time Roll - Linda Hopkins - Wild Woman Blues - 3:26
11. Whiskey Makes Me Mean - Gerry Hundt - Since Way Back - 3:04
    (Chicago Live Blues fans may be familiar with Gerry, husband of a local lindy hopper. This is an original number of his. I was kind of unsure about whether the transition between the Linda Hopkins tune and Gerry's would work, but I think it did. Follow up with one more up-tempo blues number.)
    
12. As Long As I'm Moving - Ruth Brown - The Essentials: Ruth Brown - 2:43
    (Shine On Harvest Moon is one of my stand-bys at the moment. It seems to work as a transition between feels.)
    
13. Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Pete Fountain and The Kings Of Dixieland - 2:52
14. Shake That Thing (Album Version) - Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - The Aviator Music From The Motion Picture - 3:00
    (Vince Giordano's Nighthawks are a group from NYC that play really tight 1920's style music. The next track starts to Cool things down. Also a vocal, after 3 instrumentals in a row.)
15. Now Or Never - Katharine Whalen - Jazz Squad - 2:13
16. Six-appeal - Charlie Christian - Six-appeal - 3:20
    (Next song is the slowest of the set, but still has an energetic feel.)
    
17. I Don't Care Who Knows - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 3:18
    (I should have played a track or two in the 130-135 range here.)
    
18. Honeysuckle Rose - Katherine Davis - Dream Shoes - 3:14
19. Nature Boy - Johnny Hartman - For Trane - 3:29
20. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 4:28
21. We Cats Will Swing For You - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:42
22. Sugarfoot Rag - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Story Vol. 2 - 3:06
23. Carioca - Artie Shaw - Bal Mix from Mary Timmons - 4:07
    (I think Carioca thinned out the floor a bit much. Typically when that happens I drop back the tempo a lot, but I think I didn't go far enough with Strictly Instrumental. Too peppy still--I should have gone right to Viper's Moan.)
24. Strictly Instrumental - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:39
25. A Viper's Moan - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Call Of The Freaks - 3:30
    (Announcements, then Doberman takes over.)