If you want to hear more, I'm djing at Big City Swing's First Friday dance, this coming Friday.
- Ain't Misbehavin' - Kermit Ruffins - Putumayo Presents: Kermit Ruffins - 4:36 - 140
- Corner Pocket - Count Basie - April In Paris - 5:07 - 140
- Honey Pie - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - 4:10 - 150
- Too Darn Hot - Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife: The Complete Ella In Berlin - 3:16 - 160
- Thursday Evening Swing - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:28 - 170
- Baby, Won't You Please Come Home - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:54 - 164
- Viper Mad - Sidney Bechet - Sweet And Lowdown - 3:06 - 172
- I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 3:59 - 160
- It's Only a Paper Moon - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman '45 & '47 - 2:48 - 132
- Ain't No Flies On Me - Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz Giant - 3:15 - 120
- Easy Does It - Paul Tillotson the Love Trio - Lindy Hop Blues - 2:57 - 130
- Duke's Place - Ella Fitzgerald - Something To Live For (Disc 2) - 4:13 - 140
- I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A letter - Jay McShann - For Dancers Only! (A Lindy Hop Compilation) - 3:55 - 146
- It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160
- 9:20 Special - Engelbert Wröbel's Swing Society - Sophisticated Swing - 4:00 - 175
- Boo-Wah Boo-wah - Chu Berry - Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions - 2:52 - 190
- Jeep Jockey Jump - The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - Swingin' The Century - 2:51 - 209
- Wake Up Neesie - Kermit Ruffins - Big Easy - 5:50 - 132
- I Don't Care Who Knows - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 3:18 - 125
- Miss Brown To You - Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae Sings Lover Man - 2:29 - 124
- Lean Baby - Illinois Jacquet - Flying Home - 3:05 - 124
- On Revival Day - Lavern Baker - LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 3:16 - 143
- Okay for Baby - Jimmie Lunceford - For Dancers Only - 3:13 - 145
- All Right, Okay, You Win - Count Basie - Count Basie at Newport - 2:45 - 145
- Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong - Ken Burns Jazz - 2:24 - 155
- Fibre de verre - Paris Combo - Attraction - 3:39 - 135
- Honeysuckle Rose - Anita O'Day - Anita O'Day's Finest Hour - 3:15 - 140
- Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Benny Goodman - B.G. In Hi-Fi - 3:05 - 155 (birthday jam for Jenna, Audra, and Sidney)
- Solid As A Rock - Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Ella - 3:00 - 145
Looks like on average, it was slower in tempo than your usual sets. Can we see the graph?
ReplyDeleteMean BPM: 150
ReplyDeleteMedian BPM: 145
So yeah, maybe a little slower than normal. The vibe I got from the room was that people were looking for slower/mid-tempo stuff. Especially the crowd that was in the room after 10:30.
Here's a stem-and-leaf plot of the bpm distribution, in case you're interested:
12 0445
13 0225
14 000035556
15 055
16 0004
17 025
18
19 0
20 9