Set list from First Friday at Big City Swing 3/6/2009

Last night was pretty crazy. Two lessons (Mary and I did a charleston lesson downstairs, Jenna and Max did an intro swing lesson upstairs), two floors of dancing (me downstairs, Nathan upstairs), lots of out-of-town friends dancing for us. It was a good crowd, about the same as last month is what Jenna reports, but the atmosphere was maybe a bit more relaxed because people were spread over two floors.

I dj'ed from 9 until a few minutes before 10, then my friend Jason Zabinski from Minneapolis spun for about an hour, then I took over again around 11:15 to close out the night. Having Jason dj was a treat--pretty much everything he picked out made me go "Ooooh this is a great track! How come I never play this one?" Plus I got to just dance instead of running back and forth from my computer. Here's my set list:

First set:

1. Tutti Frutti - Slim Gaillard - 1938-46 - 2:38 - 170
2. Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton - Big Band Jazz, The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 - 4:27 - 170
3. Moten Swing - Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing - 3:57 - 160
4. Good Evenin' Good Lookin' (Helen Forrest, Vocals) - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:10 - 150
5. I Want a Tall Skinny Pappa - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Gospel of the Blues - 2:52 - 140
6. Betcha Nickel - Ella Fitzgerald - My Heart Belongs to Daddy - 2:51 - 160
7. Evenin' - Count Basie - Count Basie at Newport - 3:32 - 165
8. The Love Bug Will Bite You - Louis Prima - Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings Of Louis Prima And Wingy Manone (1924-1937) - 3:05 - 170
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A letter - Jay McShann - For Dancers Only! (A Lindy Hop Compilation) - 3:55 - 146
10. All Of Me - Helen O'Connell - Great Girl Singers, Sing 22 Original Hits - 2:09 - 145
11. Flat Foot Floogee - Ray Bryant - Swing Dance Special - 2:42 - 160
12. Twenty-Four Robbers - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:45 - 190
13. Snake Hips - Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Jazz Age! - 2:59 - 215
14. Come On Over To My House - Jay McShann - Jumpin' The Blues - 2:52 - 145
15. A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - 1935-1936 - 3:25 - 148
16. Take It Easy Greasy No. 2 - Lil Johnson - Lil Johnson & Barrelhouse Annie Vol. 3 1937 - 2:58 - 145
17. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - Graeme Bell & His Australian Jazz Band - The Historical Prague & Paris Recordings, 1947-48 - 3:26 - 132
18. El Salon De Gutbucket - Engelbert Wröbel's Swing Society - Sophisticated Swing - 5:16 - 140
19. Don't You Miss Your Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon & Panama Francis' Savoy Sultans - 3:55 - 140

Second set:

1. Gypsy In My Soul - Clora Bryant - ...Gal With A Horn - 2:48 - 160
2. Gotta Be This Or That - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman '45 & '47 - 3:10 - 140
3. Walkin' And Swingin - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy - Kansas City: Swing, Blues, Jive & Boogie - 2:56 - 180
4. Killin' JIve - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:50 - 180
5. Madame Dynamite - Eddie Condon - Let's Swing It - 2:55 - 185
6. The Back Room Romp - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 2:49 - 150
7. Dippermouth Blues - Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - Vol. 3: Stomps, Etc...& The Blues - 2:50 - 185
8. There'll Be Some Changes Made - Chicago Rhythm Kings - Mezz Mezzrow: Makin' Friends, 1928-37 - 2:56 - 205
9. We've Got The Blues - The Spirits Of Rhythm - Spirits of Rhythm 1932-1941 - 3:16 - 110
10. Ja-Da - The Famous Castle Jazz Band - The Five Pennies - 3:07 - 150
11. Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Dixieland's Kings - 2:50 - 160
12. Southern sunset - Swing Parade South - Hommage a Sidney Bechet - 3:32 - 105
13. My Baby Likes To Be-Bop - Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Ella - 2:45 - 139
14. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home - Bill Coleman - Bill Coleman In Paris 1936-1938 - 3:00 - 170
15. Jive At Five - Count Basie - Swinging The Blues: 1930-1939 - 2:46 - 172
16. Six-appeal - Charlie Christian - Six-appeal - 3:20 - 145
17. Who Walks In When I Walk Out? with Ella Fitzgerald - Louis Armstrong - The Wonderful Duets - 2:21 - 135
18. Grabtown Grapple - Artie Shaw - 1944-45 - 3:00 - 190
19. Spreadin' Rhythm Around - Billie Holiday - Swing Brother Swing - 2:52 - 195
20. You Talk a Little Trash - Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five - Crazy Rhythm - 3:55 - 170
21. Splanky - Benny Goodman - The Yale University Music Library, Volume 7: Florida Session - 5:12 - 132
22. Okay for Baby - Jimmie Lunceford - For Dancers Only - 3:13 - 145
23. Wah-Dee-Dah - Cab Calloway - The Early Years 1930-1934 - 3:00 - 230