Fizz setlist 7/20/2009

I had the late set at Fizz last night, starting around 11 p.m. after Tim Gault's early set. I felt like my set was a bit stale on the whole. I think I need to shake up my habits a bit.

Here's my set list (bpm sparkline and distribution):

1. Hey, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 3: Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - 3:21 - 140 (Started out with a birthday jam for Lish and Allen. The average tempo for the first set was pretty fast, so for the first song of the next set, I chose a slower track with a distinctive, bluesy sound to try and grab people.)
   
2. Southern sunset - Swing Parade South - Hommage a Sidney Bechet - 3:32 - 105
3. Splanky - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Live at the Legion - 4:31 - 135 (Off Solomon's new album.)
4. Down south camp meeting - Svend Asmussen - Still Fiddling - 3:41 - 145
5. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Papa Bues Viking Jazzband - Live In Copenhagen - 3:36 - 135
6. Chant Of The Groove - Fats Waller - Fats Waller 1941 - 3:05 - 185 (I had a request for some Fats, though I was thinking of playing this anyways.)
7. Rockin' in Rythm - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Live at the Legion - 3:06 - 197
8. Sure, Had A Wonderful Time - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five, Volume 1 - 3:00 - 135
9. Keepin' Out A Mishif Now - Carling Family - 20th Jubilee - 3:32 - 120 (During this song I got a request for Ernestine Anderson, so I used Joe Williams to transition.)
10. Just A Sittin' And A Rockin' - Joe Williams - Havin' A Good Time - 4:21 - 120
11. Never Make Your Move Too Soon - Ernestine Anderson - Never Make Your Move Too Soon - 3:31 - 120 (I couldn't tell if the room wanted more of this sort of sound, so I decided to keep it slower but move to a jazzier style with Billie Holiday.)
12. They Can't Take That Away From Me - Billie Holiday - First Issue: Great American Song Book - 4:10 - 110
13. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street - Oscar Peterson - With Respect To Nat - 2:22 - 125
14. Stay Cool - Count Basie - Blues By Basie/One O'Clock Jump - 3:12 - 155
15. When I Take My Sugar to Tea - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Jump for Joy - 4:00 - 165 (I wanted to play the Boilermakers right at the top of my set, as a promo for the upcoming White Night dance that Riley is throwing. Decided against it though, and it took me until here to slip this track in.)
16. Dinah - One Leg Up - Pere Lachaise - 4:31 - 205 (Mixing up the styles here, I threw in a track from this gypsy jazz group from Asheville, North Carolina. Check 'em out here. It's kind of Django-ish, but with a bluegrass/acoustic folk tinge.)
17. Six Appeal - Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five - Crazy Rhythm - 3:29 - 135
18. Why Don't You Do Right (Peggy Lee, Vocals) - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:17 - 125
19. Big Fine Daddy - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - 4:06 - 120
20. Easy Does It - Count Basie - America's #1 Band - 3:29 - 145 (The mood in the room at this point seemed kind of mellow to me--I tried to keep the music a little on the mellow side too. Not sure if that was the right call, or if it meant I was throwing in the towel for the night, with no hope of packing the floor from this point on.)
21. Me, Myself And I - Billie Holiday - A Musical Romance - 2:37 - 155
22. My Blue Heaven - Stuff Smith - Swingin' Stuff - 3:46 - 160
23. Taking a Chance on Love - Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most - 2:24 - 135
24. Ain't She Sweet - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:28 - 145 (Continuing the mellow feel, gradually moving up the tempo.)
25. It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160
26. I'se Muggin' - Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt 1: Swing Guitars - 3:07 - 170
    
27. Honeysuckle Rose - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:47 - 140 (I thought the folks in the room at this point might like something a little more jumpy or even neo, so I picked out a Four Charms track as a transition...)
28. Midnight At The Mill - The Four Charms - Flatland Boogie - 3:55 - 154 (...but then didn't really have anything to follow up with.)
29. Fine Looking Woman - B.B. King - The Early "Blues Boy" Years - 2:19 -110
30. Soothe Me - The Simms Twins - Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 - 1965 (Disc 2) - 2:17 - 110
31. Blues for Stephanie - Paul Tillotson the Love Trio - Lindy Hop Blues - 4:29 - 130
32. Some of These Days - Billie & DeDe Pierce - Gulf Coast Blues - 2:38 - 150 (This one was for Jenna.)
33. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Kermit Ruffins - Putumayo Presents: Kermit Ruffins - 5:10 - 110
34. Smile - Asylum Street Spankers - My Favorite Record - 3:54 - 140 (Yeah I know it's not really a good song to swing out to, but I thought it might lead to people to walk out feeling chipper and maybe humming.)