Setlist from First Friday at Big City Swing

There was a lively crowd at Big City for the First Friday dance last night. A bunch of folks took the beginner lesson, and like last month, we transitioned in to the dance by having Jenna tell the folks there for the lesson that I was going to play something faster and peppier and more fun. I played until just before 10:00, then my friend Jason took over. The plan was for him to go for an hour, and then pass it back to me. Come 11:00 though, we switched over and I played a few more, but then Jason took over again and finished off the night. Fine by me, I wouldn't want to stop a guy who's on a roll.

Set list is below. Here's the BPM frequency distribution and spark line. (Neither is all that good a representation of the night as a whole, because Jason played stuff that was faster and slower than the songs below.)

1. Closer To The Bone - Louis Prima - Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin - 4:12 - 180 (This one was still part of the lesson.)
   
2. Jump, Jive, An' Wail - Louis Prima - Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin - 3:31 - 200
3. Big John's Special - Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra - Radio Rhythm - 3:18 - 170
4. Oh Marie - Stompy Jones - Stompy Jones - 2:32 - 165
5. Good Evenin' Good Lookin' - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:10 - 150
6. My Blue Heaven - Artie Shaw - The Very Best Of Artie Shaw - 3:47 - 164
7. Deed I Do - Katharine Whalen - Jazz Squad - 2:42 - 170
8. Honey Pie - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - 4:10 - 150
9. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - Compact Jazz - 3:26 - 132
10. Hey, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 3 - 3:21 - 140
11. Touch And Go - Wynona Carr - Jump Jack Jump! - 2:14 - 165
12. Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder - Classic Big Band Jazz - 3:26 - 145
13. Lavender Coffin - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 4 - 2:47 - 135
14. It's De-Lovely - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 4:04 - 150
15. Honeysuckle Rose - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 2:56 - 170
16. One O'Clock Jump - Benny Goodman - An Anthology Of Big Band Swing 1930-1955 - 3:10 - 177
17. Gettin' In The Groove - Panama Francis & his Savoy Sultans - Gettin' in the groove (Paris 1971) - 3:06 - 130
18. Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Dixieland's Kings - 2:50 - 160
19. How'dja Like To Love Me? - Maxine Sullivan - The Lady's In Love With You - 2:58 - 130
20. Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06 - 160 (Shim-sham.)

Jason took over after the shim-sham for a lively hour. I played a few more starting at 11:00:

1. L.O.V.E. - Nat King Cole - Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin - 2:34 - 150 (By request.)
2. Alligator Meat - Joe Swift With The Johnny Otis Band - Joe Swift With The Johnny Otis Band - Swing Time Jive - 2:57 - 120
3. Twenty-Nine Ways - Koko Taylor - South Side Lady (Live in Netherlands 1973) - 3:53 - 125 (For Sara.)
4. I'll Do Anything But Work - Ray Charles - Ray Charles - Swing Time Jive - 2:38 - 135

Then Jason took the reigns again and finished out the night.