- Solid As A Rock - Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Ella - 3:00 - 145 (This and the next couple songs try to match the vibe of the music used during the lesson.)
- I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 3:13 - 160
- Mumbles' Blues - Stompy Jones - The Swing Session - 2:39 - 160
- Cool Kind Of Poppa - Mildred Anderson - Person To Person - 2:57 - 140
- Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Barbara Morrison - Live At The Dakota, Volume 2 - 3:42 - 135 (Next one is a Big City Swing stand-by tune.)
- It's De-Lovely - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 4:04 - 150
- Sure Had A Wonderful Time - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five, Volume 1 - 3:00 - 135
- Sent For You Yesterday - George Gee - If Dreams Come True - 3:32 - 165
- Bli Blip - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live In Swing City: Swingin' With Duke - 3:16 - 135
- Corner Pocket - Count Basie - April In Paris - 5:07 - 140
- Onion - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, 1938-1940 - 2:55 - 170
- Big John's Special - Benny Goodman - B.G. In Hi-Fi - 3:08 - 183 (This one had a lot of people on the floor, seemed to me like they were into it. I took a gamble on the next one, thinking it might work with the newbies.)
- As Long As I'm Singin' - The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Dirty Boogie - 4:03 - 220 (It didn't take.)
- Lavender Coffin - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 4: Midnight Sun - 2:47 - 135
- She Likes to Boogie Real Low - The Four Charms - Triskaidekaphobia! - 2:21 - 150
- My Bad Luck Soul - Janiva Magness Band - My Bad Luck Soul - 2:10 - 160
- Jump Session - Slim Gaillard - 1938-1939 - 2:35 - 160
- Strictly Jive - Chick Webb - Stomping At The Savoy (Disc 3) - 3:19 - 170
- When The Lights Are Low - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 1: Hot Mallets - 2:14 - 185
- Flat Foot Floogee - Ray Bryant - Swing Dance Special - 2:42 - 160 (Was planning to start a piano-vibe with this song. It turned out to be more of a Dixie-piano mashup.)
- South - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Live at the Legion - 3:17 - 182
- When I Take My Sugar to Tea - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Jump for Joy - 4:00 - 165
- Easy Does It - Paul Tillotson the Love Trio - Lindy Hop Blues - 2:57 - 130 (This track is a guaranteed floor-filler. I keep the groovy thing going.)
- I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - Nicolas Bearde - Live At Yoshi's - a Salute to Lou - 4:16 - 125
- Rock Me All Night Long - The Fabulous Treniers - The Hoss Allen Sessions - 2:41 - 155
- Hey, Good Lookin' - Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vols 1 & 2 - 2:10 - 175 (Mertz looked at me funny during this one. I admit that it was out of character for me.)
- Hoodle-Addle - Ray McKinley Orchestra - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - 3:21 - 140 (Starting a more classic jazz feel.)
- Afternoon Of A Moax - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Swing Street Strut - 3:24 - 130
- Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt - Django Reinhardt 3: Minor Swing - 3:16 - 200
- Sweet Georgia Brown - Benny Goodman Trio - Very Best of Benny Goodman - 3:07 - 175
- A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - 1935-1936 - 3:25 - 150 (Starting a reefer-jazz feel.)
- It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho - Sidney Bechet - Sidney Bechet: 1949 - 3:20 - 175
- Back Bay Shuffle - Artie Shaw - His First Three Bands: 1936-1940 - 3:15 - 190
- It Takes Two To Tango - Lester Young - Lester Young : 1951-1952 - 3:14 - 100
- Tain't No Use - Maxine Sullivan - The Lady's In Love With You - 3:48 - 125
- Down south camp meeting - Svend Asmussen - Still Fiddling - 3:41 - 145
- Ain't She Sweet - Sy Oliver - Sy Oliver et son orchestre: 1949-1952 - 3:13 - 120
- Jump Through The Window - Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz Giant - 2:44 - 145 (The room is pretty mellow at this point--lots of folks sitting at tables and chatting.)
- I Don't Care Who Knows - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 3:18 - 125
- My Baby Just Cares For Me - Katharine Whalen - Jazz Squad - 2:48 - 130
- All Of Me - Helen O'Connell - Great Girl Singers, Sing 22 Original Hits - 2:09 - 145
- Savoy Blues - Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen - Trad Jazz Masters - 3:53 - 135
- Perdido Street Blues - Louis Armstrong - The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1940-1949 - 3:08 - 145
- St. Louis Blues - Benny Goodman - Don't Be That Way - 3:49 - 130
- I'm Alone Because I Love You - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ D.B.A. - 3:29 - 150 (Starting a New Orleans vibe, though it is interrupted by #48.)
- My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Papa Bues Viking Jazzband - Live In Copenhagen - 3:36 - 135
- The Right Idea - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Swing Street Strut - 2:30 - 175
- Four Or Five Times - Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - This Kid's The Greatest! - 3:14 - 142
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Setlist from Swing Set at Pasha 12/16/2009
Tonight was my first time at Swing Set, the new Wednesday night venue in the West Loop. Big City Swing hosts the evening at a Spanish restaurant called Pasha. It's a very nice space: wood floors, tasty apps, plenty of space. The crowd was a mix of swing scene-sters (some that I see at Fizz, some from other places) and folks I'd never seen before, presumably drawn by the beginner lesson and strikingly handsome DJ. See below for my setlist, which started at about 8:45 and ran 'til 11:00. (And here's the bpm sparkline and frequency distribution.)
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