I play a lot of New Orleans-flavored music during most of my sets (which was why I was invited, I think), and that night I went even further. In the spirit of Mardi Gras excess, I played almost exclusively music by New Orleans artists. It wasn't that hard, considering so much music from throughout jazz history came and continues to come from there. Here's my set (along with the usual BPM sparkline and frequency distribution):
- Indian Sagua - George Lewis Band - Jimmy Yancey / Jazz At Preservation Hall / Pure Blues - 2:20 - 220
- My Blue Heaven - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Songs of New Orleans - 5:21 - 148
- Flat Foot Floogie - Louis Armstrong - Swinging With The Mills Brothers - 3:02 - 185
- Four Or Five Times - Jimmy Noone - Jimmy Noone - 3:08 - 160
- If You're A Viper - Kermit Ruffins - The Big Butter & Egg Man - 3:08 - 170
- Going Back to New Orleans - Joe Liggins And The Honeydrippers - Joe Liggins And The Honeydrippers - 2:52 - 175
- Last Night On The Backporch - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 4:10 - 150
- Fat and Greasy - Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin - 3:09 - 160
- All Of Me - Sidney Bechet - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet - 4:08 - 110
- You Can Have My Husband - Tuba Skinny - Six Feet Down - 3:48 - 140
- Just A Gigolo - Duke Heitger - Duke Heitger's "Krazy Kapers" - 3:41 - 85
- Ballin' The Jack - Kid Ory - This Kid's The Greatest! - 3:15 - 145
- Wrap Your Trouble In Dreams - Preservation Hall Hot 4 with Duke Jean - Putumayo Presents: New Orleans - 4:49 - 110
- Sugar Blues - Clarence Williams - Boogie Woogie Blues - 3:40 - 135
- Drop That Sack - Louis Armstrong - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings - 2:49 - 180
- That's Where the South Begins - Louis Prima - Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings of Louis Prima and Wingy Manone (1924-1937) - 3:25 - 138
- Rhythm On The Radio - Louis Prima - Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings of Louis Prima and Wingy Manone (1924-1937) - 2:33 - 210
- Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me - Sidney Bechet - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet - 5:43 - 145
- Joseph! Joseph! - Meschiya Lake And The Little Big Horns - Lucky Devil - 3:03 - 185
- Gimme A Pigfoot - Meschiya Lake And The Little Big Horns - Lucky Devil - 3:17 - 100
- Heebie Jeebies - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - The Hurricane Sessions - 1:55 - 180
- Short Dressed Gal - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1 - 2:38 - 160
- Bucket Got a Hole In It - Kid Ory - In the Forties - 2:30 - 144
- Shake That Thing - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 4:25 - 125
- Sunny Side Of The Street (Live) - James Booker - A Taste Of Honey Vol. 1 - 2:43 - 125
- Hip Shaken' Mama - Irma Thomas - Soul Queen Of New Orleans - 3:13 - 73
- St. James Infirmary - Hot Lips Page - CO38291 HARMONY-Ha1069 - 4:33 - 95
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby - Earl Hines - A Monday Date - 3:00 - 140
- Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - Evan Christopher, Spanky - The Sidney Bechet Society Jam Session Concert - 4:05 - 80
- Milenberg Joys - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 3:45 - 190
- Joshua Fit the Battle - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 3:57 - 180
- Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Bill Coleman - Bill Coleman In Paris 1936-1938 - 3:17 - 175
- All That Meat And No Potatoes - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 5:16 - 107
- Ain't Misbehavin' - Bobby Charles - Walking To New Orleans - 2:10 - 75
- Comes Love - Meschiya Lake And The Little Big Horns - Lucky Devil - 3:15 - 170
- New Orleans Bump - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Ain't No School Like the Old School - 3:35 - 119
- Some of These Days - Billie & DeDe Pierce - Gulf Coast Blues - 2:38 - 150
- Moan You Moaners - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ D.B.A. - 4:46 - 130
- New Orleans - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Live at the Legion - 4:40 - 105
- Crazy People - Boswell Sisters - Greatest Hits Of The 1930s - 2:41 - 210
- Swing Pan Alley - Duke Heitger - Swing Around The World - 2:27 - 219
- Georgia Grind - Louis Armstrong - Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Disc 1 - 3:19 - 115
- Muddy Water - Aretha Franklin - Aretha Sings The Blues - 2:31 - 120
- Sure Hope You Mean It - Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It - 3:40 - 100
- 5-10-15 Hours - Ruth Brown - Rockin' In Rhythm - Best Of - 3:13 - 120
- Heart Of Steel - Galactic - Ya-Ka-May - 3:27 - 90