tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71833202735117825972024-02-20T19:51:38.827-08:00PustoblogskyMusic-geekery about jazz, swing, and deejaying tunes that your grandpa thought were hip.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-5891938188904314582013-09-13T18:56:00.000-07:002013-09-13T18:56:00.529-07:00I Charleston ChicagoIt has been awhile since anyone has posted on this blog, but I felt the need to post a fun video we recently made in Chicago to go along with www.icharlestontheworld.com.<br />
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The music is by two local bands from Chicago. For jazz bands, the Fat Babies have two excellent albums available for purchase. The Modern Sounds have artists that crossover between the two bands, but also include Joel Patterson, who also plays in some great local blues bands.<br />
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We are approaching 2,000+ views in less than 24 hours of the premiere of the video.<br />
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Please share the video with anyone who wants to smile...assuming anyone still checks this blog.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfo4FYF3IXY">I Charleston Chicago</a><br />
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<br />Bob "DJ Thor"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03560330332384381100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-82542565831169658872012-06-02T10:38:00.002-07:002012-06-02T10:38:31.795-07:00First Friday at Big City Swing 6/2/2012Last night was another jam-packed First Friday at Big City--the house was packed with lots of very talented and enthusiastic dancers. Like <a href="http://pustoblogsky.blogspot.com/2012/05/first-friday-at-big-city-swing-542012.html">last month</a>, fellow DJ and co-blogger Bob and I spent the better part of the evening trading 3 or 4 songs back and forth. One of these times, we'll try to get a record of the entire back-and-forth, rather than just my half of it. I've marked the points where Bob took over, as best I can remember. Here's the usual BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:160,160,160,170,180,190,150,150,140,144,150,135,165,165,155,160,180,195,209,170,115,150,165,175,170,205,105,160,190,206,220,210,125,120,110&chds=100,220&chxr=0,100,220&chtt=BPM+by+song|First%20Friday%202012-06-02">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:1,3,1,3,2,4,8,5,2,1,2,2,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x430&chxr=0,0,10|1,100,220&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|First%20Friday%202012-06-02">histogram</a>, and here's my tunes:<br />
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<li>Jump Session - Slim Gaillard - 1938-1939 - 2:35 - 160</li>
<li>Short Dressed Gal - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1 - 2:38 - 160</li>
<li>Let Me Give You All My Love - Stompy Jones - The Swing Session - 2:29 - 160</li>
<li>All Night Long - The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn - Permanent Magic - 2:48 - 170</li>
<li>Cherokee - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - The Fabulous Swing Collection - 3:21 - 180</li>
<li>I Never Knew - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 3:32 - 190</li>
<li>Bei Mir Bist Du Schane - Janis Siegel - Swing Kids - 4:11 - 150</li>
<li>Honeysuckle Rose - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 3:59 - 150</li>
<li>Let The Good Times Roll - Linda Hopkins - Wild Women Blues - 3:26 - 140</li>
<li>Blues In Hoss' Flat - Duke Ellington Orchestra & Count Basie Orchestra - Duke Ellington Meets Count Basie - 3:14 - 144</li>
<li>Two O'Clock Jump - Harry James - Harry James and His Big Band - 2:19 - 150
<br /><span style="color: purple;">(Bob played a few)</span></li>
<li>Bli Blip - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live In Swing City: Swingin' With Duke - 3:16 - 135</li>
<li>Love Me or Leave Me - Banu Gibson - Let Yourself Go - 3:07 - 165</li>
<li>All Of Me - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:10 - 165
<br /><span style="color: purple;">(Bob played a few)</span></li>
<li>T'aint No Use - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 2:45 - 155</li>
<li>It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160</li>
<li>Ballin' The Jack - Eddie Condon - We Called It Music - 2:18 - 180<br /><span style="color: purple;">(Bob played a few)</span></li>
<li>Bennie's Bugle - 4Beat6 - The band that plays the music of Benny Goodman - 3:01 - 195</li>
<li>Jeep Jockey Jump - The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra - Swingin' The Century - 2:51 - 209</li>
<li>Honeysuckle Rose - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 2:56 - 170<br /><span style="color: purple;">(Bob played a few)</span></li>
<li>Mr. Gee - Tab Smith - Top 'n' Bottom - 2:49 - 115</li>
<li>The Darktown Strutters' Ball - Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues - 5:23 - 150</li>
<li>T'aint What You Do - Sy Oliver - Yes Indeed - 3:02 - 165<br /><span style="color: purple;">(Bob played a few)</span></li>
<li>8, 9 And 10 - Slim Gaillard - The Very Best Of - 2:43 - 175</li>
<li>Put A Lid On It - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ The Times - 3:13 - 170</li>
<li>Rosetta - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 3:36 - 205<br /><span style="color: purple;">(Bob played a few)</span></li>
<li>When I Get Low - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 5:27 - 105</li>
<li>Wailing Interval - Duke Ellington - The Private Collection: Volume Six, Dance Dates, California, - 3:39 - 160</li>
<li>Jump For Joy (Alternate Take) - Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band - 2:56 - 190
<span style="color: purple;">(for Tom, though Mary seemed to like it too.)</span></li>
<li>Main Stem - Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band - 2:48 - 206 <span style="color: purple;">(This quickly turned into a jam...)</span></li>
<li>Everybody Loves My Baby (cut) - Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band - Vol. 2 - 2:43 - 220
<span style="color: purple;">(...which continued...)</span></li>
<li>Big Apple Contest - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Swingmatism - 2:57 - 210 <span style="color: purple;">(...right into the Big Apple, by request. After which, Bob played a few.)</span> <span style="color: purple;"><br /></span></li>
<li>One Monkey Don't Stop No Show - Big Maybelle - The Okeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957 - 2:50 - 125</li>
<li>Shake That Thing - Willie Mabon - The Comeback - 3:33 - 120</li>
<li>Baby Won't You Please Come Home - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 4:08 - 110</li>
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<br />Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-41777578572109609292012-05-23T18:19:00.002-07:002012-05-23T18:19:53.459-07:00Black Rock 5/22/2012Last night I had the chance to DJ at the Black Rock Tavern, which has a regular Tuesday night swing dance. It was a nice change of pace for me for a couple of reasons. I don't often get to spin 3 full hours in a row, which forced me to pace myself, be a bit more deliberative than I usually am, and think about the overall flow of the evening. Change of pace also in the quite literal sense that the crowd there includes a lot of balboa dancers (who'd just had weekend workshops with some out of town instructors), so I played more 180+ BPM stuff than I would at Fizz or Big City. Finally, Black Rock has a very nice selection of beers on tap, and they are CHEAP! Three Floyd's Robert the Bruce for $3.50 makes for one happy DJ.<br />
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Here's the BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:165,140,160,150,160,180,150,125,135,145,155,155,180,200,170,145,160,170,184,195,210,160,180,140,160,170,135,120,140,150,170,195,205,180,140,110,140,175,190,145,135,135,165,135,130,110,135,110,145,165,185,210,100&chds=100,210&chxr=0,100,210&chtt=BPM+by+song|Black%20Rock%202012-05-22">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:2,2,3,6,5,8,5,9,7,2,3,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x400&chxr=0,0,10|1,100,210&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|Black%20Rock%202012-05-22">histogram</a>, and here's the run-down:<br />
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<li>Clementine - Duke Ellington - The Blanton-Webster Band - 2:59 - 165 <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(Starting off with mid-tempo big band)</span></li>
<li>Gotta Be This Or That - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman '45 & '47 - 3:10 - 140</li>
<li>Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Count Basie - Ken Burns Jazz - 2:59 - 160</li>
<li>Froggy Bottom - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy - Kansas City: Swing, Blues, Jive & Boogie - 3:05 - 150</li>
<li>Nice Work If You Can Get It - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles - 3:10 - 160</li>
<li>Life Begins When You're In Love - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles - 3:02 - 180
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(Yes two in a row from Billie. Who would possibly complain?)</span></li>
<li>A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - 1935-1936 - 3:25 - 150</li>
<li>Walk 'Em - Buddy Johnson - Jukebox Hits 1940-1951 - 2:53 - 125</li>
<li>Money's Getting Cheaper - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon - 2:59 - 135 <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(Thinking that I'd shift into more of a jump blues feel...)</span></li>
<li>They Raided The Joint - Roy Eldridge Sextet - Little Jazz Giant - 3:18 - 145</li>
<li>Humpty Dumpty - Slim Gaillard - The Very Best Of - 2:31 - 155 <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(but then got side-tracked by nursery rhyme songs.)</span></li>
<li>A-Tisket, A-Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald - Rhythm And Romance - 2:38 - 155</li>
<li>Four Or Five Times - Lionel Hampton - All Star Sessions, Volume 2: Hot Mallets - 2:50 - 180
<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(Time for small-group swing)</span></li>
<li>Whoa Babe - Django Reinhardt - The Swing Sessions Volume 1 - 2:43 - 200</li>
<li>Honeysuckle Rose - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 2:56 - 170</li>
<li>Sweet Potato Fries - Gordon Webster - Live In Rochester - 4:26 - 145</li>
<li>Yacht Club Swing - Echoes of Swing - Harlem Joys - 3:19 - 160</li>
<li>Moppin' And Boppin' - Fats Waller - 100 Swing & Big Band Classics - 4:27 - 170</li>
<li>The Dipsy Doodle - Chick Webb - Stomping At The Savoy - 3:15 - 184</li>
<li>Tickle Toe - Kansas City All-Stars - KC After Dark - 3:10 - 195</li>
<li>Undecided - Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The Savoy - 1939-40 - 3:06 - 210</li>
<li>Buzz-Buzz-Buzz - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:27 - 160</li>
<li>Cherokee - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - The Fabulous Swing Collection - 3:21 - 180</li>
<li>Fiddle Diddle - Lionel Hampton - All Star Sessions, Volume 1: Open House - 3:27 - 140</li>
<li>Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06 - 160</li>
<li>Onion - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, 1938-1940, Volume 1 (Disc - 2:55 - 170 <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(transitioning into New Testament jazz.)</span></li>
<li>Bli Blip - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live In Swing City: Swingin' With Duke - 3:16 - 135</li>
<li>Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Cootie Williams - Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me - 3:43 - 120</li>
<li>Corner Pocket - Count Basie - April In Paris - 5:07 - 140</li>
<li>Yes Indeed - Slam Stewart - Slamboree - 3:35 - 150</li>
<li>He Beeped When He Should Have Bopped - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - 3:32 - 170</li>
<li>Minor Swing - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 3:41 - 195 <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(A few more to satisfy the balboa crowd.)</span></li>
<li>Smoke House Rhythm - Benny Goodman - VICTOR 26107 - 2:53 - 205</li>
<li>Number Two - The Hot Club Of San Francisco - Yerba Buena Bounce - 3:42 - 180</li>
<li>Artillerie Lourde - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 5:28 - 140 <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">(Time for "modern" music.)</span></li>
<li>She Keeps It Up All The Time - Duke Heitger - Duke Heitger's "Krazy Kapers" - 3:11 - 110</li>
<li>You Can Have My Husband - Tuba Skinny - Six Feet Down - 3:48 - 140</li>
<li>Bring It On Down - The Baby Soda Jazz Band - Cures Everything But The Blues - 2:34 - 175</li>
<li>When I Grow Too Old To Dream - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ D.B.A. - 2:55 - 190</li>
<li>Georgia Grind - Lillian Boutté - Music Is My Life - 3:32 - 145</li>
<li>Ten 'Til Five - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 2:49 - 135</li>
<li>Shake That Thing - Wynonie Harris - Risque Blues - It Ain't the Meat - 2:26 - 135</li>
<li>Ochi Chornya - Wingy Manone - Wingy Manone: 1940-1944 - 2:54 - 165</li>
<li>Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five, Volume 1 - 2:45 - 135</li>
<li>Sales Tax - Leigh Barker & The New Sheiks - The Sales Tax - 3:42 - 130</li>
<li>Someday Sweetheart - David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band - Blues In Our Heart - 4:52 - 110</li>
<li>Fibre de verre - Paris Combo - Attraction - 3:39 - 135</li>
<li>Junk Man - Midnight Serenaders - Hot Lovin' - 4:39 - 110</li>
<li>Down south camp meeting - Svend Asmussen - Still Fiddling - 3:41 - 145</li>
<li>Pousse-Café - Al Casey - Jumpin' With Al - 3:51 - 165</li>
<li>Exactly Like You - Casey Driscoll - Le Mer - 4:16 - 185</li>
<li>Five Foot Two - Gordon Webster - Live In Rochester - 4:04 - 210</li>
<li>Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller - The Very Best of Fats Waller - 3:59 - 100</li>
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<br />Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-39974026967560804312012-05-22T17:08:00.000-07:002012-05-22T17:11:43.006-07:00Fizz 5/21/2012Fun times at Fizz last night. It was pretty empty until right about 9:35 p.m., when all of a sudden a huge mob of people showed up, keeping the dance floor basically full for the rest of the night. My set wasn't the biggest stretch, most interesting, inspiring, flowing, acutely attuned to the floor 2 hours I've ever played. I pretty much alternated between new music by newer bands and old music by old big bands, with not much in between. But it kept people dancing. I limited myself to just two tracks off <a href="http://www.gordonwebsterswings.com/home.html">Gordon Webster's new album</a>, even though I'm pretty sure that few would have complained if I'd played the whole thing start to finish. (It's fantastic. <a href="http://www.gordonwebsterswings.com/home.html">Go Buy It Now</a>.) Here's my BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:200,214,140,150,130,165,155,175,140,127,145,155,170,160,150,172,195,140,120,135,148,180,135,160,140,120,130,150,160,170,145,195&chds=120,210&chxr=0,120,210&chtt=BPM+by+song|Fizz%202012-05-21">sparkline</a>, BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:1,1,2,1,4,4,6,6,5,2&chds=0,10&chs=300x340&chxr=0,0,10|1,120,210&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|Fizz%202012-05-21">histogram</a>, and track listing:<br />
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<li>Call The Police - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 4:43 - 200</li>
<li>Boot-Ta-La-Za - Slim Gaillard - 1938-46 - 3:25 - 214</li>
<li>Four Or Five Times - Engelbert Wrobel, Chris Hopkins, Dan Barrett - Harlem 2000 - 7:44 - 140</li>
<li>The Beaver Bump - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 3:35 - 150</li>
<li>Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - An Album To Benefit Preservation Hall & The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program - 2:41 - 130</li>
<li>Soft Winds - 4Beat6 - The band that plays the music of Benny Goodman - 2:46 - 165</li>
<li>Free Eats - Count Basie And His Orchestra - 1946-1947 - 2:56 - 155</li>
<li>Sweet Georgia Brown - Benny Goodman - Very Best of Benny Goodman - 3:07 - 175</li>
<li>Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:44 - 140</li>
<li>You’ve Got To See Mama Ev’ry Night - Kay Starr - The Best of The Standard Transcriptions - 1:57 - 127</li>
<li>Jump Through The Window - Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz Giant - 2:44 - 145</li>
<li>Everybody Eats When They Come To My House - Cab Calloway - Are You Hep To The Jive? - 2:46 - 155</li>
<li>Strictly Jive - Chick Webb - Stomping At The Savoy (Disc 3) - 3:19 - 170</li>
<li>Peckin' - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 3:09 - 160</li>
<li>It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles - 3:04 - 150</li>
<li>Jive At Five - Count Basie - Swinging The Blues: 1930-1939 - 2:46 - 172</li>
<li>Lumby - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Essential, Vol. 2 - 2:31 - 195</li>
<li>Night Train - Gordon Webster - Live In Rochester - 3:59 - 140</li>
<li>Knock Me a Kiss - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ the Times - 3:25 - 120</li>
<li>Cole Slaw - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five, Volume 1 - 2:44 - 135</li>
<li>Shake That Thing - Kid Ory - The Ultimate Jazz Archive 9: Kid Ory, Vol. 1 - 3:31 - 148</li>
<li>South - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Live at the Legion - 3:17 - 180</li>
<li>The Heebie Jeebies Are Rockin' The Town - Lionel Hampton - All Star Sessions, Volume 2: Hot Mallets - 2:46 - 135</li>
<li>Dark Eyes - Fats Waller - Happy Birthday Fats Vol. 1 - 3:22 - 160</li>
<li>You Can Have My Husband - Tuba Skinny - Six Feet Down - 3:48 - 140</li>
<li>Lazy Lazy River - Leigh Barker & The New Sheiks - The Sales Tax - 5:09 - 120</li>
<li>Satchel Mouth Baby - Catherine Russell - Strictly Romancin' - 3:19 - 130</li>
<li>Somebody Loves Me - Stuff Smith - Cat On A Hot Fiddle - 3:42 - 150</li>
<li>I Like Pie - Gordon Webster - Live In Rochester - 5:37 - 160</li>
<li>Stompin' At The Savoy - George Gee - Swingin' Away - 4:00 - 170</li>
<li>For Dancers Only - Duke Ellington - Recollections Of The Big Band Era - 3:04 - 145</li>
<li>Flying Home - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 2: Flying Home - 3:10 - 195</li>
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<br />Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-46107608770029461292012-05-13T19:42:00.002-07:002012-05-13T19:44:42.297-07:00Band breaks at Friday Night of ALHC<br />
This past weekend I covered the band breaks of the Friday evening dance at the <a href="http://artspectrum.org/alhc.htm">American Lindy Hop Championships</a> (the event's first time in Chicago). Note in particular the song from <a href="http://leighbarker.com/">Leigh Barker & the New Sheiks</a>--somebody asked about it after I played it--it comes on the recommendation of <a href="http://dogpossum.org/">dogpossum</a>. The sets ended up only being a few songs in all, but here they are:<br />
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<li>Queer Street ['45] - Count Basie - America's #1 Band - 3:05 - 170</li>
<li>The Back Room Romp - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 2:49 - 150</li>
<li>Oh I'm Evil - Una Mae Carlisle - Una Mae Carlisle: 1938-1941 - 2:25 - 150</li>
<li>I'm Coming Virginia - Benny Goodman - The Yale University Archives, Volume 3 - 2:09 - 170</li>
<li>Chant Of The Groove - Fats Waller - Fats Waller 1941 - 3:05 - 185</li>
<li>Lazy Lazy River - Leigh Barker & The New Sheiks - The Sales Tax - 5:09 - 120</li>
<li>All Of Me - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:10 - 165</li>
<li>'Tain't What You Do - Sy Oliver - Sy Oliver et son orchestre: 1949-1952 - 3:07 - 155</li>
<li>Five Foot Two - Gordon Webster - Live In Rochester - 4:04 - 210</li>
<li>Shake That Thing - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 4:25 - 125</li>
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<br />Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-16671825816695055372012-05-13T19:32:00.003-07:002012-05-13T19:44:28.996-07:00First Friday at Big City Swing, 5/4/2012Still playing catch-up. This set was also off my iPod, also mostly a back-and-forth between me and my co-blogger Bob. Here's the BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:145,150,160,200,125,175,155,172,200,130,135,148,140,180,178,150,110,215,145,145,160,160,195,220,75,190,225,143,110&chds=70,220&chxr=0,70,220&chtt=BPM+by+song|First%20Friday%205/4/2012">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:2,1,2,2,2,2,3,4,5,2,1,2,0,0,0,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x520&chxr=0,0,10|1,70,220&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|First%20Friday%205/4/2012">histogram</a> (whoa, check out the long tail!), and here's the track listing:<br />
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<li>Everybody Loves My Baby - Sippie Wallace - Sippie - 3:11 - 145</li>
<li>My Blue Heaven - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Songs of New Orleans - 5:21 - 150</li>
<li>How Big Can You Get? - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - How Big Can You Get?: The Music of Cab Calloway - 4:05 - 160</li>
<li>Savoy Blues - Duke Heitger - Duke Heitger's "Krazy Kapers" - 4:11 - 200</li>
<li>All I Know - The Countdown Quartet - Sadlack's Stomp - 2:56 - 125</li>
<li>8, 9 And 10 - Slim Gaillard - The Very Best Of - 2:43 - 175</li>
<li>Free Eats - Count Basie And His Orchestra - 1946-1947 - 2:56 - 155</li>
<li>Somebody Stole My Gal - Benny Goodman - B.G. In Hi-Fi - 3:26 - 172</li>
<li>Swingin' On Nothin' - Midnight Serenaders - Hot Lovin' - 3:50 - 200</li>
<li>Satchel Mouth Baby - Catherine Russell - Strictly Romancin' - 3:19 - 130</li>
<li>Lavender Coffin - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 4: Midnight Sun - 2:47 - 135</li>
<li>Blues In Hoss' Flat - George Gee - Swingin - 5:15 - 148</li>
<li>Mack The Knife - Ella Fitzgerald - Mack The Knife: The Complete Ella In Berlin (Live) - 4:39 - 140</li>
<li>Killin' Jive - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:50 - 180</li>
<li>All The Cats Join In - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 4:23 - 178</li>
<li>Take The A Train - Delta Rhythm Boys - The Best Of 1940-50 - 3:06 - 150</li>
<li>All Of Me - Sidney Bechet - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet - 4:08 - 110</li>
<li>I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - Clarence Williams - Quadromania - 2:39 - 215</li>
<li>Six-appeal - Charlie Christian - Six-appeal - 3:20 - 145</li>
<li>Sunday In New York - Bobby Darin - Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin - 2:31 - 145</li>
<li>Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06 - 160</li>
<li>Four Or Five Times - Jimmy Noone - Jimmy Noone - 3:08 - 160</li>
<li>Fiddle Dee Dee - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 1: Hot Mallets - 2:39 - 195</li>
<li>Everybody Loves My Baby (cut) - Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band - Vol. 2 - 2:43 - 220</li>
<li>Just A Closer Walk With Thee - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 6:06 - 75</li>
<li>Milenberg Joys - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 3:45 - 190</li>
<li>Swingin’ The Blues - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings - 2:47 - 225</li>
<li>On Revival Day - Lavern Baker - tLaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 3:16 - 143</li>
<li>Blue Drag - Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi - 4:21 - 110</li>
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<li>Joshua - Ben Webster - Big Ben 3: 52nd Street - 3:03 - 170</li>
<li>Pousse-Café - Al Casey - Jumpin' With Al - 3:51 - 165</li>
<li>Blue Minor - Chick Webb - Stomping At The Savoy - 2:50 - 180</li>
<li>Reefer Man - Don Redman - Doin' the New Low Down - 3:33 - 220</li>
<li>I found a million dollar baby - Benny Goodman - COLUMBIA 36136 - 2:57 - 200</li>
<li>Parc On Summit - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 3:11 - 180</li>
<li>Hey Sweet Potato - Buddy Johnson - The Best of Buddy's - 2:43 - 130</li>
<li>Shipyard Ramble - Erskine Hawkins - Riff Time (The Essence Of Swing) - 3:31 - 190</li>
<li>A Viper's Moan - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Call Of The Freaks - 3:30 - 140</li>
<li>Twenty-Four Robbers - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:11 - 140</li>
<li>Small Fry - Casey MacGill's Blue 4 Trio - Barrelhouse - 3:39 - 95</li>
<li>You’ve Been A Good Ole Wagon - Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights - Black Coffee - 2:45 - 115</li>
<li>All the Cats Join in - Catherine Russell - Inside This Heart of Mine - 3:38 - 115</li>
<li>All I Know - The Countdown Quartet - Sadlack's Stomp - 2:56 - 125</li>
<li>Jump Session - Slim Gaillard - 1938-1939 - 2:35 - 160</li>
<li>Yacht Club Swing - Echoes of Swing - Harlem Joys - 3:19 - 160</li>
<li>How Come You Do Me? - Eddie Condon - We Called It Music - 2:51 - 110</li>
<li>Knock Me a Kiss - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ the Times - 3:25 - 120</li>
<li>My Blue Heaven - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Songs of New Orleans - 5:21 - 150</li>
<li>Milenberg Joys - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 3:45 - 190</li>
<li>Shake That Thing - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 4:25 - 125</li>
<li>Whatcha Gonna Do When There Ain't No Swing? - Catherine Russell - Strictly Romancin' - 3:26 - 120</li>
<li>Let Me Off Uptown - Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz - 3:24 - 130</li>
<li>Southern sunset - Swing Parade South - Hommage a Sidney Bechet - 3:32 - 105</li>
<li>We've Got The Blues - The Spirits Of Rhythm - Spirits of Rhythm 1932-1941 - 3:16 - 110</li>
<li>'Tain't What You Do - Sy Oliver - Sy Oliver et son orchestre: 1949-1952 - 3:07 - 155</li>
<li>Minor Swing - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 3:41 - 195</li>
<li>Mr. Rhythm - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 4:08 - 130</li>
<li>Chant Of The Groove - Fats Waller - Fats Waller 1941 - 3:05 - 185</li>
<li>Undecided - Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The Savoy - 1939-40 - 3:06 - 210</li>
<li>Fat and Greasy - Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin - 3:09 - 160</li>
<li>The Heebie Jeebies Are Rockin' The Town - Lionel Hampton - All Star Sessions, Volume 2 - 2:46 - 135</li>
<li>Junk Man - Midnight Serenaders - Hot Lovin' - 4:39 - 110</li>
</ul>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-38668334536556640412012-04-27T08:29:00.001-07:002012-04-30T10:55:19.815-07:00Riverwalk Jazz Radio ProgramFor those of you who have read this blog for little time, you may recall a post where I wrote into James telling him about a cool Jazz story I heard and promoting a show called Riverwalk Jazz with the Jim Cullum Jazz band. If not, see <a href="http://pustoblogsky.blogspot.com/search/label/Lionel%20Hampton">"Story about Lionel Hampton"</a>.<br />
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Unfortunately, I don't find the time to listen every week when it's on a local radio station (similar to as to how often I am finding time to regularly write on this blog). However, I felt compelled to post an official blog about 3 hours of my favorite local radio programming.</div>
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For local Chicago listeners, tune into 90.9 WDCB out of the College of Dupage from 10am-1pm every Saturday to listen to "Riverwalk Jazz" (10am-11) and "The Swing Shift" (11am-1pm). For listeners outside of Chicago, feel free to search on a Public Radio app on your phone or stream live at <a href="http://www.wdcb.org./">www.wdcb.org.</a> Don't worry, if you miss the live broadcast (like me every week), you can still stream "Riverwalk Jazz" at their website <a href="http://www.riverwalkjazz.org./">www.riverwalkjazz.org.</a> "Riverwalk" is on radio stations across the nation as well!</div>
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"The Swing Shift" has done artist portraits of big bands and other jazz artists - my most memorable and enjoyable program was called something like "The big debate: Hot Lips Page or Louis Armstrong?" where they played earlier, less known recordings that even a distinct Pops or Hot Lips trained ear would struggle figuring out who it was. I have requested a copy or for them to re-air this episode, but unfortunately, neither have happened yet. </div>
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"Riverwalk" is by far, my favorite of the two programs and if you get hooked too, be aware that the audio episodes are only available online for 4 weeks after the live stream. After that, you can still read their "JazzNotes Archives" at <a href="http://www.riverwalkjazz.org/jazznotes-archive/">http://www.riverwalkjazz.org/jazznotes-archive/</a> where you can get a short preview of what the show was about.</div>
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"Riverwalk" tells stories about jazz artist's lives, plays old interview clips and recordings if they have them available, and Jim Cullum's Jazz band performs many songs throughout the broadcast. Still not convinced? On their recent show "Dick Hyman: A Man for all Seasons," they played an original recording (in this case live radio broadcast) that faded into a modern live recording Jim Cullum's band did for the show - this is a typical of almost every show</div>
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As Louis Armstrong said, "Jazz is played from the heart. You can even live by it. Always love it."</div>
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p.s. There's only one week to listen to "Empress of the Blues: The Life and Music of Bessie Smith" (April 2012). This is a fantastic episode for all Jazz and Blues enthusiasts. There a story about Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong back in the 1920s. There's even a shout out from my favorite jazz artist, Sidney Bechet! I already purchased a CD recording of the tracks performed on that show by The Jim Cullum Jazz Band featuring Topsy Chapman. Look at the track list <a href="http://www.worldsrecords.com/pages/artists/c/cullum_jim/jim_cullum_12435.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Great covers of "On Revival Day," "Gimme a Pigfoot," "West End Blues," my personal favorite from the show: "St. Louis Gal," and much more.</div>
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<li>Swing It, Sister - The Mills Brothers - The Mills Brothers: Chronological Vol. 2 - 2:38 - 205</li>
<li>Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller - The Very Best of Fats Waller - 3:59 - 100</li>
<li>Page Mr. Trumpet - Pete Johnson - NSC111 NATIONAL - 2:52 - 165</li>
<li>Rose Room - Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band - Chasin' the Blues - 2:49 - 160</li>
<li>Come On Over To My House - Jay McShann - Jumpin' The Blues - 2:52 - 145</li>
<li>Gettin' In The Groove - Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans - 1938-1941 - 2:58 - 140</li>
<li>Shake That Thing - Wynonie Harris - Risque Blues - It Ain't the Meat - 2:17 - 135</li>
<li>Savoy Blues - The Wolverines Jazz Band Of Bern - Wolverines Of Bern At 35 - 3:56 - 140</li>
<li>Louisiana - Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing - 3:56 - 140</li>
<li>Sad Sap Sucker Am I - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 3:06 - 140</li>
<li>Fat and Greasy - Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin - 3:09 - 160</li>
<li>Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Benny Goodman - The Very Best of Benny Goodman - 3:26 - 170</li>
<li>Madame Dynamite - Eddie Condon - Let's Swing It - 2:55 - 185</li>
<li>Tutti Frutti - Slim Gaillard - 1938-46 - 2:38 - 170</li>
<li>Swingin' On Nothin' - Midnight Serenaders - Hot Lovin' - 3:50 - 200</li>
<li>Miss Brown To You - Stephanie Nakasian - Billie Remembered: The Classic Songs Of Billie Holiday - 3:15 - 145</li>
<li>Somebody Loves Me - Stuff Smith - Cat On A Hot Fiddle - 3:42 - 150</li>
<li>On The Sunny Side of the Street - Benny Goodman - The Yale University Archives, Volume 3: Big Band In Europe - 3:11 - 135</li>
<li>Duke's Place - Ella Fitzgerald - Something To Live For - 4:13 - 140</li>
<li>Exactly Like You - Casey Driscoll - Le Mer - 4:16 - 185</li>
<li>Good Queen Bess - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra - Passion Flower 1940-46 - 2:59 - 160</li>
<li>Nona - Erskine Hawkins - Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 277 - 2:44 - 145</li>
<li>Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06 - 160</li>
<li>Everybody Loves My Baby - Catherine Russell - Strictly Romancin' - 3:22 - 200</li>
<li>The Dipsey Doodle - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Call Of The Freaks - 2:58 - 180</li>
<li>Junk Man - Midnight Serenaders - Hot Lovin' - 4:39 - 110</li>
<li>Downright Disgusted Blues - Chu Berry - Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions - 2:31 - 125</li>
<li>I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - Sidney Bechet - Jazz in Paris: Sydney Bechet et Claude Luter - 2:40 - 145</li>
<li>Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:44 - 140</li>
<li>My Daddy Rocks Me - Benny Goodman - 1945 Vol.2 - 2:48 - 100</li>
<li>Peckin' - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 3:09 - 160</li>
<li>My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Papa Bues Viking Jazzband - Live In Copenhagen - 3:36 - 135</li>
<li>Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 5:16 - 150</li>
</ol>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-41990770115166435182012-03-04T19:06:00.001-08:002012-03-04T19:06:56.787-08:00First Friday at Big City Swing 3/2/2012<br />
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Friday night was one of the crazier First Fridays in recent memory. Perhaps it was the busload of eager high-schoolers who showed up for the lesson, maybe also the group of college students who'd driven several hours to come to the dance. Maybe the camera crew from ABC, filming a segment on swing dancing for <a href="http://190north.com/">190 North</a>. Or the OTHER camera crew, in from Korea to film a documentary about American jazz culture (or something like that).<br />
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<li>Route 66 - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 4:24 - 150</li>
<li>All Of Me - Della Reese - Cocktail Classics - 2:01 - 160</li>
<li>Slow Boat to China - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - The Mood I'm In - 3:37 - 160</li>
<li>Mood Hollywood - Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra - Radio Rhythm - 3:31 - 170</li>
<li>Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Louis Jordan - Jukebox Hits Volume 1 1942-1947 - 2:45 - 165</li>
<li>Sing Me a Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) - Benny Goodman - The Birth of Swing - 2:23 - 177</li>
<li>My Blue Heaven - The Cangelosi Cards - Clinton Street Recordings, I - 4:11 - 145</li>
<li>Jersey Bounce - Bernard Berkhout - Doctor Bernard and His Swing Orchestra - 3:27 - 135</li>
<li>Rose Room - Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band - Chasin' the Blues - 2:49 - 160</li>
<li>I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 3:13 - 160</li>
<li>8, 9 And 10 - Slim Gaillard - The Very Best Of - 2:43 - 175</li>
<li>Blue Drag - The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn - Permanent Magic - 3:40 - 190</li>
<li>Rosetta - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 3:36 - 205
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<li>A Woman's Intuition - Stompy Jones - Stompy Jones - 3:17 - 140</li>
<li>All Right, Okay, You Win - Joe Williams - The Definitive Joe Williams - 3:05 - 130 </li>
<li>Twenty-Four Robbers - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:10 - 140</li>
<li>Six-appeal - Charlie Christian - Six-appeal - 3:20 - 145</li>
<li>All I Know - The Countdown Quartet - Sadlack's Stomp - 2:56 - 125</li>
<li>Last Night On The Backporch - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 4:10 - 150</li>
<li>Put A Lid On It - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ The Times - 3:13 - 170</li>
<li>Satchel Mouth Baby - Catherine Russell - Strictly Romancin' - 3:19 - 130 <span style="color: magenta;">(Off her new album, which is FULL of great stuff)</span></li>
<li>Prince Nez - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot - 2:53 - 180 <span style="color: magenta;">(This song doubles in tempo midway through, topping out at about 350 bpm)</span></li>
<li>Lindyhopper's Delight - Chick Webb - Strictly Jive - 2:45 - 195 <span style="color: magenta;">(Jam circle)</span></li>
<li>I Can't Dance I Got Ants In My Pants - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 4:13 - 210
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<li>Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06 - 160
<span style="color: magenta;">(right in to shim-sham)</span></li>
<li>Wham (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) - Glenn Miller - Perfect Swing - 3:36 - 165</li>
<li>Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:44 - 140</li>
<li>Ridin' And Jivin' - Earl Hines - Rosetta - 2:39 - 155
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<li>Why Don't You Do Right - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:17 - 125</li>
<li>Swing Brother Swing - Miss Sophie Lee - Tallulah Moon - 3:55 - 165</li>
<li>Just A Closer Walk With Thee - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 6:06 - 75/160 <span style="color: magenta;">(I started this track midway through the slow section. Lots of confused looks at first, until it picked up and started to swing. I wanted to play this one not just because it's a good tune, but to make sure that Bob, who was up to DJ right after me, would be kept on his toes. Don't want to let his reflexes get too dull.)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Swing Brother Swing - Miss Sophie Lee - Tallulah Moon - 3:55 - 165</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sugar - Katharine Whalen - Jazz Squad - 2:57 - 182</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's Been So Long - Duke Heitger - Rhythm Is Our Business - 3:34 - 155</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Fritzel's New Orleans Jazz Band - Vol. 2 - 4:22 - 120</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me - Sidney Bechet - Jazz in Paris - 2:40 - 145</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ochi Chornya - Wingy Manone - 1940-1944 - 2:54 - 165</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - 1935-1936 - 3:25 - 150</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Honeysuckle Rose - Adrian Rollini - 1934-1938 - 2:38 - 160</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What a Pretty Little Miss - Fats Waller - 038212 BLUEBIRD -10437 - 2:32 - 190 </span><span style="color: magenta;">(The first line never fails to crack me up: "Where have I been hiding all your life?")</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chicago - Muggsy Spanier - An Anthology Of Big Band Swing 1930-1955 - 2:36 - 185</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clementine - Marty Grosz And His Hot Combination - Hooray For Bix! - 4:03 - 164 <span style="color: magenta;">(The sound quality on this track was poor)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Perdido Street Blues - Louis Armstrong - The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1940-1949 - 3:08 - 145</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ya Gotta See Baby Tonight - Louis Prima - Louis Prima et son orchestre : 1945 - 2:24 - 145</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ain't Got No Room for the Blues - Banu Gibson - Vintage Banu - 2:46 - 125</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">How Come You Do Me Like You Do - Kid Ory - This Kid's The Greatest! - 3:23 - 120</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do For Myself - Meschiya Lake And The Little Big Horns - Lucky Devil - 3:24 - 180</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm Alone Because I Love You - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ D.B.A. - 3:29 - 150</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Black Coffee - The Careless Lovers - Black Coffee - Single - 2:39 - 195</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Short Dressed Gal - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1 - 2:38 - 160</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If You're A Viper - Kermit Ruffins - The Big Butter & Egg Man - 3:08 - 170</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lady Be Good - Svend Asmussen - Musical Miracle Vol. 1: 1935-40 - 2:56 - 180</span>
<span style="color: magenta;">(Violin + vibes)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fiddle Dee Dee - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 1: Hot Mallets - 2:39 - 195</span>
<span style="color: magenta;">(More violin + vibes...can I tell you like this combo?)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">There's Rhythm In Harlem - Mills Blue Rhythm Band - 1933-1936 - 3:11 - 205</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Georgia Cake Walk - Eddie Condon - We Called It Music - 3:06 - 165</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lawd, Lawd - Cecil Scott & His Bright Boys - Harlem Big Bands - 3:13 - 215</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Minor Drag - Tuba Skinny - Garbage Man - 3:23 - 240</span>
<span style="color: magenta;">(240 BPM didn't seem to phase people!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Heebie Jeebies - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - The Hurricane Sessions - 1:55 - 180</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shake That Thing - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 4:25 - 125</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Somebody Changed The Lock - Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo - 2:45 - 95</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Muddy Water - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ the Times - 2:29 - 123</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Banana Split for My Baby - Louis Prima - The Wildest! - 2:31 - 137</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Comes Love - Duke Heitger - Duke Heitger's "Krazy Kapers" - 4:34 - 150</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuxedo Junction - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Ain't No School Like the Old School - 3:14 - 155</span>
<span style="color: magenta;">(Shim-sham)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Milenberg Joys - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 3:45 - 190</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Smoke House Rhythm - Benny Goodman - VICTOR 26107 - 2:53 - 205</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Dixieland's Kings - 2:50 - 160</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rosetta - The Baby Soda Jazz Band - Cures Everything But The Blues - 4:34 - 165</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">All of Me - Benoit Viellefon & His Orchestra - Swing à La Mode - 3:21 - 190</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">King Porter Stomp - Kansas City All-Stars - KC After Dark - 4:38 - 170</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bennie's Bugle - 4Beat6 - The band that plays the music of Benny Goodman - 3:01 - 195</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yeah Man - Four Vagabonds - Vol. 2 (1942-1943) - 2:15 - 135</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who Walks In When I Walk Out? - Louis Armstrong - The Wonderful Duets - 2:21 - 135</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Georgia Grind - Louis Armstrong - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings - 2:34 - 140</span>
<span style="color: magenta;">(I was thinking that this would be the more modern version, the duet with Velma Middleton on Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography. Ooops.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Get It Southern Style - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 2:43 - 120</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">On The Sunny Side Of The Street - James Booker - New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! - 3:42 - 125</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">All I Know - The Countdown Quartet - Sadlack's Stomp - 2:56 - 125</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">On Revival Day - Lavern Baker - LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 3:16 - 143</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Twenty-Four Robbers - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:10 - 140</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Back In Your Own Backyard - Billie Holiday - A Musical Romance - 2:42 - 155</span>
<span style="color: magenta;">(First of a Billie Holiday two-fer.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Life Begins When You're In Love - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles - 3:02 - 180</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nappin' John - Roy Eldridge & His Gramercy Five - Little Jazz Giant - 3:04 - 190</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">King Porter Stomp - Wynton Marsalis - Mr. Jelly Lord - Standard Time Vol. 6 - 3:09 - 180 </span><span style="color: magenta;">(Mardi Gras=excuse to play KPS twice.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fat and Greasy - Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin - 3:09 - 160</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Georgia On My Mind - Louis Armstrong - When You're Smiling - 3:25 - 105</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Prince Nez - Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot - 2:53 - 180</span>
<span style="color: magenta;">(tempo doubles to 300+ BPM at the end, just to make sure people leave.)</span></li>
</ol>
<br />Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-60588965052691300322012-02-14T18:50:00.000-08:002012-02-14T18:50:43.810-08:00Fizz setlist 2/13/2012Fun night at Fizz last night--a full, energetic crowd, good buddies in the DJ booth, and a Little Sumpin' from Lagunitas Brewery, mix 'em together and it puts me in a good mood. As you'll see below, I was also in a mood to say "Why the Hell not?" and hit play on tunes that might normally be more borderline for me. My friends Bob & Anna were tag-teaming for the second half of the evening, but unfortunately I couldn't stick around for very long.<br />
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Here's the BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:95,130,155,170,190,165,155,130,135,155,160,175,205,170,130,135,115,125,144,150,165,210,160,150,145,115,110,120,145,160,125,180&chds=90,210&chxr=0,90,210&chtt=BPM+by+song|Fizz%202012-02-13">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:1,1,1,1,3,5,5,3,5,3,3,0,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x430&chxr=0,0,10|1,90,210&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|Fizz%202012-02-13">histogram</a>, and here's what I played:<br />
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<ol>
<li>Apex Blues - Jim Cullum Jazz Band - Chasin' the Blues - 4:22 - 95 </li>
<li>No Regrets - Stephanie Nakasian - Billie Remembered: The Classic Songs Of Billie Holiday - 2:52 - 130 </li>
<li>Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - Marty Grosz - Rhythm Is Our Business - 5:04 - 155 </li>
<li>Rosetta - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Nice Work If You Can Get It - 3:08 - 170 </li>
<li>Nappin' John - Roy Eldridge & His Gramercy Five - Little Jazz Giant - 3:04 - 190 </li>
<li>Swing Brother Swing - Miss Sophie Lee - Tallulah Moon - 3:55 - 165 </li>
<li>Stay Cool - Count Basie - Blues By Basie-One O'Clock Jump - 3:12 - 155 <span style="color: purple;">(Now commencing the "brassy big band" portion of the evening)</span></li>
<li>Rumble - Sy Oliver - Yes Indeed - 3:55 - 130 </li>
<li>Jersey Bounce - Bernard Berkhout - Doctor Bernard and His Swing Orchestra - 3:27 - 135 </li>
<li>The Wild Mab Of The Fish Pond - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - 1941-Transcription Performance - 2:20 - 155 </li>
<li>Flat Foot Floogee - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - The Fabulous Benny Goodman - 3:22 - 160 </li>
<li>Wham! (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) - Jimmie Lunceford - Lunceford Special - 2:51 - 175 </li>
<li>I Can’t Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) - Chick Webb - Stomping At The Savoy - 3:00 - 205 <span style="color: purple;">(There was a time in Fizz's history where I could NOT have played this--the floor would have completely cleared. Boy have things changed.)</span></li>
<li>Honeysuckle Rose - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 2:56 - 170 </li>
<li>All Of Me - Frank Sinatra - Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra - 2:39 - 130 </li>
<li>Who Walks In When I Walk Out? - Louis Armstrong - The Wonderful Duets - 2:21 - 135 </li>
<li>Papa De-Da-Da - The Wolverines Jazz Band Of Bern - Wolverines Of Bern At 35 - 3:32 - 115
<span style="color: purple;">(Working through some Dixie now.)</span></li>
<li>Tight Like This - Tuba Skinny - Tubaskinny - 4:28 - 125 </li>
<li>Bucket Got a Hole In It - Kid Ory - In the Forties - 2:30 - 144 </li>
<li>I'm Alone Because I Love You - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ D.B.A. - 3:29 - 150 </li>
<li>Jambalaya Strut - Dr. Michael White - Dancing In The Sky - 3:46 - 165
<span style="color: purple;">(This one was meant as a shout-out to DJ Thor.)</span></li>
<li>Stealin' Apples - Glenn Miller - Best of the Lost Recordings & The Secret Broadcasts - 3:16 - 210 </li>
<li>Jump Session - Slim Gaillard - 1938-1939 - 2:35 - 160 </li>
<li>Skin 'Em Back - Skeets Tolbert - Skeets Tolbert 1931-1940 - 2:43 - 150 </li>
<li>Shout, Sister, Shout! - Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Gospel of the Blues - 2:41 - 145
<span style="color: purple;">(I knew I wanted to try out #27, so I worked up to it with some other gospel-sounding tunes.)</span></li>
<li>Sermonette - Gordon Webster - Happy When I'm With You - 3:40 - 115</li>
<li>He Calls That Religion - The Sojourners - Things About Comin' My Way - 4:00 - 120</li>
<li>Tight Like This - Milano Jazz Gang - To Satchmo with Respect - 3:01 - 110
<span style="color: purple;">(Yes, I played this tune twice--see #18. But they are two very different versions. )</span></li>
<li>Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me - Sidney Bechet - The Fabulous Sidney Bechet - 5:43 - 145 </li>
<li>Short Dressed Gal - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1 - 2:38 - 160 </li>
<li>High Shelf Booze - Eilen Jewell - Letters from Sinners & - 3:38 - 125 </li>
<li>Baby Can Dance - Carsie Blanton - Buoy - 2:56 - 180
<span style="color: purple;">(This last one was a going-away jam.)</span></li>
</ol>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-72908277209683479742012-02-04T17:25:00.000-08:002012-02-04T17:26:51.033-08:00First Friday at BCS 2/3/2012I played mp3s for a very fun, crowded dance at Big City last night. There were probably 40 enthusiastic folks there for the lesson at 8, then a bunch more showed up right around 9. Both floors were open, and a good thing too--otherwise there wouldn't have been any room. I had the first half of the evening, followed by my friend (and now co-blogger!) Bob. It was the sort of night where we could have played the Gettysburg address over and over, and the floor would have stayed full--everyone seemed like they were just itching to dance.<br />
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Several folks asked me about specific songs. If you asked about a song, see<br />
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<ul>
<li>#21 below, by the Swedish jazz-makers <a href="http://www.carlingfamily.se/indexeng.html">the Carling Family</a>. Their website has full mp3s of some of their music.</li>
<li>#26, by San Francisco-based <a href="http://www.gauchojazz.com/about.html">Gaucho</a>, featuring vocals by Tamar Korn, formerly of the <a href="http://www.losmusicosviajeros.net/">Cangelosi Cards</a>. You can get Gaucho's albums on EMusic.</li>
</ul>
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Back to my set: check out the BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:155,155,170,175,180,160,150,160,164,170,171,155,130,140,144,145,195,150,135,90,120,155,175,210,155,135,150,180&chds=90,210&chxr=0,90,210&chtt=BPM+by+song|First%20Friday%20at%20BCS%202/3/2012">sparkline</a>--I think it's kind of interesting because it changes amplitude. For the first part of my set, I stayed in a pretty narrow tempo range, then later I expanded outward by quite a bit. Here's the BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:1,0,1,2,5,3,8,3,3,1,0,0,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x430&chxr=0,0,10|1,90,210&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|First%20Friday%20at%20BCS%202/3/2012">histogram</a> for completeness, and here's the run-down of what I played:<br />
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<ol>
<li>Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong - Ken Burns Jazz - 2:24 - 155 </li>
<li>Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Benny Goodman - B.G. In Hi-Fi - 3:05 - 155 </li>
<li>Baby Drives Me Wild - The Mighty Blue Kings - Meet Me In Uptown - 2:18 - 170 </li>
<li>5 Foot 2 - Davina & The Vagabonds - Songs From Thomas Ave. - 3:42 - 175 </li>
<li>Look-A There - Slim Gaillard - The Very Best Of - 2:17 - 180 </li>
<li>Mumbles' Blues - Stompy Jones - The Swing Session - 2:39 - 160 </li>
<li>Froggy Bottom - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy - Kansas City: Swing, Blues, Jive & Boogie - 3:05 - 150 </li>
<li>Betcha Nickel - Ella Fitzgerald - My Heart Belongs to Daddy - 2:51 - 160 </li>
<li>Savoy - Lucky Millinder - An Anthology Of Big Band Swing 1930-1955 - 3:04 - 164 </li>
<li>Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - Lionel Hampton - The Jubilee Sessions, 1943 to 1946 - 4:27 - 170 </li>
<li>One O'Clock Jump - Count Basie - Swinging The Blues: 1930-1939 - 3:03 - 171 </li>
<li>Bizet Has His Day - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Ain't No School Like the Old School - 3:43 - 155 </li>
<li>Fortunate Love - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 2:54 - 130 </li>
<li>Dear Old Southland - Sidney Bechet - Classic Sides 1931-1937 - 3:03 - 140 </li>
<li>Bucket Got a Hole In It - Kid Ory - In the Forties - 2:30 - 144 </li>
<li>Georgia Grind - Lillian Boutté - Music Is My Life - 3:32 - 145 </li>
<li>Black Coffee - The Careless Lovers - Black Coffee - Single - 2:39 - 195 </li>
<li>Last Night On The Backporch - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 4:10 - 150 </li>
<li>Savoy Blues - Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen - Trad Jazz Masters - 3:53 - 135 </li>
<li>I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle - Lavern Baker - LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 4:05 - 90 </li>
<li>Keepin' Out A Mishif Now - Carling Family - 20th Jubilee - 3:32 - 120 </li>
<li>Tain't What You Do - Sy Oliver - Sy Oliver et son orchestre: 1949-1952 - 3:07 - 155 </li>
<li>Let's Get Together - Duke Ellington - Recollections Of The Big Band Era - 2:37 - 175 </li>
<li>My Blue Heaven - The Rosenberg Trio - Roots - 2:54 - 210 </li>
<li>I Like Pie, I Like Cake - The Four Clefs - BLUEBIRD 8884 - 2:48 - 155 </li>
<li>Sing On (Odessa Sing On) - Gaucho - Pearl - 5:07 - 135 </li>
<li>If You'se a Viper - John Sinclair - No Money Down : John Sinclair's Greatest Hits , Volume One - 3:55 - 150 </li>
<li>Baby Can Dance - Carsie Blanton - Buoy - 2:56 - 180</li>
</ol>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-9162758442451178182012-01-17T08:26:00.000-08:002012-01-17T08:26:48.327-08:00Fizz setlist 1/16/2012Fizz last night got off to a slow start. The first few folks in the door asked if the heat could be turned on (my answer: no, because body warmth would be more than enough once things got going). The early arrivals ended up dancing in sweaters for a bit, because it was around 9:40 by the time the place felt like it was in full swing and adequately warm. Thankfully, once things got going, they didn't stop--lots of very energetic dancers kept the floor crowded and the room warm. In response, I played a set that was a bit faster than normal, though I also had the chance to dip into blues tunes for a bit. I also played "My Baby Can Dance" by Carsie Blanton (singer-songwriter-dancer), since it's been going viral on Facebook, and it produced squeals and shrieks of delight. Literally.<br />
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Here's the usual BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:170,200,190,170,170,175,145,150,170,180,195,165,145,165,140,125,145,145,150,180,175,195,130,140,200,155,150,170,200,135,103,100,120,180,160,180,145,150&chds=100,200&chxr=0,100,200&chtt=BPM+by+song|2012-01-16%20Fizz">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:3,3,4,7,3,5,7,2,2,0,2&chds=0,10&chs=300x370&chxr=0,0,10|1,100,200&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|2012-01-16%20Fizz">histogram</a>. And here's the tunes:<br />
<ol>
<li>Nice Work if You Can Get It - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Nice Work If You Can Get It - 3:19 - 170 </li>
<li>Swingin' On Nothin' - Midnight Serenaders - Hot Lovin' - 3:50 - 200 </li>
<li>Slow and Easy - Jim Cullum Jazz Band - Chasin' the Blues - 4:03 - 190 </li>
<li>Piano Boogie - Kansas City All-Stars - KC After Dark - 2:32 - 170 </li>
<li>Rosetta - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Nice Work If You Can Get It - 3:08 - 170 </li>
<li>Dipsy Doodle - Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - G.I. Jukebox, Original Hits from the Swing Era, 1938-1946 - 3:03 - 175 </li>
<li>Nona - Erskine Hawkins, His Orchestra - Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 277 - EP: Tuxedo Junction - 2:44 - 145 </li>
<li>Bearcat Shuffle - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy - 1930-1941 - 3:02 - 150 </li>
<li>Honeysuckle Rose - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats (Remaster) - 2:56 - 170 </li>
<li>Spreadin' Rhythm Around - Fats Waller - Fats Waller: 1935-1936 - 2:44 - 180 </li>
<li>In The Groove (At The Grove) - Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The Savoy - 1939-40 - 2:35 - 195 </li>
<li>Love Me or Leave Me - Banu Gibson - Let Yourself Go - 3:07 - 165 </li>
<li>Georgia Grind - Lillian Boutté - Music Is My Life - 3:32 - 145 </li>
<li>He Ain’t Got Rhythm - Bernard Berkhout - Doctor Bernard and His Swing Orchestra - 4:44 - 165 </li>
<li>Four Or Five Times - Sy Oliver - Sy Oliver et son orchestre: 1949-1952 - 3:08 - 140 </li>
<li>Shake That Thing - The Smoking Time Jazz Club - Quarter Note Vol. 1 - 4:25 - 125 </li>
<li>Someday You'll Want Me To Want You - Catherine Russell - Cat - 3:13 - 145 </li>
<li>My Blue Heaven - The Cangelosi Cards - Clinton Street Recordings, I - 4:11 - 145 </li>
<li>Some of These Days - Billie & DeDe Pierce - Gulf Coast Blues - 2:38 - 150 </li>
<li>Heebie Jeebies - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - The Hurricane Sessions - 1:55 - 180 </li>
<li>Hop, Skip And Jump - Engelbert Wröbel's Swing Society - Sophisticated Swing - 3:47 - 175 </li>
<li>When You're Smiling - Mona's Hot Four - Live at Mona's - 3:33 - 195 </li>
<li>Mr. Rhythm - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 4:08 - 130 </li>
<li>Dear Old Southland - Sidney Bechet - Classic Sides 1931-1937 (CD A) - 3:03 - 140 </li>
<li>The Harlem Stride - Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The Savoy - 1939-40 - 3:29 - 200</li>
<li>I Like Pie, I Like Cake - The Four Clefs - BLUEBIRD 8884 - 2:48 - 155 </li>
<li>Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 5:16 - 150 </li>
<li>Put A Lid On It - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ The Times - 3:13 - 170 </li>
<li>When I Grow Too Old To Dream - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:47 - 200 </li>
<li>Careless Love - Tuba Skinny - Tubaskinny - 4:25 - 135 </li>
<li>Money Blues - Lavern Baker - LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 2:53 - 103 </li>
<li>My Daddy Rocks Me - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman et son orchestre: 1945 Vol.2 - 2:48 - 100 </li>
<li>Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday - Blue Billie - 2:40 - 120 </li>
<li>Baby Can Dance - Carsie Blanton - Buoy - 2:56 - 180 </li>
<li>Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Dixieland's Kings - 2:50 - 160 </li>
<li>Blue Lou - Chick Webb - Jazz After Hours - 3:12 - 180 </li>
<li>Jump Through The Window - Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz Giant - 2:44 - 145 </li>
<li>I'm Alone Because I Love You - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ D.B.A. - 3:29 - 150</li>
</ol>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-62499705728553841712012-01-15T21:33:00.000-08:002012-01-15T22:53:01.583-08:00Blues DJ Set 1/14/12<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I will likely not post all my DJ sets, but this post is a follow up on my previous post on Blues Music 101.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">People often ask about what would separate a great DJ to a good DJ. I feel a good DJ plays great music that the crowd likes and dances to. A great DJ plays great music, reads the crowd, and can shift the energy of the floor. I don't want to get into a lot on DJ theory during this post, but I wanted to shed some thoughts I have on some Blues DJ'ing since I cross over between the lindy hop and blues worlds.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>First a few tips about blues DJ sets:</b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Blues music has a variety of different styles and tempos. I think too often blues DJ’s fall into playing only on genre. Everyone is going to have a favorite genre. For me, it’s slower Jazz. I love New Orleans Jazz and find myself most creative in dancing to it. I tend to play more what I would consider “classic/traditional” vs. contemporary music. I think it gets back to pure forms of the music and dance.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I think it’s important to switch up between the genres of music throughout a blues set. I try to expose students to all the different genres throughout lessons, especially during musicality exercises. The different genres call for different movements and moods. It’s important not to be a “roller coaster” DJ switching genres too quickly. The same applies for tempos. I think it’s reasonable to play songs at similar tempos over a period of 3-5 songs as long as the feel of the song is different. 15 minutes of the same tempo/genre/feel can easily kill the energy of a dance floor.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>With that said, below is the most recent set I played. A few background notes/thoughts I was thinking about:</b></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Audience:</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> My audience consisted of mostly beginner dancers who had just learned basic blues dancing. </span></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Music Selection:</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> After discussion of blues music using food and other analogies to refer to sex, I was encouraged to play some of my “dirty” music. Maybe sometime, I’ll write about the “dirtiest songs” in my collection, but that will need to be another time. I repeated some artists to feature artists or tracks people asked about. Sound quality is important as old blues/jazz recordings aren’t the best sound quality. I also mixed in some songs used during the lessons.</span></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Tempo:</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"> I varied tempo and varied genres throughout the 90 minute set. You will also see a portion where tempo was very close across 5 songs, but the feel of the music was different. </span></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Length of Song</b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">: I generally try to vary time length. It was a smaller group at the dance so I attempted to keep the 4:00+ songs to a minimum to encourage switching partners and keep a “fresh” feeling among the room. I also wanted to build some confidence in case some of the new beginners didn’t feel they ran out of ideas or “moves” they could do.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I would say I was fairly conservative being I was playing for a beginner crowd and played some good standards. Overall, I got good feedback and response from the crowd.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px">1. "Tain’t Nobody’s Business if I do” - Ernestine Anderson - 77 BPM - 4:31</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>People just start arriving - trying to create ambiance with first 2 songs</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">2. "Need your love so bad” - B.B. King & Sheryl Crow - 76 BPM - 3:57</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">3. “(Night Time is) the Right Time” - Ray Charles - 81 BPM - 3:24</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Time to get the dance kicked off with a classic</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">3. "I ain’t got Nobody” - Big Maybelle - 81 BPM - 2:53</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Respond to “soulful” female vocal call/response to Ray Charles in previous song</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">4. "The World’s Jazz Crazy” - Claire Austin - 84 BPM - 2:45</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Let’s move into some Jazz - song had symbolism in lyrics too</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">5. "When I get low, I get High” - Gordon Webster - 113 BPM - 5:27</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Pick up tempo</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">6 "St. James Infirmary” - New Orleans All Star Stompers - 66 BPM - 3:07</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Some of the beginners looked challenged by faster tempo, so slowed down with recognizable tune in a different style than traditional versions of this song</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">7. "Nobody Knows you when you’re down and out” - Bessie Smith - 92 BPM - 2:58</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Transition song - classic Blues</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">8. “Walk on” - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - 115 BPM - 3:14</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This song has a little speaking intro part - now playing with instrumental feel</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">9. "Dirty Low Down and Bad” - Keb’ Mo’ - 100 BPM- 3:07</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#005bcd;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Contemporary blues - keeping tempo moving - strong guitar sound</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#005bcd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">10. "I Got Rambling on my Mind” - Otis Spann - 89 BPM - 4:07</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Chicago Blues - slowing down a little adding piano to transition to next song</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The last 3 songs had guitar as a primary instrument, but had completely different feels.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">11. "All Over Again” - B.B. King & Mark Knopfler - 83 BPM - 4:54</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">12. “My Handy Man Ain’t Handy No More” - Alberta Hunter - 103 BPM - 3:46</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>First of 3 “dirty” songs played by request/suggestion</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">13. Shave ‘Em Dry II” - Lucille Bogan - 115 BPM - 3:22</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">This is not the best version of the song, but I played it because this song doesn’t disguise the “dirty.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">14. "Three Time Lose” - Linda Hopkins - 82 BPM - 2:24</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I was listening to a women in jazz/blues documentary so I think I was inspired to play some sassy “woman power” music </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">15. “How Many More Years” - Howlin’ Wolf - 99 BPM - 2:51</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">16. “Love in Vain” - Robert Johnson - 85 BPM - 2:21</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">17. “You Know My Love” - Otis Rush - 78 BPM - 2:42</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">18. “Blue Drag” - Django Reinhardt -111 BPM - 2:56</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>One of my favorite songs - it has a quiet intro so it worked as a great transition back into some Jazz</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">19. "Egyptian Fantasy” - Kenny Davern - 90 BPM - 4:01</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Another favorite - played it in particular for my friend Justin who was DJ’ing next. </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">20. “Horn Man Blues” - Dr. Michael White - 73 BPM - 7:01 (faded this one out)</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#005bcd;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Song 3 of “dirty” - this starts the streak of “woman power” </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#005bcd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">21. "A Good Man is Hard to Find” - Big Maybelle - 86 BPM - 2:12<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#005bcd;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">22. “Mannish Boy” - Muddy Waters - 72 BPM - 2:57</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A little intermission and response to “woman power” </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">23. “Backlash Blues” - Nina Simone - 77 BPM - 2:29</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">24. “I’ll Never Be Free” - Lavern Baker - 72 BPM - 2:22</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">25. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">“Mean Old World” - Snooks Eaglin - 75 BPM - 3:51</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Transition song </span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">26. “Kind Hearted Woman” - Big Head Blues Club ft. Ruthie Foster - 75 BPM - 4:08</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">27. “Blues in the Night” - Eva Cassidy - 70 BPM - 4:08</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color:#0067f4;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Notice similar tempo of last 6 songs, but all had different feel. I played the Eva Cassidy track in response to a discussion to the unfortunate dancing “sexy” to her “popular” cover of the traditional gospel tune “Wade in the Water.”</span></p><p></p>Bob "DJ Thor"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03560330332384381100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-63870627628877622702012-01-15T21:19:00.000-08:002012-01-15T22:25:57.878-08:00Blues Music 101<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Long time reader, first time posting...I look forward to collaborating on this site. Responses, feedback, and thoughts are more than welcome!</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I recently taught a beginner blues workshop and was asked where to begin if wanting to build a blues dance DJ’ing collection. I don’t see myself as the ultimate authority on any this, but I hope to provide some insight. If not, it will allow me to “geek out” a little on a topic I like discussing at lengths.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Some of the easiest way to find blues music is to create a Pandora station and find music that you like to download. There are some great compilations of blues music as including the Chess Box Set that I’d recommend. I find blues music interesting because not all blues music is what I would call “danceable” so I will list a variety of artists with a warning to be aware what could be considered “danceable” or not. There is plenty of blues music that I would enjoy listening to, but not dance to.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Below is a working categorial list of some artists within blues music. This is not an authoritative list, but more of how I think of things. I could narrow it down categories as some of the artists’ placements are debatable. Some categories can be split up as well. If anything, I feel this may be a good introductory starting list of artists to check out.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Here is a working list among some categories I separate artists into:</b></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>Classic Women of the Blues:</i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Mahalia Jackson (Gospel roots), Ethel Waters, Etta James, Dinah Washington, Billie Holliday, Big Maybelle, Big Mama Thornton, Lil’ Johnson, Lucille Bogan, Memphis Minnie, Ruth Brown, Victoria Spivey, Lucille Hegamin, Koko Taylor, Roosevelt Sykes, Georgia White, Bea Booze, Ida Cox</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>Other Female Favorites:</i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Alberta Hunter, Odetta, Lavern Baker, Nina Simone, Shemekia Copeland, Hadda Brooks</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>Chicago Blues/Electric Blues</i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Walter, Memphis Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Bo’ Diddley John Lee Hooker, Slim Harpo, Otis Rush, T-Bone Walker, Amos Milbourne, Magic, Slim, B.B. King, Johnny Winter Jimmy Reed, Bobby Blue Band, Bo Diddle, Buddy Guy, Eurreal Montgomery, Junior Wells, Albert King, Freddie King, Lowell Fulsom, Z.Z. Hill</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>Delta Blues/Country Blues</i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Robert Johnson, Son House, Big Joe Williams, Skip James, Big Bill Broonzy, Elmore James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Terry, Snooks Eaglin, Bo Carter, Willie Johnson</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>Contemporary Blues Favorites:</i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Keb’ Mo,' Bonnie Lee, Janiva Magness, Susan Tedeschi, Bonnie Rait, Johnny Lang, Taj Mahal, Albert Collins, Eric Clapton (some of his is Pop music), Blind Boys of Alabama, Carey Bell, Carolyn Wonderland, Elvin Bishop, Eric Bibb, Johnny Lang</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><i>Jazz artists to check out</i></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sindey Bechet, Jelly Roll Morton Edmond Hall, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Hot Lips Page, Pee Wee Russell, Ray Charles (wasn’t sure where to categorize him) Ernestine Anderson, Jimmy Rushing, Jimmy Witherspoon, Kid Ory, Earl Hines, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Cootie Williams, Humphrey Lyttleton, Dr. Michael White, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton. A lot of other classic jazz artists have some great tunes.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">What are your thoughts? Would you categorize something differently or separate categories more? Other favorites I missed?</span></p><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br /></span></div>Bob "DJ Thor"http://www.blogger.com/profile/03560330332384381100noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-63912590473111260792012-01-15T07:08:00.000-08:002012-01-16T07:09:26.058-08:00There'll be some changes made...and introducing Bob & ChrisHello loyal readers. I want to let you know about some big, exciting changes coming to Pustoblogsky. First and foremost...you've heard about them in my posts, you may have heard them spinning music at dances around Chicago, and now they'll be joining me as official blog authors. Introducing:<br />
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<li>Chris...a.k.a., the Mysterious Man with the Middles. Chris is my arch-rival in a quest to find the longest possible version of Tiger Rag. So far the best I've done is a paltry 5:25--I'm sure he's got me beat at the moment.</li>
<li>Bob...,a.k.a., DJ Thor. Because he brings the thunder to every dance he DJs. Bob is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to dance music--he's sought-after for both blues and swing dances (and last I heard, he was working on his polka collection too). </li>
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I'll let them introduce themselves in more detail (and with actual aspects of their life, as oppose to stuff I just make up). I'm very excited to have them on board--I think it will lead to some great insights, conversations, and disputes that ultimately will need to be settled in the DJ booth or on the dance floor. And I anticipate that it will force me to begrudgingly increase my eMusic subscription level. </div>
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Taking on co-bloggers is a prelude to some other changes around here. Once we dream one up, the blog will be getting a new name, a new URL, and hopefully a face-lift. I'll keep you posted on all of these, so you can be sure to change your blog aggregators and bookmarks. And if you have suggestions for a suitably geeky name, please leave a comment!</div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-60285536482174964012012-01-07T05:10:00.001-08:002012-01-07T07:05:02.031-08:00First Friday at Big City Swing 1/6/2012<div>Last night's dance at Big City Swing was a lot of fun, even if the crowd wasn't as large as it has been the past few months (probably because there was a live band playing elsewhere in the city). A mix of first-timers, students, a barbershop quartet from a local high school, visitors from Europe, & well-known scenesters kept things pretty lively. Here's the bpm <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:165,164,150,150,155,170,175,185,165,150,145,140,160,170,210,160,160,150,115,130,150,160,175,155,145,130,180,190,205&chds=110,210&chxr=0,110,210&chtt=BPM+by+song|2012-01-06%20First%20Friday">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:1,1,1,2,4,7,7,3,2,0,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x370&chxr=0,0,10|1,110,210&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|2012-01-06%20First%20Friday">histogram</a>, and here's my set list:</div><span><ol><li>Sent For You Yesterday - George Gee - If Dreams Come True - 3:32 - 165</li><li>Savoy - Lucky Millinder - An Anthology Of Big Band Swing 1930-1955 - 3:04 - 164</li><li>Frenesi - Artie Shaw - His First Three Bands: 1936-1940 - 3:06 - 150 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Not sure why I thought it would be a good idea to play this song early in the night, since it has lots of weird little interludes in it. One person came up to me after it was over and asked "That was a swing song?" Of course, most people danced right through the weird bits, so it could be that nobody else noticed.)</span></li><li>The Back Room Romp - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 2:49 - 150</li><li>Swinga-Dilla Street - Echoes of Swing - Harlem Reflections - 4:24 - 155</li><li>Put A Lid On It - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ The Times - 3:13 - 170</li><li>Bring It On Down - The Baby Soda Jazz Band - Cures Everything But The Blues - 2:34 - 175</li><li>Gang Busters - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 3:06 - 185</li><li>Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five - Jukebox Hits Volume 1 - 2:45 - 165</li><li>Honey Pie - Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing! - 4:10 - 150</li><li>Old Mother Hubbard - Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Ella - 2:44 - 145</li><li>Loose Wig - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 2: Flying Home - 3:04 - 140</li><li>Good Queen Bess - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra - Passion Flower 1940-46 - 2:59 - 160</li><li>Tutti Frutti - Slim Gaillard - 1938-46 - 2:38 - 170</li><li>Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06 - 160 <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(By request from the barbershop quartet.)</span></li><li>One Is Never Too Old To Swing - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:55 - 210</li><li>Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Dixieland's Kings - 2:50 - 160</li><li>My Blue Heaven - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - Songs of New Orleans - 5:21 - 150</li><li>Georgia Grind - Louis Armstrong - Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Disc 1 - 3:19 - 115</li><li>Mr. Rhythm - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 4:08 - 130</li><li>Last Night On The Backporch - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 4:10 - 150</li><li>Let Me Off Uptown - Delta Rhythm Boys - The Best Of 1940-50 - 2:54 - 160</li><li>Wham! (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) - Jimmie Lunceford - Lunceford Special - 2:51 - 175</li><li>Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti) - Jimmie Lunceford - Jukebox Hits 1935-1947 - 2:45 - 155 <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(The Lunceford double-header was intentional. Wanna make something of it?)</span></li><li>Ballin' The Jack - Earl Hines - Live Broadcasts From The Hangover Club - 4:00 - 145</li><li>Frankie & Johnny - Firehouse Five Plus Two - Firehouse Five Plus Two Story - 2:51 - 130</li><li>Joshua Fit the Battle - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 3:57 - 180</li><li>Twenty-Four Robbers - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:45 - 190</li><li>The Five Pennies - The Famous Castle Jazz Band - The Five Pennies - 2:52 - 205 <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(I'd forgotten how much fun this song is.)</span></li></ol></span>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-24704758627362254222011-12-03T08:02:00.000-08:002011-12-03T08:20:55.992-08:00First Friday at Big City Swing 12/2/2011<div>Another fun night of dancing and DJing for me--two in one week!--last night, this time at Big City Swing. I had the early set, followed by my friend Bob "DJ Thor." A great, lively crowd of dancers made the job easy for both of us--of course it didn't hurt that quite a few people took advantage of the BYO policy. Here's what I played (plus the usual BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:160,170,165,145,140,155,165,175,188,160,170,190,145,120,140,170,205,140,140,115,135,150,160,184,195,195&chds=110,200&chxr=0,110,200&chtt=BPM+by+song|2011-12-02%20First%20Friday">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:1,4,1,4,5,2,6,1,1,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x340&chxr=0,0,10|1,110,200&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|2011-12-02%20First%20Friday">histogram</a>):</div><span class="Apple-style-span"><ol><li>I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 3:13 - 160</li><li>Moppin' And Boppin' - Fats Waller - 100 Swing & Big Band Classics - 4:27 - 170 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(I cut out the first thirty seconds, which is an extended drum solo.)</span></li><li>Sent For You Yesterday - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings - 2:58 - 165</li><li>Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder - Classic Big Band Jazz - 3:26 - 145</li><li>Did I Remember - Stephanie Nakasian - Billie Remembered: The Classic Songs Of Billie Holiday - 3:03 - 140</li><li>Tuxedo Junction - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Ain't No School Like the Old School - 3:14 - 155</li><li>All Of Me - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:10 - 165</li><li>Let's Get Together - Duke Ellington - Recollections Of The Big Band Era - 2:37 - 175</li><li>Let's Misbehave - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - You Do Something To Me - 2:52 - 188</li><li>It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160</li><li>Put A Lid On It - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ The Times - 3:13 - 170</li><li>Milenberg Joys - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 3:45 - 190 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Man this song is fun!)</span></li><li>Georgia Grind - Lillian Boutté - Music Is My Life - 3:32 - 145</li><li>Alligator Meat - Joe Swift With The Johnny Otis Band - Swing Time Jive - 2:57 - 120 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(By request)</span></li><li>Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee - Stacey Kent - The Boy Next Door - 3:06 - 140</li><li>Harlem Air Shaft - Duke Ellington - Piano In the Background - 4:03 - 170</li><li>Rosetta - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 3:36 - 205 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(People were singing along to this tune!)</span></li><li>You Can Have My Husband - Tuba Skinny - Six Feet Down - 3:48 - 140</li><li>I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles - 2:58 - 140</li><li>You’ve Been A Good Ole Wagon - Ann Savoy & Her Sleepless Knights - Black Coffee - 2:45 - 115</li><li>Jersey Bounce - Bernard Berkhout - Doctor Bernard and His Swing Orchestra - 3:27 - 135</li><li>Yes Indeed - Slam Stewart - Slamboree - 3:35 - 150</li><li>Dark Eyes - Fats Waller - Happy Birthday Fats Vol. 1 - 3:22 - 160</li><li>The Dipsy Doodle - Chick Webb - Stomping At The Savoy - 3:15 - 184 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(By request, for tranky doo)</span></li><li>Fiddle Dee Dee - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 1: Hot Mallets - 2:39 - 195</li><li>All of Me - Benoit Viellefon & His Orchestra - Swing à La Mode - 3:21 - 195 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Weird novelty song, in the genre of Muppet jazz--I played it to keep DJ Thor on his toes as he took over.)</span></li></ol></span>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-39912654661251678192011-11-29T18:00:00.001-08:002011-11-29T18:10:08.830-08:00Fizz setlist 11/28/2011Here you go, plus the BPM <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:1,1,1,5,3,6,5,4,1,1,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x370&chxr=0,0,10|1,100,200&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|2011-11-28%20Fizz">histogram</a>* and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:0,156,155,140,150,145,140,155,160,167,172,130,140,162,185,135,110,125,145,150,175,195,135,155,150,200,175,130,100,170&chds=100,200&chxr=0,100,200&chtt=BPM+by+song|2011-11-28%20Fizz">sparkline</a>**:<div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Parc On Summit - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 3:11 - 180</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Zonky - Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band - Chasin' the Blues - 3:49 - 215</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Route 66 - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 4:24 - 150</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Piano Boogie - Kansas City All-Stars - KC After Dark - 2:32 - 170</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >House Hop - Bernard Berkhout - Doctor Bernard and His Swing Orchestra - 3:45 - 205</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >When You're Smiling - Benny Goodman - Small Group Recordings - 2:37 - 156</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >What's Your Name? - Echoes of Swing - You've Got To Be Modernistic - 3:18 - 155</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday - Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles - 2:58 - 140</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:41 - 150</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >My Blue Heaven - The Cangelosi Cards - Clinton Street Recordings, I - 4:11 - 145</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Baby, What's The Matter With You? - Roy Eldridge Quintet - Little Jazz Giant - 3:20 - 140</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >I Like Pie, I Like Cake - The Four Clefs - BLUEBIRD 8884 - 2:48 - 155</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >When You Wore a Tulip - The Baby Soda Jazz Band - Jazz Roots Elixir - 3:30 - 160</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >I Can't Believe You're in Love With Me - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 3:52 - 167</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Viper Mad - Sidney Bechet - Sweet And Lowdown - 3:06 - 172</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Fortunate Love - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 2:54 - 130</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Blue Drag - Earl Hines - Swingin' Down - 2:59 - 140</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yacht Club Swing - Fats Waller - Yacht Club Swing 1938 - 3:51 - 162</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Madame Dynamite - Eddie Condon - Let's Swing It - 2:55 - 185</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Solid As A Rock - Count Basie - Count Basie Et Son Orchestre 1950-1951 - 3:03 - 135</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >She Keeps It Up All The Time - Duke Heitger - Duke Heitger's "Krazy Kapers" - 3:11 - 110</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Exactly Like You - Cecile Mclorin Salvant and the Jean-Francois Bonnel Paris Quintet - Cecile - 5:10 - 125</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Jump Through The Window - Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz Giant - 2:44 - 145</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Blues In Disguise - Mezz Mezzrow & his Orch. - Makin' Friends, 1928-37 - 3:16 - 150</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Dipsy Doodle - Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - G.I. Jukebox - 3:03 - 175</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >When You're Smiling - Mona's Hot Four - Live at Mona's - 3:33 - 195</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Jersey Bounce - Bernard Berkhout - Doctor Bernard and His Swing Orchestra- 3:27 - 135</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bassology - Slim Gaillard - The Very Best Of - 2:49 - 155</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 5:16 - 150</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Black Coffee - Harlem Hot Shots - Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings Of Louis Prima And Wingy Manone (1924-1937) - 3:00 - 200</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Let's Get Drunk And Truck - The Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk And Truck - 3:06 - 175</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Moan You Moaners - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ D.B.A. - 4:46 - 130</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Froggy Bottom - Kansas City All-Stars - KC After Dark - 4:04 - 100</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Put A Lid On It - Davina & The Vagabonds - Live @ The Times - 3:13 - 170 <span class="Apple-style-span" >(This last song was for the Swing I graduation dance.)</span></span></li></ol><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >* The histogram is clumpy around 130-170 because it was grad night, so there were many beginners plus a bunch of folks who seemed comfortable lindy hopping around that tempo range.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >** Wow it looks like I became increasingly volatile with tempos as the night progressed.</span></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-27149717235488690662011-10-15T14:46:00.000-07:002011-10-15T14:49:39.648-07:00Spotify playlist archiveOkay so rather than providing a separate <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Spotify</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">playlist</span> for every set that I post here, I'm gonna just add songs to one master <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">playlist</span> archive. Subscribe to it and it will be updated whenever I add a new track. Should be simpler for me and y'all too. Link to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Spotify</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">playlist</span> archive <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/jepusto/playlist/5OdpTJcuI0lIZMxOvMqJUK">here</a> or in the top panel of the sidebar.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-15166650376480686122011-10-15T07:13:00.000-07:002011-10-15T07:52:46.226-07:00CodeBLUE 10/14/2011<div>Last night I spun the early set at <a href="http://codebluedancewith.us/about.html">CodeBLUE</a>, which was moving into nice new digs at OuterSpace in Wicker Park. The change of address didn't appear to throw anybody off, since a healthy crowd arrived early on. Unfortunately we hadn't quite gotten the sound straightened out--the organizers had rented a good portable sound system, but the vendor hadn't provided all of the necessary cables, so I had to DJ off of one speaker for most of the evening. (Two frantic trips to the vendor later, and finally both were working, in time for the last 10 songs of my set.)</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to organizers Tia, Anna, & Heather for inviting me to DJ--I had a lot of fun stretching outside my usual lindy hop box. Here's what I played (along with the usual <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:155,125,135,135,115,140,150,165,150,125,110,105,85,120,155,175,155,185,140,80,85,135,70,115,105,170,160,215,195,140,102,95,60,100,90&chds=60,210&chxr=0,60,210&chtt=BPM+by+song|2011-10-14%20CodeBLUE">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:1,0,1,1,2,2,5,3,3,3,3,4,2,3,1,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x520&chxr=0,0,10|1,60,210&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|2011-10-14%20CodeBLUE">histogram</a>):</div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Rock Me All Night Long - The Fabulous Treniers - The Hoss Allen Sessions - 2:41 - 155</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Tight Like This - Tuba Skinny - Tubaskinny - 4:28 - 125</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Shake That Thing - Wynonie Harris - Risque Blues - It Ain't the Meat - 2:17 - 135</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Juke - Little Walter - The Best Of Little Walter - 2:45 - 135</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bad Bad Whiskey - Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Buddy Guy & Junior Wells Play The Blues - 4:14 - 115</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yes Sir, That's My Baby - Earl Hines - A Monday Date - 3:00 - 140</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Last Night On The Backporch - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Ol' New Orleans Home - 4:10 - 150</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Love Me or Leave Me - Banu Gibson - Let Yourself Go - 3:07 - 165</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >If You'se a Viper - John Sinclair - No Money Down - 3:55 - 150</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >I Don't Care Who Knows - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 3:18 - 125</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Tears Of Joy - Janiva Magness - My Bad Luck Soul - 3:08 - 110</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Don't Go No Farther - Muddy Waters - The Chess Box - 2:56 - 105</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Blooz ... First Thaingh 'Dis Moanin' - Wycliffe Gordon - Originals Only - 5:23 - 85</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Summertime - Gordon Webster - Happy When I'm With You - 4:04 - 120</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bassology - Slim Gaillard - The Very Best Of - 2:49 - 155</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Communications - Slim Gaillard - Slim Gaillard: 1947-1951 - 2:29 - 175</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >The Wild Mab Of The Fish Pond - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - 1941-Transcription Performance - 2:20 - 155</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Chant Of The Groove - Fats Waller - Fats Waller 1941 - 3:05 - 185</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Artillerie Lourde - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 5:28 - 140</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >That Ain't Right - Fats Waller - Last Testament - His Final Recordings 9-23-43 - 2:59 - 80</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >You Just Usin' Me for a Convenience - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - A Long Way from Home - 3:45 - 85</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Ray's Cookie Dance - Gerry Hundt - Acoustic - 3:09 - 135</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Lowdown Baby - Joe Morris - Best Of The Early Years - 2:56 - 70</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Hesitation Blues - Dave Van Ronk - The Two Sides Of Dave Van Ronk - 3:32 - 115</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >When I Get Low - Gordon Webster - Live In Philadelphia - 5:27 - 105</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Honeysuckle Rose - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 2:56 - 170</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Dark Eyes - Fats Waller - Happy Birthday Fats Vol. 1 - 3:22 - 160</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen - Adrian Rollini - 1937-1938 - 3:12 - 215</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Lumby - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Essential, Vol. 2 - 2:31 - 195</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Blue Drag - Earl Hines - Swingin' Down - 2:59 - 140</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Song With No Words - Asylum Street Spankers - Strawberry - 5:43 - 102</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Little Red Rooster - Sam Cooke - The Rhythm And The Blues - 2:52 - 95</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >3 O'Clock In The Morning Blues - Ike & Tina Turner - Mississippi Blues - 2:40 - 60</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Sure Hope You Mean It - Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It - 3:40 - 100</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" >Heart Of Steel - Galactic - Ya-Ka-May - 3:27 - 90</span></li></ol>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-26831262847088008352011-10-11T17:38:00.000-07:002011-10-12T06:19:29.706-07:00Fizz 10/10/2011<div>I had the early set last night at Fizz, back in the saddle after nearly 2 months. It was a fun evening, not terribly packed, but the dance floor seemed comfortably full for most of the evening. (The bar area was quite crowded because the Bears were playing.) My friend John had the late set, and around 10:45 we started trading songs back and forth. More on that below.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once again, I'm going to publish <a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/jepusto/playlist/1AiKH37mJhVoDw4l4OyrNH">my setlist on Spotify</a>, even though only about half the songs are available. Let me know if it works for you. The usual bpm <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=ls&chxt=y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t&chs=555x200&chd=t:150,140,175,145,174,185,165,140,150,165,180,155,130,150,175,195,120,141,100,135,145,180,225,155,175,162,145,175,190,220,190,145,125,130&chds=100,220&chxr=0,100,220&chtt=BPM+by+song|2011-10-10%20Fizz">sparkline</a> and <a href="http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chxt=x,y&chxs=0,555555,12,0,t|1,555555,12,-1,t&chd=t:2,0,0,3,3,5,3,5,7,3,2,0,1&chds=0,10&chs=300x430&chxr=0,0,10|1,100,220&chtt=BPM+Frequency+Distribution|2011-10-10%20Fizz">freq. distribution</a> exclude the first five songs since I played them to an empty room. Here's the complete run-down:</div><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Page Mr. Trumpet - Pete Johnson - NSC111 NATIONAL- - 2:52 - 165 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(As usual, there was hardly anyone there when I started. Folks trickled in.)</span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Swing, Brother, Swing - Willie "The Lion" Smith - Willie "The Lion" Smith And His Cubs - 2:51 - 230</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes - The Harlem Hamfats - Harlem Hamfats Vol. 2 1936-1937 - 2:42 - 160</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">I Got Rhythm - Django Reinhardt - The Swing Sessions Volume 1 - 2:16 - 280</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Sweet Sue - Svend Asmussen - Musical Miracle Vol. 1: 1935-40 - 2:55 - 185</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">"Murder" He Says - Four Vagabonds - Four Vagabonds Vol. 3 (1943) - 2:31 - 150 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Folks are dancing by this point.)</span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Gettin' In The Groove - Al Cooper's Savoy Sultans - Al Cooper's Savoy Sultan: 1938-1941 - 2:58 - 140</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Swing Low - Adrian Rollini - 1934-1938 - 3:05 - 175</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Summit Ridge Drive - Buddy DeFranco - Plays Artie Shaw - 4:35 - 145</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">He Ain't Got Rhythm - Jimmie Lunceford - Life Is Fine - 2:45 - 174</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">The Right Idea - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Swing Street Strut - 3:13 - 185</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Rosetta - The Baby Soda Jazz Band - Cures Everything But The Blues - 4:34 - 165</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Savoy Blues - The Wolverines Jazz Band Of Bern - Wolverines Of Bern At 35 - 3:56 - 140</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Comes Love - Duke Heitger - Duke Heitger's "Krazy Kapers" - 4:34 - 150</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">All Of Me - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:10 - 165</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Look-A There - Slim Gaillard - The Very Best Of - 2:17 - 180</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Cement Mixer (Put-Ti-Put-Ti) - Jimmie Lunceford - Jukebox Hits 1935-1947 - 2:45 - 155</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Afternoon Of A Moax - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Swing Street Strut - 3:24 - 130</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Shout 'Em, Aunt Tillie - Duke Ellington - That Lindy Hop - 3:03 - 150 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(This one didn't really take. Not right for the crowd.)</span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho - Sidney Bechet - Sidney Bechet: 1949 - 3:20 - 175 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(So play a sure-fire winner to recover and climb the energy.)</span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Scram! - Echoes of Swing - Harlem Joys - 3:20 - 195</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">As Long As I Live - Catherine Russell - Inside This Heart of Mine - 3:33 - 120 </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Barbara Morrison - Live at the 9:20 Special - 4:16 - 140 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Since she was just in town, singing at WCLX)</span></span> </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">It Takes Two To Tango - Lester Young - Lester Young : 1951-1952 - 3:14 - 100 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Because I'm no longer allowed to play this one at home.)</span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Sing On (Odessa Sing On) - Gaucho - Pearl - 5:07 - 135</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Ballin' The Jack - Kid Ory - This Kid's The Greatest! - 3:15 - 145</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">It's You're Last Chance To Dance - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - The Hurricane Sessions - 4:30 - 180</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Yam Brown - Bob Hunt's Duke Ellington Orchestra - What A Life! - 2:43 - 225 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(This one really didn't take. Too 20's charleston, too different I guess.)</span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">I Like Pie, I Like Cake - The Four Clefs - BLUEBIRD 8884 - 2:48 - 155 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Again recover with a familiar floor-filler.)</span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Let's Get Drunk And Truck - The Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk And Truck - 3:06 - 175 <span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Because nobody was there to dance to the first Hamfats song I played.)</span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 4:28 - 162 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(This one was John's pick.)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Jump Through The Window - Roy Eldridge - Little Jazz Giant - 2:44 - 145 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(I counter with another trumpet feature.)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Wham! (Re-Bop-Boom-Bam) - Jimmie Lunceford - Lunceford Special - 2:51 - 175 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(John's pick: "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLXGIKlE2cE">One good Skye & Frida routine</a> deserves <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18IkHPqY1nU">another</a>.")</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Swingtime in the Rockies - Bernard Berkhout's Swing Orchestra - nieuw album_41 - 3:15 - 220 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(I wanted to peak here.)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Lucky Number - Artie Shaw - Greatest Big Band Classics - 2:42 - 190 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(John's pick.)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Ain't Misbehavin' - Sidney Bechet - Perdido Street Blues - 2:52 - 145 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(Birthday jam for Bob "DJ Thor" B, who is a big Bechet fan.)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Exactly Like You - Cecile Mclorin Salvant and the Jean-Francois Bonnel Paris Quintet - Cecile - 5:10 - 125 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(I got a complaint and a request for something "smoother" so I played this.)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Mr. Rhythm - Glenn Crytzer And His Sycopators - Harlem Mad - 4:08 - 130 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(John's pick.)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">Broken Hearted Blues - Tuba Skinny - Garbage Man - 3:45 - 120 <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204); ">(from Meschiya Lake to Erika Lewis.)</span></span></span></span></li></ol>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7183320273511782597.post-17792853841219836682011-10-09T16:34:00.000-07:002011-10-11T17:55:30.256-07:00First Friday playlist on SpotifyI've been playing with Spotify for a couple of weeks now, but pretty casually, and I'm sure that I'm not taking advantage of most of the features. I think I've succeeded in publishing my playlist from last Friday's dance at Big City Swing. If you have Spotify, check it out:<div><a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/jepusto/playlist/4vJ5tfOWqz8YOkXfbntSeV">2011-10-07 First Friday at BCS</a></div><div>From what I can tell, only about 2/3 of the songs that I played will be available for you to hear, but still that's better than nothing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Please leave a comment if it works for you--or if it doesn't, tell me what happened. Depending on how well it works, I may start publishing more playlists.</div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513092165403782079noreply@blogger.com4