Fizz setlist 8-16-2010

Last Monday I stepped in to DJ the late set at Fizz after a super-last-minute cancellation. I only had my iPod with me, and I had to be up fairly early the following day, so I volunteered with the understanding that I'd DJ for an hour, then set a playlist and go home, retrieving my iPod later. As the early DJ, my friend Chris, finished his set, I frantically set up an on-the-go playlist for after I left, then saved it and cleared the on-the-go playlist so that I could spin live. I hung around for about an hour, fiddling with my iPod. (I had the usual difficulties with on-the-go playlists. More details to follow.)

As I was getting ready to set a playlist and take off, I decided that the list I'd already put together would be a disaster, so I ended up picking entirely different tracks to play after I'd taken off. I felt like the crowd was going in a different direction than I'd anticipated, so I tried to pick some songs that would match the mood. Not sure if it made any difference--I was pretty much just taking shots in the dark. Here's all of the tracks I played, both before and after I left, along with BPM sparkline and frequency distribution.

1. For Dancers Only - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Swingmatism - 2:34 - 159
2. St. Louis Blues - Earl Hines - Earl Hines/Jimmy Rushing: Blues & Things - 4:38 - 150
3. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jazz Me Blues - The Best of Jimmy Witherspoon - 3:00 - 120
4. Shake That Thing - Wynonie Harris - Risque Blues - It Ain't the Meat - 2:17 - 135
5. Solid As A Rock - Count Basie - Count Basie Et Son Orchestre 1950-1951 - 3:03 - 135
6. Posin' - Jimmie Lunceford - Jukebox Hits 1935-1947 - 3:01 - 190
7. Life Is So Peculiar with Louis Jordan - Louis Armstrong - The Wonderful Duets - 3:24 - 115
8. On the Sunny Side of the Street - Dizzy Gillespie - The Champ - 3:09 - 137
9. Take My Love With You - Eli "Paperboy" Reed & The True Loves - (Am I Just) Fooling Myself? - 3:37 - 138 (This was the first song of a soul/blues interlude that seemed to go over pretty well.)
10. You Can Have My Husband - Koko Taylor - The Earthshaker - 2:47 - 130
11. The Deacon's Moan - Wycliffe Gordon - The Gospel Truth - 6:42 - 90
12. Every Day I Have the Blues / Goin' to Chicago Blues - The Four Tops - Lost and Found: Four Tops "Breaking Through" (1963-1964) - 3:50 - 138
13. Four Or Five Times - Kid Ory - This Kid's The Greatest! - 3:14 - 142 (Back to jazz.)
14. Lavender Coffin - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 4: Midnight Sun - 2:47 - 135
15. Bring It On Down - The Baby Soda Jazz Band - Cures Everything But The Blues - 2:34 - 175
16. Come On Over To My House - Jay McShann - Jumpin' The Blues - 2:52 - 145 (I finished setting up a playlist and then left during this song.)
17. Shiny Stockings - Count Basie - April In Paris - 5:17 - 120
18. It Takes Two To Tango - Lester Young - Lester Young : 1951-1952 - 3:14 - 100
19. I Don't Care Who Knows - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 3:18 - 125
20. Centerpiece - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Live at the Legion - 5:06 - 111
21. Honeysuckle Rose - Katherine Davis - Dream Shoes - 3:14 - 145
22. All Of Me - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:10 - 165
23. Hello, Dolly! - Louis Armstrong - Ken Burns Jazz - 2:24 - 155
24. Ballin' The Jack - Eddie Condon - We Called It Music - 2:18 - 180
25. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday - Blue Billie - 2:40 - 120
26. My Blue Heaven - The Cangelosi Cards - Clinton Street Recordings, I - 4:11 - 145
27. Just A Gigolo, I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Prima - Retro High School Party - 4:43 - 125
28. Hey Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Wild Bill Moore - Retro High School Party - 2:44 - 160
29. Move Me Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon & The Lamplighters - Retro High School Party - 2:33 - 135
30. If You a Viper - Erin McKeown - Sing You Sinners - 4:19 - 90
31. When You're Smiling - The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn - Forty Days and Forty Nights - 3:51 - 215