Fizz 11/08/2010

With the crowd last night at Fizz, a monkey with an iPhone probably could have kept the floor full. People seemed very eager to move. On nights like this, it can be hard to tell whether you're actually doing an amazing job and are the Best DJ Evar or are just a lame DJ whose music everyone puts up with because they have no choice. On the basis of very ephemeral impressions, I'm gonna go ahead and categorize last night in the former category. I felt like I flowed in and out of different feels well, I covered a variety of styles, and rode the wave over a big tempo range, and people came up to the booth to ask about the tunes I was playing. Pusto +1.

Here's what I played, along with the BPM sparkline and frequency distribution:

1. Slap That Bass - Adrian Rollini - 1937-1938 - 2:48 - 195
2. Blues my naughty sweetie gives to me - Gene Krupa - E0VB5554 RCA-20-4026 - 2:21 - 250
3. Fuzzy Wuzzy - Three Peppers - 64820 DECCA-2239A - 2:45 - 205 (The room was literally empty for the first few tracks, so I just played stuff I'd like to hear but knew I'd never work in to my set.)
4. Gettin' Some Fun Out Of Life - New Orleans Jazz Vipers - Hope You're Comin' Back - 5:30 - 120 (For Dan.)
5. I'm Alone Because I Love You - The Palmetto Bug Stompers - Live @ D.B.A. - 3:29 - 150 (Chris Aubin and I have been going crazy on the New Orleans music lately, but last night I'd decided that I wanted to try to avoid going down that route for more than a tune or two. My hunch was bolstered because this tune didn't get a great response. Despite the title, the next tune has more of a groovy-smooth feel than janky NOLA sound.)
6. Good Morning New Orleans - Kermit Ruffins - Livin' A Tremé Life - 3:34 - 120
7. Cool Kind Of Poppa - Mildred Anderson - Person To Person - 2:57 - 140 (Stuck with the groovy feel, now moving into more classic big band.)
8. Empty Glass - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 3: Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop - 3:07 - 140
9. No Regrets - Stephanie Nakasian - Billie Remembered: The Classic Songs Of Billie Holiday - 2:52 - 130
10. He Ain't Got Rhythm - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 2:49 - 155
11. Christopher Columbus - Duke Ellington - Recollections Of The Big Band Era - 3:03 - 165
12. South - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Live at the Legion - 3:17 - 182
13. Comes Love - Duke Heitger - Duke Heitger's "Krazy Kapers" - 4:34 - 150
14. Baby Won't You Please Come Home? - Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band - Chasin' the Blues - 3:38 - 125
15. St. Louis Blues - Benny Goodman - Don't Be That Way - 3:49 - 130
16. All Right, Okay, You Win - Count Basie - Count Basie at Newport - 2:45 - 145
17. Bizet Has His Day - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Ain't No School Like the Old School - 3:43 - 155
18. Honeysuckle Rose - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats - 2:56 - 170
19. Harlem Shout - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:02 - 195
20. Sweet Georgia Brown - Django Reinhardt - Swing From Paris - 3:07 - 210
21. Big Fat Mama - Four Vagabonds - Four Vagabonds Vol. 1 (1941-1951) - 2:05 - 150
22. I Don't Care Who Knows - Catherine Russell - Sentimental Streak - 3:18 - 125 (Vikram this was the song you asked about. Moving into a bit of a rock&roll feel for the next three songs.)
23. Move Me Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon & The Lamplighters - Retro High School Party - 2:33 - 135
24. Buzz Buzz Buzz - The Mighty Blue Kings - Meet Me In Uptown - 3:07 - 140
25. Billie's Blues - Janiva Magness - My Bad Luck Soul - 3:14 - 110
26. Stuffy - Jonathan Stout & His Campus Five - Jammin' the Blues - 3:46 - 150
27. My Blue Heaven - Delta Rhythm Boys - The Best Of 1940-50 - 2:32 - 165
28. Jump Session - Slim Gaillard - 1938-1939 - 2:35 - 160
29. Madame Dynamite - Eddie Condon - Let's Swing It - 2:55 - 185
30. The Jive is Jumpin' - The Four Clefs - BLUEBIRD 8297 - 2:26 - 200
31. Cement Mixer - Don Byas - Jazz In Paris: Bebop - 2:54 - 135
32. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans Preservation, Vol. 1 - 4:26 - 125
33. I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle - Lavern Baker - LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 4:05 - 90
34. Sugar Blues - Clarence Williams - Boogie Woogie Blues - 3:40 - 135 (I hadn't pulled this track out in ages--it seemed to get a good response.)