Monday, May 11, 2009

Fizz setlist 5/11/2009

I'm on the wireless at Fizz! Finished my set about 20 minutes ago. I know all you couch potatoes are SO eager to know what you missed out on. It started out as a slow night, but picked up and it's a lively crowd here in the 11 o'clock hour. Alan and Rudy showed up, on their way back to Minnesota. It's truly a pleasure to watch and dance with them--every time I've met them or seen them at a dance, I've noticed how their presence will just light up the room.

Here's my setlist, the bpm sparkline, and the bpm frequency distribution:
  1. Stay Cool - Count Basie - Blues By Basie-One O'Clock Jump - 3:12 - 155
  2. El Salon De Gutbucket - Engelbert Wröbel's Swing Society - Sophisticated Swing - 5:16 - 140
  3. Hoodle-Addle - Ray McKinley Orchestra - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - 3:21 - 140
  4. Six-appeal - Charlie Christian - Six-appeal - 3:20 - 145
  5. Lady Be Good - Svend Asmussen - Musical Miracle Vol. 1: 1935-40 - 2:56 - 180
  6. Buckin' The Dice - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 3:29 - 160
  7. You’ve Got To See Mama Ev’ry Night - Kay Starr - the Best of The Standard Transcriptions - 1:57 - 127
  8. My Blue Heaven - Artie Shaw - The Very Best Of Artie Shaw - 3:47 - 164
  9. Don't You Miss Your Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon & Panama Francis' Savoy Sultans - 3:55 - 140
  10. Sure, Had A Wonderful Time - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five, Volume 1 - 3:00 - 135
  11. Le Jazz Hot - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 2:44 - 140
  12. The Back Room Romp - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 2:49 - 150
  13. Like It Is - Erroll Garner - That's My Kick & Gemini - 2:44 - 132
  14. Just A Sittin' And A Rockin' - Joe Williams - Havin' A Good Time - 4:21 - 120
  15. Easy Does It - Paul Tillotson the Love Trio - Lindy Hop Blues - 2:57 - 130
  16. Ain't Misbehavin' - Sidney Bechet - Perdido Street Blues - 2:52 - 145
  17. Papa's In Bed With His Britches On - Cab Calloway - Are You Hep To The Jive? - 2:32 - 167
  18. Flat Foot Floogie - Louis Armstrong, The Mills Brothers - Louis Armstrong, The Mills Brothers - Swinging With The Mills Brothers - 3:02 - 185
  19. Shorty George - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings - 2:46 - 208
  20. Why Don't You Do Right (Peggy Lee, Vocals) - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:17 - 125
  21. Shiny Stockings - Count Basie - April In Paris - 5:17 - 120
  22. Bli-Blip - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Day Dream: Best Of The Duke Ellington Songbook - 3:04 - 131
  23. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby - Louis Armstrong - Satch Plays Fats (Remaster) - 4:28 - 162
  24. At Georgia Camp Meeting - Bunk Johnson/Lu Watters - Bunk and Lu - 3:28 - 175
  25. Someday You'll Want Me To Want You - Catherine Russell - Cat - 3:13 - 145
  26. Somebody Loves Me - Stuff Smith - Cat On A Hot Fiddle - 3:42 - 150
  27. Louisiana - Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing - 3:56 - 140
  28. Moon Song - Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson - Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson - 4:37 - 128
  29. Country Man - Carrie Smith - When You're Down and Out - 3:46 - 145
  30. If You're A Viper - Kermit Ruffins - The Big Butter & Egg Man - 3:08 - 170
  31. Tutti Frutti - Slim Gaillard - 1938-46 - 2:38 - 170
  32. Lawd, Lawd - Cecil Scott & His Bright Boys - Harlem Big Bands - 3:13 - 215
  33. Walk 'Em - Buddy Johnson - Jukebox Hits 1940-1951 - 2:53 - 125
  34. Me, Myself And I - Billie Holiday - A Musical Romance - 2:37 - 155
  35. Baby Won't You Please Come Home? - Topsy Chapman And The Pros - Putumayo Presents: New Orleans - 5:07 - 125
  36. Squeeze Me - Della Reese - Song Book, Vol. 3 - 2:37 - 90

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Setlist from First Friday at Big City Swing

I split the night with John Joven. My first set, which ran from 8:45 to 9:45:
  1. Yellow Dog Blues - Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - The Aviator Music From The Motion Picture - 2:27 - 190
  2. Five Feet Two, Eyes Of Blue - Creole Jazz Band - Jazz Del Bueno Para Bailar - 2:57 - 180
  3. Give My Regards To Broadway - Pete Fountain - Dixieland's Kings - 2:37 - 170
  4. Massachusetts - Maxine Sullivan And Her Jazz All-Stars - Memories Of You - 3:16 - 145
  5. It's De-Lovely - The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Give Me Your Telephone Number - 4:04 - 150
  6. Rose Room - Artie Shaw - Artie Shaw, King Of The Clarinet - 2:43 - 155
  7. Cole Slaw - Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five, Volume 1 - 2:44 - 135
  8. Jump Steady - Mora's Modern Swingtet - 20th Century Closet - 2:39 - 170
  9. It's Only a Paper Moon - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman '45 & '47 - 2:48 - 132
  10. Yes Indeed - Sy Oliver - Yes Indeed - 3:13 - 128
  11. Mr. Ghost Goes To Town - Mora's Modern Rhythmists - Mr. Rhythmist Goes To Town - 3:58 - 170
  12. All Right, Okay, You Win - Count Basie - Count Basie at Newport - 2:45 - 145
  13. Walk 'Em - Buddy Johnson - Jukebox Hits 1940-1951 - 2:53 - 125
  14. What Goes Up Must Come Down - Kay Starr - Kay Starr: the Best of The Standard Transcriptions - 2:35 - 140
  15. Somebody Loves Me - Stuff Smith - Cat On A Hot Fiddle - 3:42 - 150
  16. Look Out - Slim Gaillard - Slim Gaillard: 1939-1940 - 2:55 - 190
  17. Joshua Fight The Battle Of Jericho - Gérard Messonnier And The Hot Kings - The Best Of New-Orleans Vol. 1 - 3:15 - 165
Second set, from 10:45 to midnight:
  1. Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06 - 160
  2. We Cats Will Swing For You - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:42 - 175
  3. Keep The Rhythm Going - Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Mills Blue Rhythm Band: 1933-1936 - 2:51 - 170
  4. Ballin' The Jack - Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band - This Kid's The Greatest! - 3:15 - 145
  5. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday - Blue Billie - 2:40 - 120
  6. Beaver Junction - Count Basie - America's #1 Band - 2:57 - 160
  7. Moten Swing - Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing - 3:57 - 160
  8. Gotta Be This Or That - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman '45 & '47 - 3:10 - 140
  9. Lady Be Good - Svend Asmussen - Musical Miracle Vol. 1: 1935-40 - 2:56 - 180
  10. It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160
  11. Like It Is - Erroll Garner - That's My Kick & Gemini - 2:44 - 132
  12. Don't You Miss Your Baby - Jimmy Witherspoon - Jimmy Witherspoon & Panama Francis' Savoy Sultans - 3:55 - 140
  13. Someday You'll Want Me To Want You - Catherine Russell - Cat - 3:13 - 145
  14. All Of Me - Helen O'Connell - Great Girl Singers, Sing 22 Original Hits - 2:09 - 145
  15. You've Got to Give Me Some - Margaret Webster - Rude Dudes - 2:46 - 200
  16. Krum Elbow Blues - Mora's Modern Swingtet - 20th Century Closet - 2:45 - 155
  17. Georgia Grind - Louis Armstrong - Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Disc 1 - 3:19 - 115
  18. Some of These Days - Billie & DeDe Pierce - Gulf Coast Blues - 2:38 - 150
  19. Sugar Blues - Clarence Williams - Boogie Woogie Blues - 3:40 - 135
  20. That's What I Like - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends - Kansas City's First Lady Of The Blues - 2:47 - 150
  21. Fiddle Dee Dee - Lionel Hampton - Lionel Hampton Story 1: Hot Mallets - 2:39 - 195
  22. Six Appeal - Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five - Crazy Rhythm - 3:29 - 135
  23. Dipsy Doodle - Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - G.I. Jukebox - 3:03 - 175

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Upcoming events

First Friday at Big City Swing is THIS Friday. Yes, they know it's the second Friday of the month--it got pushed back so as not to double-book with BluesSHOUT. John Joven and I will be DJing downstairs, with Nathan Gumley upstairs until 11. Beforehand, Mary and I will be teaching another lesson in some sort of Charleston stuff (downstairs), while Jenna and Max offer a beginner swing lesson (upstairs).

Then the following week, the studio is having the one and only Norma Miller, queen of swing, original lindy hopper, and never one to mince words, at the studio for Q&A/story-telling/lecture, followed by a dance. Details here. If you've never heard Norma, man you've been missing out. She's awesome. Lippy and I will be splitting DJ duties.

Norma's going to be in town for a show that our friend Reggio the Hoofer is organizing at the Old Town School of Folk Music, in honor of National Tap Day. Details here. The show is a dance and music review, featuring several legends of tap dancing as well as younger tap talents from around Chicago. Plus, Norma Miller. Plus, several swing dance numbers by me and my friends (Mary, Dan, Sheila, Chris, Roxy). We'll be doing:
  • Al & Leon's Shim Sham, then right into the Tranky Doo. These are line dances from the swing era--before the Electric Slide or the Casper Slide, folks were doing the Shim-Sham and the Tranky Doo. Our style for these dances was inspired by Al Minns & Leon James, two members of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, who were caught on film doing their version of the shim-sham and the Tranky Doo.
  • Don't Go Away Nobody, a partner-dancing piece that I choreographed about a year ago (with help from Mary & Jenna) and taught at Big City Swing.
  • Peckin'. What is it? It's is a surprise.
  • A finale involving solo dancing, partner dancing, social dancing...
Y'all (all of you out there in the blogosphere) should come to the show, it should be lots of fun. Just a tip: wear shoes you can swing out in.

Monday, April 20, 2009

More from Hawkeye...

Saturday night at the Hawkeye Swing Festival brought the Hot Swing Combo, featuring many of the same players as the Twin Cities Hot Club as well as Patrick Harison on accordian and vocals. Plus my friend Jason Zabinski taking care of the band breaks. How's that for a line-up!

The only thing I had to take care of for the evening (besides all the ladies) was music for the finals of the Jack & Jill contest. Here's what I used:
  1. Everything Is Jumpin' - Artie Shaw - The Very Best Of Artie Shaw - 5:09 - 165
  2. Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea - Django Reinhardt - The Swing Sessions Volume 1 - 2:58 - 185
  3. Harlem Air Shaft - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - Live In Swing City: Swingin' With Duke - 3:05 - 211
The first song was an all-skate for warm-up. Second song was for spotlights. There were six couples in the finals, and each went in for two spotlights (so a total of 6 choruses of music). The song wasn't quite long enough to cover everything, so I restarted it for the last couple of spotlights. (I decided that it would be better and fairer to keep the same tune going rather than give the last couples something totally new, that nobody else had the chance to dance to or to hear.) Then the third song was another all-skate. I picked this one to be more of a challenge--as far as I know that's what's typically done for Jack & Jills. The last song is meant to differentiate the couples, to see who can keep up, and give the judges the chance to make up their minds if they can't decide on their rankings. After the contest, a friend of mine (a very experienced dancer who's been around for a long time, and is like a parent for his city's scene) commented that he thought the third song was too demanding, given the dancers in the finals. Don't know if I agree with him or not. Once the footage is up on Youtube, I might change my opinion. If you were there, what'd you think?

As an aside, I've got to say that it's really nice to get feedback on my music choices, especially from someone who's opinion I respect so much. It's all to rare that I get any comments other than compliments (which are nice, but not all that informative), and occasional vague complaints or snarky remarks. Constructive criticism is really helpful.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Live blogging from Hawkeye Swing Fest!

I'm here with a bunch of my buddies in Iowa City, Iowa (Ziowa!) at the Hawkeye Swing Festival, deejaying and teaching. Last night's dance featured Mutiny in the Parlor, a local combo featuring piano, saxophone, guitar, and tuba, who played a lot of old Dixie tunes like Shine On, Harvest Moon. I talked with the band leader afterwards, turns out he's friends with the guys from Aunt Ruby's Sweet Jazz Babies, from Austin Texas (a band that I learned about from my set on Yehoodi Radio). Then late night featured the Twin Cities Hot Club. Oh my lord, are those guys amazing. Among the highlights of the late night was their sultry rendition of Summertime, featuring Gary Schulte on violin. If the crowd had actually been sitting down, we would have given them a standing ovation. As it was, we just clapped and hollered for about five minutes. Just mesmerizing.

So here's the play-by-play of my tracks. As Mutiny in the Parlor took their first break, I popped on a couple of songs:
  1. Louisiana - Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing - 3:56 - 140
  2. I Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:09 - 160
  3. Jungle Nights in Harlem - Randy Sandke And The Nagel Heyer Allstars - Uptown Lowdown - 3:37 - 180
  4. Yes Indeed - Sy Oliver - Yes Indeed - 3:13 - 128
  5. It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160
  6. Betcha Nickel - Ella Fitzgerald - My Heart Belongs to Daddy - 2:51 - 160
  7. Okay for Baby - Jimmie Lunceford - For Dancers Only - 3:13 - 145
Then we had the prelims of the Jack and Jill. Each heat of contestants got a medium song, a slow song, and a faster song. I tried to balance the songs so that both heats got similar music at each speed. First heat:
  1. For Dancers Only - John Lewis, The American Jazz Orchestra - The Music Of Jimmie Lunceford - 4:34 - 145
  2. Keepin' Out A Mishif Now - Carling Family - 20th Jubilee - 3:32 - 120
  3. Some Of These Days - Bob Wilber And The Tuxedo Big Band - More Never Recorded Arrangements For Benny Goodman - Vol. 2 - 2:58 - 190
Second heat:
  1. Blues In Hoss' Flat - George Gee - Swingin - 5:15 - 148
  2. Why Don't You Do Right (Peggy Lee, Vocals) - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:17 - 125
  3. The Right Idea - Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra - Swing Street Strut - 3:13 - 185
After the prelims, there was time for one more song:
  1. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Papa Bues Viking Jazz Band - Live In Copenhagen - 3:36 - 135
Then Mutiny in the Parlor started up again. On their next break, I played these two tracks:
  1. Sermonette - Earl Grant - Singin' & Swingin': The Best Of Earl Grant - 2:42 - 125
  2. All Of Me - Helen O'Connell - Great Girl Singers, Sing 22 Original Hits - 2:09 - 145
Then we had the slow lindy/blues competition. This competition ran as a tap-in. It started out with about a dozen couples, dancing two songs in an all skate. During the second song, the judges selected their top 6 (I think it was 6?) couples, who went on to do a phrase battle to the third song:
  1. Money Blues - Lavern Baker - Precious Memories / LaVern Sings Bessie Smith - 2:53 - 103
  2. Southern sunset - Swing Parade South - Hommage a Sidney Bechet - 3:32 - 105
  3. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - Compact Jazz - 4:42 - 85
After the comp, a couple more for social dancing before the Twin Cities Hot Club fired up.
  1. Squeeze Me - Della Reese - Song Book, Vol. 3 - 2:37 - 90
  2. Ain't Doin' Too Bad - Bobby "Blue" Bland - The Bobby "Blue" Bland Anthology (Disc 1) - 2:42 - 110
On the Hot Club's first set break, we launched right into the solo jazz/charleston contest. There was one all-skate for warm up, then three songs worth of phrase battling.
  1. Stomp, Stomp - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 2:55 - 195
  2. When You're Smiling - The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn - Forty Days and Forty Nights - 3:51 - 215
  3. Shake That Thing - Vince Giordano's Nighthawks - The Aviator Music From The Motion Picture - 3:00 - 225
  4. Sugar Foot Stomp - Fletcher Henderson - Yeah Man! - 3:11 - 255
Then a few songs for social dancing, before the Hot Club finished out the night.
  1. Frankie and Johnnie - The Ink Spots - Voice Masters Vol. 2 - 2:56 - 130
  2. Ja-Da - The Famous Castle Jazz Band - The Five Pennies - 3:07 - 150
  3. Easy Does It - Paul Tillotson the Love Trio - Lindy Hop Blues - 2:57 - 130

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Fizz setlist 4/13/2009

I had the early set at Fizz last night. Pretty uneventful night, average-sized crowd, no particular shenanigans that I saw. This was the first time I've tried out JRiver Media Center for a whole 2-hour set. I love it. There were a few hiccups (including once when I just hit the stop button on the external feed, for no reason at all) but I think it is going to become my DJing software of choice. Plus, the software allows me spit out a nicely formatted playlist without any homemade scripts or other hassles. The only thing left to do is figure out how to get it to chart BPMs for me. Here's my set:
  1. I Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:09 - 160
  2. Okay for Baby - Jimmie Lunceford - For Dancers Only - 3:13 - 145
  3. Boys from Harlem - Randy Sandke - Uptown Lowdown - 3:33 - 160
  4. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Carrie Smith - When You're Down and Out - 3:35 - 160
  5. Wang Wang Blues - Doc Severinsen - Swingin' The Blues - 3:40 - 154
  6. Good Bait - The Solomon Douglas Swingtet - Swingmatism - 2:53 - 150
  7. I'm Coming Virginia - Benny Goodman - The Yale University Archives, Volume 3: Big Band In Europe - 2:09 - 170
  8. Blues For Stephanie - George Gee - Swingin - 4:15 - 144
  9. Everything Is Jumpin' - Artie Shaw - The Very Best Of Artie Shaw - 5:09 - 165
  10. Spreadin' Rhythm Around - Billie Holiday - Swing Brother Swing - 2:52 - 195
  11. Hoodle-Addle - Ray McKinley Orchestra - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - 3:21 - 140
  12. Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins And The Honeydrippers - Joe Liggins And The Honeydrippers - 3:02 - 100
  13. Let The Good Times Roll - Linda Hopkins - Wild Women Blues - 3:26 - 140
  14. Moten Swing - Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing - 3:57 - 160
  15. Sugarfoot Rag - Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Story Vol. 2 - 3:06 - 190
  16. Pennies From Heaven - Count Basie - The Complete Decca Recordings - 3:02 - 178
  17. The Spinach Song - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends - Kansas City's First Lady Of The Blues - 2:59 - 160
  18. Good Queen Bess - Johnny Hodges - Perfect Swing - 3:02 - 155
  19. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It - Arne Bue Jensen, Bjarne Peter - Live In Copenhagen - 3:36 - 135
  20. Ain't Misbehavin' - Sidney Bechet - Perdido Street Blues - 2:52 - 145 (I accidentally hit stop in the middle of this song.)
  21. Jubilee Swing - Chick Webb - Strictly Jive - 3:12 - 185
  22. Flat Foot Floogie - Louis Armstrong, The Mills Brothers - Swinging With The Mills Brothers - 3:02 - 185
  23. Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:50 - 190
  24. Easy Does It - Paul Tillotson the Love Trio - Lindy Hop Blues - 2:57 - 130
  25. Someday You'll Want Me To Want You - Catherine Russell - Cat - 3:13 - 145
  26. All Of Me - Twin Cities Hot Club - Twin Cities Hot Club - 4:10 - 165
  27. Somebody Loves Me - Stuff Smith - Cat On A Hot Fiddle - 3:42 - 150
  28. Bei Mir Bist Du Schane - Janis Siegel - Swing Kids - 4:11 - 150
  29. Carioca - Artie Shaw - Bal Mix from Mary Timmons - 4:07 - 215
  30. Krum Elbow Blues - Mora's Modern Swingtet - 20th Century Closet - 2:45 - 155
  31. Six Appeal - Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five - Crazy Rhythm - 3:29 - 135
  32. Squeeze Me - Della Reese - Song Book, Vol. 3 - 2:37 - 90
  33. Shine On Harvest Moon - Pete Fountain - Dixieland's Kings - 2:50 - 160
  34. Smack Dab In The Middle - The Deep River Boys - London Harmony - 2:59 - 130
  35. Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea - Django Reinhardt - The Swing Sessions Volume 1 - 2:58 - 185

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Setlist from First Friday at Big City Swing

Last Friday was another jam-packed evening at Big City Swing--two lessons on two floors, and a good crowd that stuck around 'til we had to kick them out. Mary and I taught a hand-to-hand Charleston lesson (downstairs) while Jenna and Max taught an intro swing lesson (upstairs), both of which had probably close to 30 people.

Then starting at 8:45, my friend Thea did a set downstairs while Nathan spun upstairs. I mostly hung out downstairs, but checked in on the other floor once or twice. For whatever reason, the upstairs was consistently more crowded than downstairs (the opposite of what happened last month). I took over downstairs at 10:00, and it remained on the chill side until 11:00 when upstairs closed for the evening and everyone trooped back down and the room got crowded again.

As far as my set, I'd say it wasn't my best. My djing program, Disco XT, was acting up on my new laptop--it clunked out on my about 15 minutes in, so I had to finish the night in iTunes, flying blind without preview capability. (Like I mentioned in the last post, more thoughts on DJ software coming up soon.) I think I had a hard time finding the right vibe for the room, and I also relied too much on Dixie/New Orleans-sounding music, which is really becoming my crutch. Here's the setlist:
  1. Cabaret - Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong - 3:59 - 155
  2. Gotta Be This Or That - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman '45 & '47 - 3:10 - 140
  3. All Of Me - Della Reese - Cocktail Classics - 2:01 - 160
    (Disco XT freezes on me.)
  4. Could'Ja - Nat King Cole - The Magic of Nat King Cole - 3:01 - 110
    (Next song was by request, which I am usually happy to take, but this song sure was LOOOONG....)
  5. Frim Fram Sauce - Diana Krall - All For You: A Dedication To The Nat King Cole Trio - 5:00 - 115
  6. I Got an Uncle In Harlem - Hot Lips Page - Legends of Harlem - 3:09 - 145
    (The last song didn't take, and the next one had a mislabeled bpm. Since I couldn't preview, I mistook it for a different, slower track. Whoops. Jenna made me dance with her just so that the floor wouldn't be totally empty.)
  7. Oh Lady Be Good - Stuff Smith Quartet - Hot Stuff - 4:15 - 200
  8. My Bucket's Got a Hole In It - Louis Armstrong - An Evening With Louis Armstrong And His All Stars - 4:24 - 145
  9. It's You Who Taught It To Me - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:42 - 160
    (Someone invariably requests a shim-sham at First Fridays. Which I think is cool.)
  10. Tain't What You Do - Jimmie Lunceford - Jimmie Lunceford - 3:06 - 160
  11. Hoodle-Addle - Ray McKinley Orchestra - You Came A Long Way From St. Louis - 3:21 - 140
  12. Louisiana - Barney Kessel - To Swing Or Not To Swing - 3:56 - 140
  13. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans - Bill Coleman - Bill Coleman In Paris 1936-1938 - 3:17 - 175
  14. A Viper's Moan - Willie Bryant And His Orchestra - 1935-1936 - 3:25 - 150
  15. Easy Does It - Paul Tillotson the Love Trio - Lindy Hop Blues - 2:57 - 130
  16. At Long Last Love - Bill Henderson - Bill Henderson With the Oscar Peterson Trio - 2:30 - 130
  17. Some of These Days - Billie & DeDe Pierce - Gulf Coast Blues - 2:38 - 150
  18. Georgia Grind - Louis Armstrong - Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography Disc 1 - 3:19 - 115
    (The upstairs crowd started coming in during Georgia Grind.)
  19. Take It Easy Greasy No. 2 - Lil Johnson - Lil Johnson & Barrelhouse Annie Vol. 3 1937 - 2:58 - 145
  20. Perdido Street Blues - Louis Armstrong - The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1940-1949 - 3:08 - 145
  21. Gang Busters - Cats & The Fiddle - We Cats Will Swing For You - 3:06 - 185
  22. Sugar Blues - Clarence Williams - Boogie Woogie Blues - 3:40 - 135
    (Haven't played Sugar Blues in a while--people seemed to be pretty into it.)
  23. Old Mother Hubbard - Ella Fitzgerald - Swingin' Ella - 2:44 - 145
  24. For Dancers Only - John Lewis, The American Jazz Orchestra - The Music Of Jimmie Lunceford - 4:34 - 145
  25. I'm Coming Virginia - Benny Goodman - The Yale University Archives, Volume 3: Big Band In Europe - 2:09 - 170
  26. Who Walks In When I Walk Out? with Ella Fitzgerald - Louis Armstrong - The Wonderful Duets - 2:21 - 135
  27. Peckin' - Duke Ellington - The Duke's Men: The Small Groups, Vol. 1 - 3:09 - 160
  28. A Smo-o-oth One - Benny Goodman - Benny Goodman - 3:16 - 130
  29. Careless Love - The Storyville Jassband - Storyville Jubilee - 3:29 - 100
  30. San Francisco Bay Blues - Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band - Blues Over Bodega - 3:41 - 160
    (Next one was for Max.)
  31. Jazz Battle - Jabbo Smith - 1929 - The Complete Set - 2:43 - 250
  32. Wake Up Neesie - Kermit Ruffins - Big Easy - 5:50 - 130
  33. Blues For Ella - Thilo Berg Big Band and Barbara Morrison - Blues For Ella -Live- - 4:35 - 110
    (I thought that ending the night on a slow, groovy note would be appreciated--thinking of Monday Night Practices in Boston, where the last song was ALWAYS Lou Rawls...)
  34. St. James Infirmary - Lou Rawls - Lou Rawls: Live! - 4:34 - 115
    (But my hunch was wrong. People danced to St. James Infirmary, but they seemed more interested in the Fats Waller that was the really last song of the night.)
  35. Twenty-Four Robbers - Fats Waller - The Unique Mr. Waller - 2:45 - 190
    (Followed by please-go-home music.)
  36. Rollout (My Business) - Ludacris - Word of Mouf - 4:56
  37. Mami Me Gusto - Todos Estrellas - Putumayo Presents: Cuba - 4:35