May 12, 2006

variety show

Posted by dogpossum on May 12, 2006 10:06 PM in the category djing

Name - Artist - Album - BPM - Year

Fine Brown Frame - Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Walk 'Em - 113 - 1945
Undecided Blues - Count Basie and His Orchestra with Jimmy Rushing Cutting Butter - The Complete Columbia Recordings 1939 - 1942 (disc 03) - 120 - 1941
Spinnin' The Webb - Chick Webb and his Orchestra - Stompin' at the Savoy - 134 - 2002
Don't Falter At The Altar - Cab Calloway Are You Hep to the Jive? - 138 - 1994
Jersey Bounce - Benny Goodman and His Band - Benny Goodman the Collection - 137 - 2004
Shoutin' Blues Count Basie and His Orchestra Kansas City Powerhouse 148 1949
I Love Being Here With You - Ernestine Anderson - 135
Bli-Blip - Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - Live in Swing City: Swingin' with Duke - 134 - 1999
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Sarah Vaughan - Ladies Sing the Blues (volume 1) - 145 - 2000
Love Me or Leave Me - Jennie Löbel and Swing Kings - He Ain't Got Rhythm - 128 - 2001
Every Day I Have The Blues - Count Basie - Breakfast Dance and Barbecue - 116 - 1959
C-Jam Blues - Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Live in Swing City: Swingin' with Duke - 143 - 1999
Shufflin' And Rollin' - Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Walk 'Em - 153 - 1952
Four Or Five Times - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - Tempo and Swing - 189 - 1939
Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder - Apollo Jump - 143
Lavender Coffin - Lionel Hampton, etc - Lionel Hampton Story 4: Midnight Sun - 138 - 1949
Be Careful (If You Can't Be Good) - Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Walk 'Em - 121 - 1951
Til My Baby Comes Back - Ella Johnson with Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Walk 'Em - 118 - 1952
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? - Dinah Washington - The Swingin' Miss "D" - 140 - 1956
Blues In Hoss' Flat - Count Basie - Big Band Renaissance Disc 1 - 142 - 1995
Till Tom Special - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - Tempo and Swing - 158 - 1940
Flying Home - Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra - Lionel Hampton Story 2: Flying Home - 197 - 1942
Tippin' In - Erskine Hawkins and His Orchestra - Tuxedo Junction - 144 - 1942
For Dancers Only - Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra - Swingsation - Jimmie Lunceford - 154 - 1937

That's my set from last week (Thurs 11th May, first set, 8.30-10pm). It went down a treat. After analysing it in painful detail here, I notice how frequently I repeat myself. So I played a total of 24 songs. Four were by Basie, 4 by Buddy Johnson (of the one album, no less), 4 were by Lionel Hampton. That's scary. 12 songs by only 3 artists. I mean, I did wander all over their careers with these jobbies - they're not all from the one year or anything. But still. I need more variety.
HA.
That issue of variety has been cropping up on Swing Talk a lot lately, mostly from a couple (literally 2) of dickheads demanding we play 'more variety'. By variety they mean Royal Crown Revue

Posted by dogpossum on May 12, 2006 10:06 PM in the category djing