I’ve just left Herrang after volunteering for the crash down of camp. I’m now slowly meandering my way to Italy where I’ll take up residence in September. Whilst I was taking classes and partying I had the opportunity to be a volunteer DJ on a number of occasions. DJing at Herrang was an awesome experience and I thought I’d share some of my experiences (and also how the volunteer DJing works – there’s not too much information out there about it) and vague meanderings about DJing there. I may get around to posting some other stuff about Herrang, but we’ll see how that works out with some of the other stuff I’m doing over the next few weeks.
DJed music at Herrang is done by the Head DJs, Staff DJs (Christian Bossert has a great post about being a staff DJ here) and Volunteer DJs. The crucial sets are looked after by the Head and Staff DJs with volunteer DJs generally given the less critical sets (for example in another room whilst the band is playing or early in the night). My sets ranged in length from an hour to more than 2 hours. Volunteer DJs will occasionally get to close out the night in somewhere like the library or the Dancebanan, but I don’t believe it happens often.
To be a volunteer DJ all you need to do is show up for one of the DJ meetings held on Sunday by the Head DJs. To be asked to DJ more than once all you need to do is not play crap music. The number of sets that you are asked to do will vary depending on the number of volunteer DJs, how late the dancers are staying up that week, how much live music is going on and whether the head DJs like you or not.
For volunteer DJs the perks are few: you get free entrance to the party on the evening you’re Djing (an important consideration if you’re planning on buying a party pass) and bike parking right outside Folkets Hus. But hey, you’re DJing at freaking Herrang (and I’m hoping the exposure will be good, now that I’ve moved to Europe).
There are 3 main dance spaces in the Folkets Hus, the main location for the evening partying
- The Main Ballroom – with the exception of slow drag night and the occasional activity on the Friday night party the main ballroom is always lindy hop. Sometimes a band will play the ballroom.
- The Dansbanan (aka the Dance Banana) – during week 1 this is the Boogie Woogie floor, for other weeks it’s usually lindy hop. Sometimes a band will play the dancebanan.
- The Library – the library had quite a bit of variation. During week 1 it was slow dance themed, week 3 was balboa and there were other events in there too (often themed for the Friday party, Peter Loggins also played a New Orleans set there), but the intention is to keep the library relatively true to the Herrang music philosophy (there was a well attended discussion on this during week 5, which I missed).
Then there’s the secret blues dancing parties which occur in a variety of venues (including the Sauna, Heaven’s Kitchen or the foyer of Folkets Hus), to DJ these you need to contact the organisers (who vary).
Herrang’s music philosophy is well known. The focus is on big band swing recorded in the 1920s, 30s and early 1940s, with the late 30s early 40s period probably being the most played period. Contemporary bands that play in a similar style are also played (though I feel that there may be a little too much reliance on very popular bands like Gordon Webster and Glenn Crytzer). Perdido (1942) and Now You Has Jazz (1956) were two of the most popular tracks by my ear unless you count the 2 hours of Bananaphone (1994) which completed the end of the ultimately bad lindy hop music showcase on the last Thursday of camp.
I played what I consider to be relatively conservative sets. You don’t come to Herrang to experiment and you don’t come to Herrang to play crap (unless it’s bad music night). Having said that I think flexibility is also very important. The following DJ may be late or not show up at all; you might be asked to DJ a lindy room, only to be faced with a room of balboa dancers (both of which happened to me – the balboa freaked me out a little, not being a huge balboa dancer I normally need some time to prepare for a balboa set, but I recovered eventually). I also Djed one of the peer auditions for the Advanced Lindy Hop stream which was fun. About a third of the tracks I played were recorded before 1939 and half before 1944. A third of the tracks I played were contemporary (though that does include a lot of the tracks I dropped during the secret blues party I DJed) with the remainder being from the late 40s and 50s.
Djing at Herrang was an awesome experience and I hope to be back spinning next year.
Setlists
8 July 0130-0230 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Muddy Waters (A Mississippi Moan) – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 1 – 167 – 2:58
2 – And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine – Ella Fitzgerald – The Complete Masters: CD7 1942-45 – 149 – 3:15
3 – Song of the Volga Boatmen – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments – 125 – 3:26
4 – What’s Your Name – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 151 – 3:34
5 – Jacquet in the Box – Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators – Skinny Minne – 160 – 2:46
6 – St. Louis Blues – Artie Shaw – Greatest Hits – 171 – 3:01
7 – Blues in Hoss’ Flat – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra – Swingin’ Away – 148 – 5:15
8 – Sweet Loraine – Metronome All Stars – The Classic Recordings 1939-1953 – 122 – 3:14
9 – Afternoon Of A Moax (Shake, Rattle ‘n’ Roll) – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 131 – 3:23
10 – Darktown Strutter’s Ball – Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight – The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 – 182 – 3:02
11 – Apollo Jump – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 147 – 3:26
12 – Boulder Buff – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments – 131 – 3:31
13 – Corner Pocket – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 – 139 – 5:17
14 – Bizet Has His Day – Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Session #55 – 158 – 2:27
15 – Night Train – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 142 – 3:59
16 – Jersey Bounce – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 126 – 3:32
20 July time? Library
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – What’s Your Name – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 151 – 3:34
2 – Over Hand (New Froggy Bottom) – Mary Lou Williams & Her Trio – Queen of Jazz Piano – 141 – 2:47
3 – Milkman – Keep Those Bottle Quiet – Kay Kyser and His Orchestra – Swingin’ ‘Round The Clock – 166 – 2:58
4 – The Right Idea – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 184 – 3:13
5 – Baby Brown – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 207 – 1:24
6 – Truckin’ – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Disc 5 – 238 – 3:00
7 – Swing – Brother – Swing – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 4 – 154 – 1:50
8 – Stop Beatin’ ‘Round the Mulberry Bush – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 147 – 2:54
9 – Mr. Rhythm – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 131 – 4:08
10 – Swingin’ on Nothin’ – Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander – Jammin’ the Blues – 126 – 3:45
11 – Hesitating Blues – Muggsy Spanier and His Ragtimers – A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier – 107 – 3:12
12 – Goodnight, My Love – Benny Goodman – Swing Kids Sountrack – 114 – 3:08
13 – You’re Slightly Less Than Wonderful – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 136 – 2:24
14 – Leap Frog – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 7 – 158 – 2:59
15 – Thursday – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 3) – 173 – 3:06
16 – Jumbuck Jamboree – Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers – Rhythm of the Day – 181 – 2:55
17 – Roll Em – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra – Swingin’ Away – 200 – 4:53
18 – Posin’ – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 2 – 191 – 3:01
19 – Dark Rapture – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) – 154 – 2:40
20 – Chasing Shadows (-2) – Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 – 136 – 2:38
21 – The ‘C’ Jam Blues – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 180 – 2:39
22 – The Yacht Club Swing – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 172 – 3:11
23 – Air Mail Special – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 3 – 224 – 2:57
24 – Ridin’ High [Live] – Benny Goodman – Essential Benny Goodman – Disc 2 – 241 – 2:39
25 – King Porter Stomp – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra – Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947: Disc 3 – 224 – 2:57
26 – Darktown Strutters Ball – Red McKenzie and the Celestial Beings – A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier – 242 – 3:30
27 – I Want to Be Happy – Chick Webb – Strictly Jive – 214 – 4:18
28 – Special Delivery – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 – 231 – 3:01
29 – High Society – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 246 – 3:15
30 – Shorty George – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) – 206 – 2:46
31 – Main Stem – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 207 – 2:51
24 July 0245-0410 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Darktown Strutter’s Ball – Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight – The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 – 182 – 3:02
2 – Big Chief De Sota – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra – Wrappin’ It Up: Disc 4 – 190 – 2:59
3 – Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 1) – 170 – 2:50
4 – Johnson Rag – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller in the Mood – 157 – 2:51
5 – Wild Mob Of The Fish Pond – Charlie Barnet – Skyliner – 133 – 3:15
6 – Pig Foot Sonata – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 127 – 3:04
7 – Shorty’s Got to Go – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 146 – 3:13
8 – My Blue Heaven – Mint Julep Jazz Band – Mint Julep Jazz Band – 165 – 3:17
9 – Say It with Your Feet – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 176 – 3:09
10 – A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird (Alt Take) – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 – 157 – 2:59
11 – Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Sidney Bechet & His New Orleans Feetwarmers – Shake It and Break It – 147 – 2:52
12 – Ain’t Nothing To It – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 127 – 3:14
13 – Bounce Me, Brother, With a Solid Four – Will Bradley and His Orchestra – Howdy, Friends – 146 – 3:17
14 – Pussy Willow – Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 158 – 4:33
15 – One O’Clock Jump – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 4 – 170 – 3:08
16 – Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 180 – 3:15
17 – Main Stem – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Live in Swing City: Swingin’ with Duke – 200 – 3:56
18 – Bli Blip – Jennie Lobel & Swing Kings – Mop Mop & Bli Blip – 163 – 2:47
19 – To a Broadway Rose – Artie Shaw – Greatest Hits – 152 – 3:30
20 – Davenport Blues – Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra – Jack Teagarden, Big “T”: Disc 2 – 139 – 3:17
21 – Organ Grinder’s Swing – Jimmie Lunceford – The Classic Tracks – 123 – 2:41
22 – Well, All Right – Tommy Dorsey – A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 1 – 147 – 3:12
23 – Roll ‘Em (Pt. 1) – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 4 – 165 – 2:54
24 – Cherokee – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 174 – 3:20
25 July 0400-0630 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Forty Cups of Coffee – Betty Miller with Sid Phillips & His Band – The Best of British Jazz: Disc 2 – 134 – 3:04
2 – Ballin’ The Jack – Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band – This Kid’s The Greatest! – 149 – 3:15
3 – The Honeydripper (Liggins) – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra – Life Is Fine – Disc 4 – 160 – 2:44
4 – St. Louis Blues – Artie Shaw – Greatest Hits – 171 – 3:01
5 – The Right Idea – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 184 – 3:13
6 – Goin’ to Lindy Land – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 152 – 3:43
7 – Sales Tax – Leigh Barker – The Sales Tax – 140 – 3:42
8 – Perdido – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 127 – 3:10
9 – Old Fashioned Love – Unity Hall Jazz Band – Unity Hall Jazz Band – 146 – 4:42
10 – Till Tom Special – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 159 – 3:23
11 – Fat And Greasy – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 162 – 3:09
12 – C Jam Blues – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 170 – 4:12
13 – Red Top/Ella’s Blues/C-Jam Blues/Blow Top Blues – Barbara Morrison – By Request: Volume 2 – 141 – 3:12
14 – Alright, O.K., You Win – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 – 133 – 3:05
15 – Uptown Sop – Gordon Webster – Happy When I’m With You – 115 – 5:44
16 – Mack the Knife – Ella Fitzgerald – The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack the Knife – 139 – 4:39
17 – Blues in Hoss’ Flat – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra – Swingin’ Away – 148 – 5:15
18 – Bearcat Shuffle – Andy Kirk & His Twelve Clouds Of Joy – Queen of Jazz Piano – 156 – 3:02
19 – Look a There – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart – Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 1 – 178 – 2:17
20 – Jacquet in the Box – Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators – Skinny Minne – 160 – 2:46
21 – Daddy Won’t You Please Come Home – Alex Pangman – They Say – 134 – 4:00
22 – Sister Kate – New Orleans Moonshiners – Frenchmen St. Parade – 116 – 3:31
23 – I Don’t Care Who Knows – Catherine Russell – Sentimental Streak – 130 – 3:18
24 – Boogie Blues – Gene Krupa & his Orchestra – Drum Crazy – 143 – 3:23
25 – Sing Me a Swing Song – Chick Webb and His Orchestra – The Complete Masters: CD1 1935-36 – 159 – 2:35
26 – Take the ‘A’ Train – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 166 – 2:57
27 – On Revival Day – LaVern Baker – LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith – 142 – 3:16
28 – Big Fine Daddy – Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing – 123 – 4:06
29 – You Turned the Tables on Me – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 114 – 3:08
30 – Mr. Rhythm – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 131 – 4:08
31 – Bienvenue Dans Ma Vie – Nikki Yanofsky – Nikki – 144 – 3:50
32 – Are You Hep to the Jive? – Cab Calloway – Are You Hep to the Jive? – 158 – 2:50
33 – Bei Mir Bist Du Schon – Glenn Miller and the Andrews Sisters – The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 1 – 164 – 3:02
34 – Sweethearts on Parade – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 175 – 3:00
35 – The Ball Game – Sister Wynona Carr – Dragnet for Jesus – 140 – 3:06
36 – Moan You Moaners – Palmetto Bug Stompers – Live @ Dba – 126 – 4:46
37 – Happy Go Lucky Local – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Live in Swing City: Swingin’ with Duke – 111 – 6:57
38 – When I Get Low, I Get High – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 106 – 5:27
39 – Don’t Advertise Your Man – Diane Van Deurzen & Lisa Otey – Wild Women – 99 – 3:36
40 – Sit Back Down – Little Esther – The Blues: New York – Disc 3 – 113 – 2:23
41 – Buona Sera – Louis Prima – Buona Sera: Just a Gigolo – 107 – 2:59
26 July 2330-0200 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Savoy – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 191 – 3:26
2 – Christopher Columbus – Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 2 – 186 – 3:08
3 – Little Brown Jug – Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters – The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 2 – 170 – 3:11
4 – Dark Eyes – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 163 – 3:22
5 – Vine Street Boogie – Jay McShann and His Orchestra – Blues from Kansas City – 153 – 2:36
6 – Tip on the Numbers – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart – Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 3 – 143 – 3:01
7 – Flat Foot Floogee – Benny Goodman – Swing Kids Sountrack – 160 – 3:20
8 – Swingmatism – Jay McShann and His Orchestra – Blues from Kansas City – 177 – 2:39
9 – The Dipsy Doodle – Chick Webb and His Orchestra – The Complete Masters: CD2 1937-38 – 188 – 3:10
10 – Macpherson Is Rehearsin’ (To Swing) – Chick Webb – Strictly Jive – 197 – 3:05
11 – He Ain’t Got Rhythm – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 2 – 174 – 2:45
12 – Funny Feathers – Louis Armstrong – Meet the Girls – 156 – 3:17
13 – Le Jazz Hot – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 3 – 147 – 2:44
14 – Swinging On A Star – Bing Crosby with The Music Maids and The Charioteers – Swingin’ ‘Round The Clock – 123 – 3:32
15 – Easy Does It – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 2 – 149 – 3:29
16 – Smooth Sailing – Horace Henderson and His Orchestra – The Real Kansas City of the ’20s, ’30s & ’40s – 162 – 2:57
17 – Boogie Woogie – Jones-Smith, Inc. – America’s #1 Band: Disc 1 – 181 – 3:16
18 – Penguin Swing – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 4 – 200 – 3:32
19 – Whoa Babe – Kay Thompson – Saturday Night Swing Club: First Anniversary Show – 201 – 4:19
20 – Exposition Swing (alt tk 2) – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia and Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra: Disc 6 – 219 – 3:13
21 – The Yacht Club Swing – Fats Waller – Fats Waller and His Rhythm: a Handful of Keys – 172 – 3:11
22 – Bizet Has His Day – Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Session #55 – 158 – 2:27
23 – Jive at Five – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 1 – 136 – 3:09
24 – Shiny Stockings – Solomon Douglas – Swingmatism – 125 – 5:43
25 – Good Queen Bess – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 146 – 3:51
26 – Sister Kate – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 158 – 13:53
27 – Jumpin’ At the Woodside – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) – 237 – 3:10
28 – When I Grow Too Old To Dream – Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 – 201 – 2:43
29 – Sugerfoot Rag – Ella Fitzgerald with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra – The Complete Masters: CD10 1949-50 – 196 – 3:03
30 – Viper Mad – Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle’s Swingers – The Ultimate 30s and 40s Reefer Songs – 178 – 3:03
31 – Let Me Off Uptown – Gene Krupa & his Orchestra – Drum Crazy – 151 – 3:05
32 – Perdido Street Blues – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 6 – 143 – 3:06
33 – Open House – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 133 – 3:01
34 – Ride On – Stan Kenton – Intermission Riff – 121 – 2:24
35 – Cow Cow Boogie – Ella Fitzgerald and The Ink Spots – The Complete Masters: CD7 1942-45 – 116 – 2:55
36 – Don’t Fence Me In – Ella Fitzgerald – Simply Ella – Disc 2 – 112 – 3:22
37 – Davenport Blues – Adrian Rollini & His Orchestra – Jack Teagarden, Big “T”: Disc 2 – 139 – 3:17
38 – Tuxedo Junction – Erskine Hawkins – Big Bands’ Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 – 152 – 3:17
39 – Rose Room – Crytzer’s Blue Rhythm Band – Chasin’ The Blues – 163 – 2:49
40 – Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance) – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 180 – 3:15
41 – Wednesday Night Hop – JW Swing Orchestra – JW Swing Orchestra Live – 192 – 2:51
42 – Sing You Sinners – Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers – Sweet Like This – 202 – 4:57
43 – Roll ’em Pete – George Gee Swing Orchestra – John Dokes Sings George Gee Swings – 214 – 2:38
44 – I’m Gonna Lock My Heart – Boilermaker Jazz Band – Give Me Your Telephone Number… – 198 – 3:28
45 – Oh Babe! – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 2 – 171 – 2:56
46 – Jesus Is Here to Stay – Sister Rosetta Tharpe – The Original Soul Sister, V. 3 – 167 – 2:51
47 – Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me (Alt Tk) – Sidney Bechet – The Fabulous Sidney Bechet – 132 – 5:54
48 – Cement Mixer – Slim Gaillard Trio – Chronogical Classics – 1945 Vol. 2 – 128 – 3:19
49 – Chasing Shadows (-2) – Putney Dandridge and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 – 136 – 2:38
27 July 2300-0030 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Corner Pocket (Alt tk) – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 – 145 – 5:00
2 – Sing for Your Supper – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 3) – 166 – 2:44
3 – Rump Steak Serenade – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 179 – 2:41
4 – Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, Goodnight (Alt Tk-2) – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 4 – 162 – 2:10
5 – Drop Me Off In Harlem – Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra – Jazz – The Essential Collection – Volume 06 – 142 – 3:03
6 – Tabby the Cat – Hal McIntyre and His Orchestra – Jazz Cats: Felix and other Cats – 139 – 3:02
7 – Drei Six Cents – Slim Gaillard Quartette – Chronogical Classics – 1945 Vol. 2 – 125 – 2:43
8 – Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy – Stan Kenton – Intermission Riff – 124 – 2:36
9 – Second Balcony Jump – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 7 – 143 – 3:06
10 – Teasin’ Tessie Brown – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 2 – 158 – 2:54
11 – C Jam Blues – Glenn Crytzer and his Syncopators – Skinny Minne – 172 – 2:31
12 – Milenberg Joys – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 190 – 3:45
13 – Fare Thee Well Deacon Jones – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 2 – 154 – 2:46
14 – Out Of Nowhere – Harry James – Life Goes to a Party – 142 – 2:52
15 – Accentuate The Positive – Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers – Swingin’ ‘Round The Clock – 137 – 4:42
16 – Perdido – Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra – Take the A-Train – 127 – 3:10
17 – Sweet Potato Fries – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 145 – 4:26
18 – Caladonia – Geoff Bull And The Finer Cuts – Geoff Bull And The Finer Cuts – 166 – 4:27
19 – Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – 180 – 3:53
20 – When I Grow Too Old to Dream – The Cats and The Fiddle – We Cats Will Swing for You 1939-1940 – 199 – 2:47
21 – A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird – Cab Calloway – Are You Hep to the Jive? – 161 – 2:53
22 – Loose Wig – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Flying Home – 145 – 3:04
23 – Blues for You, Johnny (Alt Tk-2) – Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 6 – 140 – 3:00
24 – Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home – Cecil Aagaard and His Swingsters – Leo Mathisen 1940-41: Take It Easy – 123 – 3:12
25 – Booglie Wooglie Piggy (Live) – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller All Time Favourites – 142 – 2:34
26 – The Count (alt tk -3) – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions: Disc 4 – 165 – 3:32
27 – How Come You Do Me Like You Do? – Spike Hughes and His Negro Orchestra – Essential Sides Remastered (1933-1934): Disc 2 – 171 – 3:05
28 – Flying Home – Charlie Barnet – Skyliner – 183 – 2:55
29 July 0100-0300 (0300-0420 Secret blues party) Library
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Midnight Sun – 132 – 3:24
2 – I Didn’t Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song) – Julie Lee & Her Boyfriends – Jazz – The Essential Collection – Volume 13 – 161 – 2:57
3 – That Chick’s Too Young to Fry – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five – Choo Choo Ch’boogie – 188 – 2:26
4 – Black Coffee – The Careless Lovers – Black Coffee – Single – 200 – 2:39
5 – Twenty-Four Robbers – Gordon Webster – Live in Philadelphia – 245 – 2:50
6 – Lindy Hopper’s Delight – Ella Fitzgerald – Strictly Jive – 195 – 2:45
7 – You’re the Cream in My Coffee – Michael McQuaid’s Red Hot Rhythmakers – Rhythm of the Day – 167 – 3:42
8 – Ballin’ The Jack – Kid Ory’s Creole Jazz Band – This Kid’s The Greatest! – 149 – 3:15
9 – Boogie Woogie – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 2) – 180 – 3:03
10 – Mack the Knife – Ella Fitzgerald – The Essential Ella Fitzgerald: the Great Songs – 141 – 5:08
11 – Kansas City with Shake Rattle and Roll – Barbara Morrison – Live at the 9:20 Special – 157 – 5:56
12 – Old Fashioned Love – Unity Hall Jazz Band – Unity Hall Jazz Band – 146 – 4:42
13 – I Like Pie – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 162 – 5:37
14 – Darktown Strutters’ Ball – Mint Julep Jazz Band – Mint Julep Jazz Band – 198 – 3:14
15 – And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine – Stan Kenton – Artistry in Rhythm – 152 – 3:05
16 – Shout, Sister, Shout – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 141 – 2:44
17 – Music Makers – Harry James & His Orchestra – All That Swing – Disc 1 – 135 – 3:17
18 – Strollin’ – Charlie Barnet – Skyliner – 159 – 3:25
19 – He Ain’t Got Rhythm – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 166 – 4:48
20 – Blue Drag – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – 179 – 4:23
21 – Oh Yes, Take Another Guess – Catherine Russell – Sentimental Streak – 142 – 2:26
22 – Walkin’ Off the Blues – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 132 – 3:43
23 – Someone Else Is Slippin’ In – Kim Massie with The Solomon Douglas Swingtet – Soul Serenade – 115 – 3:54
24 – Uptown Sop – Gordon Webster – Happy When I’m With You – 115 – 5:44
25 – Comes Love – Midnight Serenaders – Sweet Nothin’s – 104 – 5:29
26 – Black And Tan Fantasy – Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington – The Complete Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Sessions – 95 – 4:03
27 – Buddy Bolden’s Blues – Hugh Laurie – Let Them Talk – 81 – 3:12
28 – Frosty Morning Blues – Cecile McLorin Salvant – Cecile – 71 – 4:42
29 – Funky Blues – Solomon Douglas – Swingmatism – 62 – 7:12
30 – Where Are the Words – Lisa Otey – Gimme Some a Yo’ Sugar – 58 – 5:10
31 – Song with No Words – Asylum Street Spankers – Spanks for the Memories – 87 – 4:12
32 – Down Home Blues – Barbara Morrison – By Request: Volume 2 – 86 – 4:57
33 – Pepper Head Woman – Square Walton – The Blues: New York – Disc 3 – 88 – 2:24
34 – Those Lonely, Lonely Nights – Earl King – Crescent City Bounce, from Blues to R&B in New Orleans: Disc C – 71 – 2:25
35 – Midnight Hours – Larry Dale – The Blues: New York – Disc 3 – 70 – 3:00
36 – Can’t Sleep – Jonno Zilber – Bigger Better Zilber – 66 – 4:05
37 – Hoochy Coochie Man – Muddy Waters – Blues Guitar Heros (Volume2) – 66 – 2:57
38 – I Hate A Man Like You – Hugh Laurie – Didn’t It Rain – 72 – 4:17
39 – Bad Luck Everywhere You Go – C.W. Stoneking – King Hokum – 80 – 4:22
40 – Second Chances – Jonno Zilber – Bigger Better Zilber – 65 – 3:50
41 – San Francisco Bay Blues – Eva Cassidy – Simply Eva – 58 – 3:54
42 – Sugar Blues – Creole Syncopators – The Storyville Years – 87 – 3:55
43 – Long, Strong and Consecutive – Catherine Russell – Inside This Heart of Mine – 74 – 3:59
44 – St James Infirmary – Christa Hughes and the Honky Tonk Shonks – Shonky – 69 – 5:21
45 – Blue Horizon – Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses – Aurora Nealand & The Royal Roses – A Tribute to Sidney Bechet – Live in New Oleans – 62 – 4:44
46 – Nobody’s Blues But Mine – Tuba Skinny – Garbage Man – 67 – 5:57
47 – Lucky Devil – Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns – Lucky Devil – 65 – 4:54
48 – Wild Man Blues – Sidney Bechet – The Legendary Sidney Bechet – 87 – 3:19
49 – My Baby On My Mind – The Cope St Parade – Live at Caravan – 89 – 3:52
50 – Careless Love – Hugh Laurie – Didn’t It Rain – 55 – 5:21
31 July 2230-0015 Main Ballroom
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – Sweethearts On Parade – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 6 – 161 – 2:52
2 – Ridin’ on a Blue Note – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties: Disc 2 – 152 – 2:47
3 – Flying Home, No. 2 – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Flying Home – 162 – 3:07
4 – Foo a Little Bally-Hoo – Cab Calloway – Are You Hep to the Jive? – 172 – 3:01
5 – And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine – Stan Kenton – Artistry in Rhythm – 152 – 3:05
6 – Twenty-Four Robbers – Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra – Life Is Fine – Disc 4 – 139 – 3:10
7 – Southern Fried – Charlie Barnet – Skyliner – 130 – 3:24
8 – Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 4 – 145 – 3:10
9 – There’ll Be a Hot Time in The Town of Berlin – Glenn Miller & The Army Air Force Band – Rare Broadcast Performances from 1943-1944 – 158 – 2:36
10 – Fat And Greasy – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 162 – 3:09
11 – A Well a Take Um a Joe – Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart – Complete Columbia Master Takes Disc 2 – 184 – 3:05
12 – Shorty George – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Oscillatin’ Rhythm – 199 – 2:55
13 – The Fox – Ray Anthony and His Orchestra – Oscillatin’ Rhythm – 162 – 2:33
14 – Let the Good Times Roll – George Gee and His Make Believe Ballroom Orchestra – Swingin’ Live! – 150 – 2:32
15 – Ain’t She Sweet – Les Brown & His Band of Renown – Session #55 – 142 – 3:18
16 – Sweet Loraine – Metronome All Stars – The Classic Recordings 1939-1953 – 122 – 3:14
17 – Stompin at the Savoy – Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Presenting Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey – 149 – 3:21
18 – Swing, Brother, Swing – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 4 – 154 – 1:50
19 – Little Brown Jug – Glenn Miller and The Andrews Sisters – The Chesterfield Broadcasts: Disc 2 – 170 – 3:11
20 – Well, Get It – Tommy Dorsey – A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 1 – 189 – 3:03
21 – Two O’Clock Jump – Muggsy Spanier and His Orchestra – A-Z: A Portrait of Muggsy Spanier – 204 – 3:01
22 – Ridin’ and Jivin’ – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 4 – 154 – 2:42
23 – C Jam Blues – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – Live in Swing City: Swingin’ with Duke – 143 – 3:33
24 – Estrelita – Bernard Berkhout Swing Orchestra – Lets Dance – 132 – 3:37
25 – Summit Ridge Drive – Artie Shaw – Jazz – The Essential Collection – Volume 07 – 127 – 3:22
26 – I’m Puttin’ All My Eggs In One Basket – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 2 – 142 – 2:56
27 – The Object of My Affections – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 154 – 3:11
28 – Leap Frog – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 7 – 158 – 2:59
29 – Blue Skies – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 3 – 169 – 2:54
30 – Functionizin’ – Fats Waller and His Orchestra – Chant Of The Groove – 171 – 3:08
31 – Apollo Jump – Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra – Apollo Jump: Disc 1 – 147 – 3:26
32 – Lavendar Coffin – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Midnight Sun – 137 – 2:47
33 – Groovy Juice Jive – Slim Gaillard Quartette – Chronogical Classics – 1945 Vol. 2 – 152 – 3:07
34 – Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) – Count Basie – The Complete Decca Recordings (Disc 1) – 170 – 2:50
35 – Oh, Baby! (Pt. 1) – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Classic Columbia and Okeh Sessions Disc 6 – 168 – 4:57
3 August 0130-0255 Dancebanan
Seq – Name – Artist – Album – BPM – Duration
1 – For Dancers Only – Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra – Life is Fine – Disc 2 – 149 – 2:43
2 – I’ve Got A Pocketful of Dreams – Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra – The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-1946): Disc 5 – 156 – 2:55
3 – The Gal From Joe’s – Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra – Creole Rhapsody: Duke Ellington in the Thirties: Disc 2 – 166 – 2:58
4 – Taps Miller – Count Basie and His Orchestra – America’s #1 Band: Disc 3 – 193 – 3:20
5 – Baby Brown – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 207 – 1:24
6 – I’m Gonna Clap My Hands – Gene Krupa’s Swing Band – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 1 – 190 – 3:00
7 – Stomp It Off – Tommy Dorsey – A Portrait of Tommy Dorsey Disc 2 – 159 – 3:45
8 – Mop! Mop! – Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five – Choo Choo Ch’boogie – 132 – 2:58
9 – Comes Love – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 147 – 4:23
10 – Goin’ to Lindy Land – Peter Davis Lindy Hop Heaven – Goin’ to Lindy Land – 152 – 3:43
11 – Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume – Ray McKinley & His Orchestra – “Howdy – Friends” – 170 – 3:18
12 – The Jumpin’ Jive – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 5 – 176 – 2:51
13 – Leapin’ At The Lincoln – Charlie Barnet – Cherokee – 200 – 2:46
14 – Dark Eyes – Fats Waller – Fats Waller Performance: Radio Recordings from 1931-1943 – 163 – 3:22
15 – Flyin’ Home – Lionel Hampton – Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 – 158 – 2:58
16 – Forty Cups of Coffee – Betty Miller with Sid Phillips & His Band – The Best of British Jazz: Disc 2 – 134 – 3:04
17 – Atomic Cocktail – Slim Gaillard Quartette – Chronogical Classics – 1945 Vol. 2 – 126 – 2:43
18 – Bei Mir Bist Du Scheon – Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five – Moppin’ and Boppin’ – 111 – 3:56
19 – Main Stem – Mint Julep Jazz Band – Mint Julep Jazz Band – 208 – 3:37
20 – Hamp’s Blues – Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra – The Lionel Hampton Story – Flying Home – 161 – 3:30
21 – Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues – Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Classic Earl Hines Sessions (1928-1945) – Disc 5 – 144 – 2:51
22 – Alright, Ok, You Win with Everyday I Have the Blues – Barbara Morrison – Live at the 9:20 Special – 130 – 5:27
23 – Voo-It – Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers – Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout Miss Thing – 125 – 5:06
24 – Corner Pocket (Alt tk) – Count Basie and His Orchestra – Complete Clef/Verve Fifties Studio Recordings: Disc 5 – 145 – 5:00
25 – Papa’s In Bed With His Britches On (Alt Take -3) – Cab Calloway and His Orchestra – Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions: Disc 7 – 162 – 2:39
26 – One O’Clock Jump – Glenn Miller – The Magic of Glen Miller Unforgettable Moments – 178 – 3:56
27 – Opus One – Gene Krupa & his Orchestra – Drum Crazy – 152 – 3:01
28 – Drop Me Off In Harlem – Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra – Jazz – The Essential Collection – Volume 06 – 142 – 3:03
29 – Fortunate Love – Glenn Crytzer and His Syncopators – Harlem Mad – 132 – 2:54
30 – Evenin’ – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – New Orleans Jazz Vipers – 128 – 6:20
31 – Ochi Chorniye – Gordon Webster – Live in Rochester – 145 – 4:29
32 – That Old Black Magic – Ella Fitzgerald with Benny Carter and His Orchestra – The Complete Masters: CD14 1954-55 – 165 – 2:30
33 – Choo Choo Ch’Boogie – JW Swing Orchestra – JW Swing Orchestra Live – 172 – 2:47
34 – Wednesday Night Hop – George Gee And The Jump, Jive And Wailers – Swingin’ Away – 190 – 2:48
