What’s that Tune?
playlist for Sunset Swing below
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band Irving Berlin’s first big hit, from 1911
- American Patrol Glen Miller favourite
- Birdland by Joe Zawinul
- Brazil perhaps the most famous samba of all time, from 1939
- Charleston another classic, from the 1920s
- Don’t Get Around Much Any More Duke Ellington 1940, with Steve soloing on baritone sax – he leads the band and writes and arranges music
- Cute isn’t this neat music? Thank you, Neil Hefti
- El Cumbanchero another samba
- Night in Tunisia Dizzy Gillespie 1940, both Latin and swing – dizzy?
- How High the Moon Benny Goodman classic to finish the first half
Well earned Tea Break, followed by the Second set
- Stompin’ at the Savoy more Benny Goodman’s classic swing
- One Note Samba not another samba- a bossa nova instead!
- Sing Sing Sing pure madness, including Keith’s drum solos
- Skylark ballad to calm things down and let us get our breath back
- It Don’t Mean a Thing this is new one for us, with Bill on vocals
- Peanut Vendor samba – a bit lively for us – listen out for the real discordant notes after the solos – yes, that’s what’s written!
- Queen Bee blues by Sammy Nestico, a favourite composer of ours
- Time to Jive composed by Steve our music director (see above)
- When the Saints well-known traditional blues, all on vocals – join in?
- Woodchoppers Ball classic standard to end our set
Thank you for listening, we’re all going for a sit-down