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Set list
Our typical set list varies depending on the venue.
We can play concerts of 1 1/2 hours that are all jazz standards, all originals, or all Ellington.
If the gig lasts longer than that, our sets are about an hour long, with 15-minute breaks
between sets.
Typical Jazz Set Lists:
SET I:
- "A" Train (Ellington/Strayhorn)
- Almost Wednesday (Reese)
- Wade in the Water (trad, arr Reese)
- Norwegian Wood / All Blues (Lennon/Davis)
- Impressions (Coltrane)
- Levi's Blues (Reese)
- Watermelon Man / Cantaloupe Island (Hancock)
- Black Orpheus (Bonfi)
- Summertime (Gershwin)
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer/Ellington)
SET II:
- Memphis Underground (Mann)
- Bye Bye Blackbird (Henderson)
- In the Belly of the Blues (Reese)
- Duncan's Groove (Reese)
- Blue Bossa (Dorham)
- Evening in Vermont (Reese)
- Afro Blue (Santamaria)
- Geristic (Walker)
- Esta Solo En (Brewer)
- Scatastrophy (Mumma/Thro)
- Theme from Percy Platypus
- Girl I Left Behind Blues / Bach Prelude / Abigail Rocks
Typical Ellington Concert:
- “A” Train
- Satin Doll
- Caravan
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- “C” Jam Blues
- I Got It Bad
- In a Mellow Tone
- In a Sentimental Mood
- It Don’t Mean a Thing
- Come Sunday
- I Let a Song (go out of my heart)
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Originals:
- (Don't) Throw Up on Your Shoes
- Abigail Judge
- Almost Wednesday
- Autumn Samba
- Blissard
- Blue Tuesday
- Blues for Mr. "B"
- Cool Evening Rain
- Dark Kat
- Duncan's Waltz
- Esta Solo En
- Evening in Vermont
- Fall Blues
- Gabreon's Samba
- Geristic
- Groovulation Lives
- In the Belly of the Blues
- Latin Tendencies
- Levi's Blues
- Like Booze in the Night
- Little Miss Kelly
- Loose Goose Blues
- Lullaby in Clay
- Planxty Kong
- Scatastrophy
- Soul Sister Has Arrived
- The Girl I Left Behind Blues
- Vicodin Dreams
- Wade in the Water, then do the Mambo
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