[Dixielandjazz] Music for Dancing

Joe Hopkins jazzclarinet at cox.net
Sat Mar 8 12:03:56 PST 2008


Here are our most requested tunes for dancing:

Jazz Society (older folks)

Sweet Sue...#1 choice
Love Nest...#2 choice
South...#3 choice
Basin Street
Hesitating Blues
Kansas City Man Blues
Yellow Dog Blues
Georgia
I Would Do Most Anything for You
I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
I'm Confessin
Tin Roof Blues
Beale Street Blues
Columbus Stockade Blues
June Night
Just a Little While to Stay Here
Isle of Capri (cha cha)

Lindy Hoppers (younger folks)

Avalon
Moten Swing
Benny's Bugle
Jive at five
Charleston
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
One O'Clock Jump
C-Jam Blues
I Would Do Most Anything For You (on both lists)
Rose Room (In a Mellow Tone)
A Smooth One
Satin Doll
Runnin Wild...fast, they dance the Balboa to this
At the Jazz band Ball
Shiny Stockings
Stranger on the Shore ...(they love it for some reason)
Nuages (Bossa)
Comes Love
Stompin at the Savoy
Deed I Do
What a Difference a Day Makes (Bossa)
Wave (bossa)
Undecided 

Playing for ballroom dancers requires a different list....we don't it often unless the $$$ is very good.

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Joe Hopkins





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