Swingtänzerin.

What a great night! I played 4 hours of music, whew. Swungover.

Count Basie - Solid as a Rock Jimmie Lunceford - For Dancers Only Lester Young - Jive at Five Charlie Barnet - The Gal from Joe's Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Christopher Columbus Slim & Slam - Jump Session Louis Armstrong - The Bare Necessities Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - So Do I Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen - Midnight in Moscow Duke Ellington - Take the 'A' Train Cherokee - Charlie Barnet

**band set**

Glenn Miller - Wham Gordon Webster feat. Jesse Selengut - Buckin' the Dice Count Basie - Shiny Stockings June Christy - Whatcha Know Joe COUNT BASIE BIGBAND - Splanky 3 Lincoln Centre Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis - C Jam Blues Count Basie and his Orchestra - Corner Pocket

**band set**

Count Basie - Blues in Hoss' Flat Tommy Dorsey - Yes Indeed Roy Milton - Short, Sweet and Snappy Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Coleslaw Count Basie Orchestra feat. Joe Williams - Hallelujah I Love Her So Milt Hilton - Four or Five Times Roy Milton - 'Tain't Me Gordon Webster - Comes Love Ella Fitzgerald - Too Darn Hot Anita O'Day - And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine Cab Calloway - Jive (Page One of the Hepster's Dictionary) Fats Waller - All That Meat and No Potatoes Artie Shaw - Begin the Beguine Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea Mary Lou Williams - Bearcat Shuffle The Boilermaker Jazz Band - Jersey Bounce Delta Four - Swingin On The Famous Door Same Price - I Know How To Do It The Harlem Hamfats - Let's Get Drunk And Truck Slim & Slam - Look-A There Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Shout, Sister, Shout Wes Montgomery - Lavender Coffin Gordon Webster - I Like Pie Artie Shaw - Frenesi Peter Davis - Moten Swing Bill Elliot - Streamliner Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - One O'Clock Jump Fats Waller & His Rhythm - Yacht Club Swing Cab Calloway - (Hep-Hep!) The Jumpin' Jive Chick Webb feat. Ella Fitzgerald - 'Tain't What You Do, It's The Way That Cha Do It Una Mae Carlisle - Oh I'm Evil Julia Lee - King Size Papa Dinah Washington - I Diddle Ella Fitzgerald - 720 In The Books Julia Lee - I Didn't Like It The First Time Ella Fitzgerald - Mack the Knife Nina Simone - Love me Or Leave Me Lisa Ekdahl - Vem Vet Girls From Mars - Straighten Up and Fly Right Naomi & Her Handsome Devils - Take It Easy Greasy Ruth Brown - 5-10-15 Hours Sticks McGhee - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Colvers - One Mint Julep Five Rhythm Kings - Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone

**“last song!” called**

Specifically for photos.

I’ve tried 500px, I’m not sure I’m going to get along with it - it’s nice to get lots of likes for your photos, but the nicest feature is the portfolio, and that requires quite a lot of money to keep after the trial period.

Flickr was where I normally kept my photos, but I’m no longer so keen on that either, I want to design (or at least tweak) my own layouts. So here I am, setting up another tumblr blog as my portfolio :)

I’ll eventually make photos.sarawallen.com point to it, but for now you’ll see old and new photos of mine trickle onto sarajphotos.tumblr.com

Tunisian (or Afghan) crochet, merino wool, blanket scarf.

Awesome project. Only took 3 weeks, I took it on a work trip to the US so I could work on it during the long haul flight - that was such a good idea!

Pretty pastel baby blanket of granny squares with scalloped edging.

Slim & Slam - Groove Juice Special Count Basie - Corner Pocket Lester Young - Jive at Five Peter Davis - Moten Swing Carmen McRae - Exactly Like You Victrola - Drop Me Off in Harlem Jimmie Luncefored - For Dancers Only Roy Milton - Short, Sweet and Snappy Count Basie - Solid as a Rock Gene Krupa - Let Me off Uptown Count Basie - Who, Me?

Tommy Dorsey - Yes Indeed Gordon Webster - Comes Love Gordon Webster & Hetty Kate - How D'ya Like to Love Me? Paula Watson - I Want A Short, Squat, Big Fat Papa Gordon Webster & Jesse Selengut - Buckin' the Dice

Several times over the 2 hours of this I was interrupted by the automatic traffic announcements on the boat’s stereo I was playing through! Sometimes they even came in just at the right point in a phrase...

So my set was cut a little short by noise complaints (booo!), meaning I only got to play until 22:30 instead of getting to play out ‘til midnight after the band’s second set.

Either way, I still very much enjoyed playing! My set(s), all at a middling tempo to complement Les Benoîts’ music:

Jimmie Lunceford - For Dancers Only Jesse Selengut - [Live at Boston Swing Central #03] Buckin' the Dice Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra - C Jam Blues Count Basie - [Chairman of the Board #01] Blues in Hoss' Flat Benny Goodman - Blue Lou Duke Ellington - [I Never Felt This Way Before #15] Ko-Ko Roy Milton - Short, Sweet and Snappy Count Basie and His Orchestra - Corner Pocket June Christy - Whatcha Know Joe Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Opus One Artie Shaw - Just Kiddin’ Around Glenn Miller - A String of Pearls

--oOo--  Les Benoîts band set 1, followed by lovely dance routine by the Trundling Bumble Bees (Hamburg’s finest charleston troupe!)  --oOo--

Gordon Webster - [Live in Philadelphia #12] Sister Kate Benny Goodman w/ Peggy Lee - On The Sunny Side Of Street Louis Prima - [Capitol Collectors Series #01] Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody Paula Watson - I Want A Short, Squat, Big Fat Papa Four Clefs - I Like Pie, I Like Cake The Palmetto Bug Stompers - [Live @ D.B.A. #09] Lil Brown Jug