October 5, 2009 - Hackney's Swing Session

Its good to be back, people! Good to be back! We only took the month of September off, but it seemed much longer. Very nice to have young Ms Knight back in the Monday night fold, however temporary it may be. Our thoughts go out to her worthy constituent, Steve Hawk, who underwent back surgery last week.

We played some really challenging material tonight, most notably 'Tickle Toe' and 'Perdido'. Tickle Toe has a wicked, wicked sax soli that we're going to nail eventually. It'll make a great opener. Basie's Down for Double worked out very well, although the bass part was missing a measure or two. And Perdido, well we got to open up on Perdido. Rob Zetl brought home a serious couple of choruses on guitar, and was matched by Terry Connell and Bruce Gibson on trumpet and tenor sax respectively.

Near the end of the night, the pretty waitresses were left in charge of the building, at which point they became convinced that there was a knife wielding intruder hiding in the back of the kitchen, because they kept hearing noises. We left, so I hope that turned out ok for them.

Set 1

Artistry in Boogie, Shiny Stockings, Why Don’t You Do Right, 9:20 Special, I'm Beginning To See The Light, Meditation, I Only Have Eyes For You, Down For Double, Best Is Yet To Come, I Get A Kick Out Of You, More, Moten Swing

Set 2

Tickle Toe, Almost Like Being in Love, Perdido, Boogie Blues, Sway, Lean Baby, Cheek to Cheek, Alright OK