August 3, 2009 - Hackney's Swing Session

Maybe it was a full moon? Certainly not the Blue Moons! We've had better sessions, but that's kind of the point. Sometimes the charts just don't work (Blue Monk), sometimes its best to let them fade off and disappear (Bizet Has His Day), and sometimes they play themselves like butter (Everyday I Have The Blues).

Claudia's 'Pick Yourself Up' sounded much better the second time around. And Tisket Tasket also seems to have found its groove. Finally!

There was a little tension in the rhythm section tonight, and tempos

fluctuated as the battle played itself out. Also, we had 5, count 'em 5, trumpets in the house, which left Terry Connell on the sidelines for parts of the first set, and that just ain't right!

Special note to Alex Blomarz - chicks dig bald heads. So now that the chemo treatments are done, you might want to consider making this an everyday look.

Drink of the night was Blue Moon. Hackney's waitresses are the best!

Set 1
St Louis Blues March, 9:20 Special. Bei Mir Bist Du Schon, Little Brown Jug, Pick Yourself Up, Bizet Has His Day, Lady Is A Tramp, Blue Monk, Come Fly With Me, Just In Time, Mack The Knife

Set 2

Every Day I Have The Blues, Big Noise From Winnetka, A Tisket A Tasket, Shorty George, Sun Valley Jump, Route 66 Vox, Hot Toddy, I Only Have Eyes For You, I Could Write A Book, Let The Good Times Roll