top 10(-25) requests (in any genre)

[AmericanWeiner]

as a session band musician what songs are VITAL to know by heart?

This includes jazz standards, common wedding tunes, maybe even some up beat rock or funk tunes or blues.

Id like to have a nice four part setlist (that being blues, swing/bop, bossa/samba, and rock/funk)


and when I say rock I mean like Billy Joel not Twisted Sister

[Joseph India]

blues - St. Louis Blues and Easy Rider (aka See See Rider)
rock - maybe ?Like a Rolling Stone and I Can't Get No Satisfaction?
jazz - Night and Day, A Night in Tunisia - maybe All the Things You Are, Limehouse Blues, All Blues, 'Round Midnight, Misty, (I know those don't all fit into swing/bop) and a bunch of Duke Ellington
People really dig the Pink Panther theme too. Remember that.

[superjoe]

blues -
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Mississippi Shieks - Sitting on Top of the World
Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene, In the Pines
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin
and Baby Please Dont Go, I dont think anyone wrote this, just an old folk blues song, but CERTAINLY a blues standard.

[SixnStones]

Jazz: Autumn Leaves, Birdland

[TheClap]

From all the people Ive played with. Which includes Cleve Eaton, Tommy Stewart, Gary Wheat, Chad Fisher, Don Coffman, and alot of other people (Bass player btw)

Autumn Leaves - EVERYBody

Bags groove - Count Basie

C Jam Blues - Duke Ellington

Chelsea Bridge - Billy Strayhorn

Flamingo - Ted Gouya (for weddings)

On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislau Kaper

Old Man Blues - Duke Ellington

Povo - Freddie Hubbard - funk

Route 66 - Bobby Troupe

Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington

Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael

Stars Fell on Alabama - Mitchell Parish

You turned the tables on me - Count Basie

Fly Me to the moon - some dick

Blues for Mary Lou

Embrace you

Ive got Rhythm

Cotton Tail

Little Darlin

Oleo

Take the "A" Train

Jesus I know a lot of songs.

Footsteps

My funny valentine

Monk's Blues

Donna Lee - :lol:

Chameleon

I don't think I can name anymore off the top of my head.

[Ando!]

Sweet Home Chicago is a popular choice but its kinda generic for my tastes.
Stormy Monday Blues
West Coast Blues

[superjoe]

From all the people Ive played with. Which includes Cleve Eaton, Tommy Stewart, Gary Wheat, Chad Fisher, Don Coffman, and alot of other people (Bass player btw)

Autumn Leaves - EVERYBody

Bags groove - Count Basie

C Jam Blues - Duke Ellington

Chelsea Bridge - Billy Strayhorn

Flamingo - Ted Gouya (for weddings)

On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislau Kaper

Old Man Blues - Duke Ellington

Povo - Freddie Hubbard - funk

Route 66 - Bobby Troupe

Sophisticated Lady - Duke Ellington

Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael

Stars Fell on Alabama - Mitchell Parish

You turned the tables on me - Count Basie

Fly Me to the moon - some dick

Blues for Mary Lou

Embrace you

Ive got Rhythm

Cotton Tail

Little Darlin

Oleo

Take the "A" Train

Jesus I know a lot of songs.

Footsteps

My funny valentine

Monk's Blues

Donna Lee - :lol:

Chameleon

I don't think I can name anymore off the top of my head.
where are you located in alabama?

[TheClap]

where are you located in alabama?

Birmingham.

[GhostNote]

This is the 4 part setlist i used on Sunday night:

Set 1:
Mr PC
Out Of Nowhere
Girl From Ipanema
So What
Misty
Billie's Bounce
There'll Never Be Another You
Satin Doll
It Had to Be You

Set 2:
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Summertime (in 6/8)
God Bless The Child
Blue Bossa
Take the 'A' Train
A Night in Tunisia
I've Got You Under My Skin
Anthropology
Autumn Leaves (Latin feel)

Set 3:
All of Me
Beautiful Love
St Thomas
Just Friends
Ornithology
Right Out Front
Sweet Georgia Brown

Set 4
T Bone Shuffle
In The Mood
Saturday Night Fish Fry
The Hard Way (Mary-Ann by Ray Charles w/different lyrics basically)
Moanin'
Smack Dab in the Middle
The Chicken
Caravan

Hope that helps


-GN