Set List for 2007 Old St. Louis Levee Band Swansea Performance

Typed set list for 2007 Old St. Louis Levee Band performance in Swansea, Illinois sponsored by the St. Louis Jazz Club. This two-page document is divided into three sets followed by a list of alternate songs for band members to consider, and provides a look into the attention to detail and organization Jean Kittrell had as a band leader when planning for a performance. Along with the key(s) of each song, context information is provided about the inception and performance history of many, acting as a script for Kittrell and other band members to give their audience a history lesson along with the performance.

Kittrell, Jean

2007

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Swansea, Illinois

STL Jazz Club 2007
OLD ST. LOUIS LEVEE BAND Set A. Swansea (2007)
[Insert features where desired. Look at the alternates. You may decide you prefer some of them.]

OH, BABY, (F) Owen Murphy, 1928. Recorded by Eddie Condon & Gene Krupathat same year.
IT DON'T MEAN A THING, (G min/C min) Duke Ellington & Irving Mills, 1932. Note Mills Bros. recording.
MY HONEY'S LOVIN' ARMS, (F/Ab) Herman Ruby & Joe Beyer, 1922. Original Memphis Five with Phil Napoleon recorded it, among others.
DOCTOR JAZZ, (Eb)
SI TU VOIS, (Bb) Sid Bechet
I HAD SOMEONE ELSE, (F)
BLACK & BLUE, (A min) Fats Waller, Andy Razaf 1929.
12TH ST. RAG (Banjo) Euday L. Bowman, 1914. Louis recorded it 1927, Hot 7.
DARKNESS ON THE DELTA, (C)
PEORIA, (Bb/D min.)
LYDA ROSE, (C?)
OVER IN THE GLORYLAND, (Bb)

OLD ST. LOUIS LEVEE BAND Set B, Swansea (2007)
ROYAL GARDEN BLUES, (F/Bb)
EXACTLY LIKE YOU, (C)
BIG BUTTER & EGG MAN, (Bb) Louis Armstrong & Percy Venable, 1926.
Hot Five recorded 1926 with May Alix on vocal.
LOVE ME WITH A FEELING, (Bb)
JAZZ BAND BALL, (G min/Bb)
TISHOMINGO, (Bb) Spencer Williams, 1917.
WEARY BLUES, Artie Matthews: LYRICS BY Mort Green, George Kates, 1915.
Hot 7 1927.
AINT' MISBEHAVIN', (F)
IF I HAD YOU, (Bb)
ORY'S CREOLE, (F/Bb) If Pat is in the mood to do it.
ALAMABY BOUND, banjo DeSylva, Green, Henderson, 1924. Introduced [begin page 2] by Al Jolson.
NOBODY'S SWEETHEART NOW, (Eb)
MARGIE, (F)
THAT'S A PLENTY

OLD ST. LOUIS LEVEE BAND Set C, Swansea (2007)

MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND, (F)
LOUISIANA, (F)
CONEY ISLAND WASHBOARD, (Bb)
CLARINET MARMALADE, (F)
UP A LAZY RIVER (F)
SOUTH, (Eb)
ST. LOUIS BLUES, (G)
WOLVERINE BLUES, (Bb)
BIRTH OF THE BLUES, (Bb)
ANGRY, (F? Ab?)
CARELESS LOVE, (F)
SWING THAT MUSIC, (Bb)

ALTERNATES:

South Rampart Street Cakewalkin' Babies (Bb)
Darktown Strutters Ball Cabaret, (F)
San, (F) I Found A New Baby, (F)
Fidgety Feet, (Bb/Eb/Ab) Sweet GA Brown, Jean?
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None... Sheik of Araby, (Bb)
Home, (Eb) Sine, (Eb)
Old Rockin' Chair, (Eb) Lulu's Back..., (Eb)
Deed I Do, (C)
Linger A While, (F)
What A Wonderful World, (F), Pat vocal
Louisiana Fairy Tale, (Bb)

Set list

8.5 x 11 in.