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Chapter 12: Good Times: Jazzing Up Any Dinner Party
Compiling cool playlists for your dinner party
Disc jockeys understand the impact of assembling
sets of music by mood and transition. You
can select pieces from various periods that fit
your personal tastes or create an atmosphere for
different parts of your evening. Playing one CD
all the way through gives you the exact picture
of where an artist was at a particular point in his
career, and how that artist and his producer put
the music in order to have an impact. Using a
multi-CD changer and using the “random” feature
is a great way to create unexpected transition.
My changer has an uncanny knack for
finding interesting combinations I never would
have thought about.
If you want to get into creating playlists of your
own, a computer with music software is an
essential tool. This way, you can store thousands
of songs from your CDs and from online music
sources, catalog them any want you want, and
rearrange them into playlists to suit any mood or
occasion (like a dinner party). Here, I’ve included
some exemplary playlists; many of the songs are
available from various CDs or online sources. I
leave it up to you to find the music. Whether you
use them, these lists give you an idea of how
playlists can sustain a mood or explore a style of
jazz.
Playlist 1: Dinner or dessert
� Duke Ellington, “Queen Suite”
� Duke Ellington/Johnny Hodges, “Passion
Flower”
� Sarah Vaughan, “Lush Life”
� Ella Fitzgerald, “Daydream”
� Clifford Brown/Max Roach, “The Scene Is
Clean”
� Charlie Parker, “Star Eyes”
� Ornette Coleman, “Science Fiction”
� John Coltrane, “Crescent”
� Art Ensemble of Chicago, “Fanfare for the
Warriors”
Playlist 2: Drinks or dinner
� Jack Teargarden, “I Gotta Right to Sing the
Blues”
� King Pleasure, “I’m in the Mood For Love”
� Chet Baker, “Let’s Get Lost”
� Mel Tormé, “How High The Moon”
� Jimmy Rushing, “See See Rider”
� Nat King Cole, “Route 66”
� Joe Williams, “Cherry”
� Louis Jordan, “Knock Me A Kiss”
� Mose Allison, “The Seventh Son”
Playlist 3: Great vocals
� Lil Hardin Armstrong, “Hi De Ho Man”
� Connie Boswell, “Me Minus You”
� Helen Forrest, “All the Things You Are”
� Anita O’Day, “Skylark”
� Dinah Washington, “Ain’t Misbehavin’”
� Billie Holiday, “Body and Soul”
� Sheila Jordan, “Am I Blue”
� Betty Carter, “My Favorite Things”
� Tierney Sutton, “Route 66”
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