Solomon Douglas

Recommended songs

Here are some of my favorite songs for Blues Dancing. My tastes are always evolving, and this list was compiled in June, 2006.

	title	artist	BPM	time	date	album artist	album	track
1	Today I Sing the Blues	Aretha Franklin	045	2:44	1960	Aretha Franklin	The Queen in Waiting (The Columbia Years 1960-1965), Disc 1	7
2	Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You	Harry "Sweets" Edison (with Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, Alvin Stoller)	073	3:39	1957	Ben Webster	The Soul of Ben Webster (disc 2)	1
3	Honey Hill	Johnny Hodges (with Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Vic Dickenson, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard)	073	4:04	1958	Ben Webster	The Soul of Ben Webster (disc 2)	7
4	Billie's Blues	Billie Holiday (JATP concert)	076	3:39	1946	Billie Holiday	The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959, Disc 1	9
5	Stormy Blues	Billie Holiday (with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Willie Smith - as, Bobby Tucker - p, Barney Kessel, Red Callender, Chico Hamilton - d)	062	3:30	1954	Billie Holiday	The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959, Disc 3	11
6	Billie's Blues	Billie Holiday (with Buddy DeFranco - cl, Red Norvo - vb, Beryl Booker & Sonny Clark - p, Jimmy Raney - el.g., Red Mitchell - b, Elaine Leighton - d)	080	11:39	1/23/1954	Billie Holiday	The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959, Disc 2	24
7	I Got a Right to Sing the Blues	Billie Holiday (with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jimmy Rowles-p, Barney Kessel, John Simmons-b, Larry Bunker-d)	069	5:53	1955	Billie Holiday	The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959, Disc 5	18
8	Billie's Blues	Billie Holiday (with Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Carl Drinkard-p, Kenny Burrell, Carson Smith, Chico Hamilton)	080	3:20	1956	Billie Holiday	The Complete Billie Holiday on Verve 1945-1959, Disc 8	6
9	Railroad Porter Blues	Clark Terry (Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, vocal)	074	5:38	1981	Clark Terry	Yes, The Blues	2
10	Confessin' the Blues	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	108	2:48		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 1	3
11	Five O'Clock in the Morning	Count Basie	062	3:15		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 2	6
12	I Needs to Be Bee'd with	Count Basie	087	3:32		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	6
13	Cherry Red	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	066	2:53		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	8
14	Every Day I Have the Blues	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	117	4:43		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	10
15	Ain't No Use	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	066	2:56		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	11
16	Good Mornin' Blues (vocal)	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	082	2:51		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	13
17	Just a Dream	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	076	2:53		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	14
18	It's a Low Down Dirty Shame	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	076	5:27		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 4	15
19	Mean Old World	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	081	4:41		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 7	6
20	Confessin' the Blues	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	095	3:59		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 7	7
21	Night Time Is the Right Time (When the Sun Goes Down)	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	058	6:05		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 7	8
22	Keep Your Hand on Your Heart	Count Basie	054	3:23		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 7	9
23	Mean Mistreater	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	071	3:54		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 7	11
24	The Legend	Count Basie	092	4:38		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 9	1
25	Them That's Got	Count Basie (Irene Reid, vocal)	084	3:12		Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 10	1
26	Blues in the Dark	Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing, vocal)	090	3:01	1/3/1938	Count Basie	Count Basie 1938-1939	1
27	Every Day I Have the Blues	Count Basie and Joe Williams	105	5:29	1955	Count Basie	Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings	1
28	The Comeback	Count Basie and Joe Williams	102	5:26	1955	Count Basie	Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings	2
29	Midnight Blue	Count Basie	085	4:28	1957	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 1	11
30	The Comeback	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	113	4:10	7/7/1957	Count Basie	At Newport	10
31	Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	067	2:31	9/19/1957	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra, disc 1	1
32	Cherry Point	Count Basie	109	4:08	5/31/1959	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 1	8
33	Five O'Clock in the Morning	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	068	2:55	5/31/1959	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 1	15
34	Every Day I Have the Blues	Count Basie (Joe Williams, vocal)	120	4:03	5/31/1959	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 1	18
35	Blues Backstage	Count Basie	104	4:58	6/28/1961	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 4	11
36	Blues Backstage	Count Basie	108	5:18	8/11/1962	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 7	3
37	Person to Person	Count Basie (O.C. Smith, vocal)	065/145	3:11	8/12/1962	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 8	4
38	Backwater Blues	Count Basie (Irene Reid, vocal)	065	5:04	8/12/1962	Count Basie	The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962), disc 8	7
39	Cherry Point	Count Basie	109	9:11	4/16/1970	Count Basie	Good Time Blues	4
40	Swee'pea	Count Basie and His Orchestra	065	4:39	1976	Count Basie	I Told You So	6
41	Baby Baby All the Time	Diana Krall (with Russell Malone - guitar, Paul Keller - bass)	064	3:36	1995	Diana Krall	All For You - A dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio	6
42	Peel Me a Grape	Diana Krall (with Russell Malone and Christian McBride)	088	5:52	1997	Diana Krall	Love Scenes	2
43	Lost Mind	Diana Krall (with Russell Malone and Christian McBride)	076	3:49	1997	Diana Krall	Love Scenes	6
44	My Love Is	Diana Krall (with Christian McBride)	122	3:26	1997	Diana Krall	Love Scenes	11
45	Travelin' Blues	Diane Schuur	094	4:04	1987	Diane Schuur	Diane Schuur & The Count Basie Orchestra	5
46	Joogie Boogie	Dizzy Gillespie	107	4:14	1957	Dizzy Gillespie	Birks Works: The Verve Big-Band Sessions, disc 2	20
47	The Mooche	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	120	3:34	10/30/1928	Duke Ellington	Early Ellington (1927-1934)	7
48	Mood Indigo	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	089	3:08	12/10/1930	Duke Ellington	Early Ellington (1927-1934)	14
49	Echoes of the Jungle	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra	116	3:30	6/16/1931	Duke Ellington	Early Ellington (1927-1934)	18
50	Black and Tan Fantasy (stereo)	Duke Ellington	084	4:01	2/9/1932	Duke Ellington	Stereo Reflections in Ellington	6
51	East St. Louis Toodle-Oo	Duke Ellington	081	3:31	1956	Duke Ellington	Ellington '56	1
52	Rocks In My Bed	Ella Fitzgerald (with Ben Webster, Stuff Smith, Paul Smith, Barney Kessel, Joe Mondragon, and Alvin Stoller)	070	3:59	9/4/1956	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, disc 1	16
53	I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues	Ella Fitzgerald (with Duke Ellington)	082	4:43	6/25/1957	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book, disc 1	6
54	Fine and Mellow	Ella Fitzgerald with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Louis Bellson	063	6:06	1/8/1974	Ella Fitzgerald	Bluella: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Blues	5
55	T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do	Ella Fitzgerald (with Tommy Flanagan, Keter Betts, and Bobby Durham)	047	5:58	1975	Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975	9
56	Fine and Mellow	Ella Fitzgerald with the Paul Smith trio and the Count Basie orchestra	082	2:49	7/12/1979	Ella Fitzgerald	Bluella: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Blues	9
57	In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down	Ernestine Anderson with Red Holloway, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Gerryck King	057	7:24	1984	Ernestine Anderson	When the Sun Goes Down	3
58	Down Home Blues	Ernestine Anderson with Red Holloway, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Gerryck King	082	6:08	1984	Ernestine Anderson	When the Sun Goes Down	5
59	Alone on My Own	Ernestine Anderson with Red Holloway, Gene Harris, Ray Brown, Gerryck King	099	3:22	1984	Ernestine Anderson	When the Sun Goes Down	7
60	Nightlife Ain't No Good Life	Ernestine Anderson (with Lafayette Harris - piano, Rodney Jones - guitar, Chip Jackson - bass, Carl Allen - drums)	062	5:31	2003	Ernestine Anderson	Love Makes the Changes	2
61	After Hours	Erskine Hawkins (Avery Parrish, piano)	084	3:24	1940	Erskine Hawkins	Tuxedo Junction	6
62	Dejection Blues	The Gene Harris All Star Big Band	099	5:02	1988	Gene Harris	Tribute to Count Basie	9
63	Summertime	Gene Harris	053/128/111	7:23	1989	Gene Harris	The Best of the Concord Years, disc 1	4
64	Sweet Georgia Brown	Gene Harris	098	9:54	1994	Gene Harris	The Best of the Concord Years, disc 2	4
65	Blues in Hoss' Flat	Gene Harris	092	6:42	1994	Gene Harris	Funky Gene's	9
66	The Last Payday	Harry Connick, Jr.	065	7:16	1991	Harry Connick, Jr.	Blue Light, Red Light	8
67	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'	Jack McDuff (Denise Perrier, vocal)	059	6:26	1992	Jack McDuff	The Best of the Concord Years, disc 1	8
68	J & G Blues	Jack McDuff and Gene Harris	063	9:34	1996	Jack McDuff	The Best of the Concord Years, disc 2	2
69	Blooze in G	Jack McDuff	071	8:49	1997	Jack McDuff	The Best of the Concord Years, disc 1	2
70	Down Home Blues	Jack McDuff and Gene Harris (Niki Harris, vocal)	084	7:00	1997	Jack McDuff	The Best of the Concord Years, disc 2	6
71	After Hours	Jack McDuff	059	6:44	1999	Jack McDuff	The Best of the Concord Years, disc 2	8
72	Sweet Baby Blues	Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham	046	4:17	1984	Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham	Sweet Baby Blues	3
73	I Got a Mind To Ramble	Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham	076	7:14	1984	Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham	Sweet Baby Blues	4
74	Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On	Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham	103	7:29	1984	Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham	Sweet Baby Blues	8
75	Black And Tan Fantasy	Jimmie Lunceford	100	2:47	1934	Jimmie Lunceford	Jimmie Lunceford 1930-1934	16
76	Bad Loser	Jimmy Rushing	078	4:20	1968	Jimmy Rushing	Everyday I Have The Blues	11
77	Beggar for the Blues	Jimmy Smith trio	054	7:29	1962	Jimmy Smith	Bashin'	5
78	Tuition Blues	Jimmy Smith (Russell Malone, guitar)	058	5:51	2000	Jimmy Smith	Dot Com Blues	11
79	Backwater Blues	Jimmy Witherspoon with Jay McShann and His Orchestra (Forrest Powell -t, Frank Sleet -as, Charlie Thomas -ts, Jay McShann -p, Louis Speiginer -gt, Benny Booker -b, Pete McShann -d)	062	3:08	1947	Jimmy Witherspoon	Nobody's Business	7
80	Lucille	Jimmy Witherspoon with ten-piece band	084	2:35	1952	Jimmy Witherspoon	Jay's Blues: the Complete Federal Sessions	2
81	When I've Been Drinkin'	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Gerald Wilson (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Hampton Hawes (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	072	3:38	5/8/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	2
82	All That's Good	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Gerald Wilson (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Hampton Hawes (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	072	3:02	5/8/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	4
83	Wee Baby Blues (aka "Early Mornings")	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Gerald Wilson (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Hampton Hawes (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	079	3:19	5/8/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	8
84	Times are Changing	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Gerald Wilson (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Hampton Hawes (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	073	3:00	5/8/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	9
85	S.K. Blues	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Henry McDode (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	085	2:50	5/16/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	1
86	Then the Lights Go Out	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Henry McDode (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	102	3:00	5/16/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	3
87	'Tain't Nobody's Business	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Henry McDode (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	070	2:25	5/16/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	7
88	Sweets' Blues	Jimmy Witherspoon (vocal), Harry "Sweets" Edison (tp), Teddy Edwards (ts), Jimmy Allen (ts), Henry McDode (p), Herman Mitchell (g), Jimmy Hamilton (b), Jimmy Miller (d)	068	5:19	5/16/1958	Jimmy Witherspoon	Singin' The Blues	10
89	Five O'Clock in the Morning	Joe Williams (with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jimmy Forrest -ts, Hugh Lawson -p, Ike Isaacs -b, Clarence Johnson -d)	060	2:49	1962	Joe Williams	A Swingin' Night at Birdland	3
90	Rocks in My Bed	Joe Williams	066	3:38	1963	Joe Williams	Me and the Blues	4
91	Sawmill Blues	Joe Williams & Friends--June 1985	064	5:32	1985	Joe Williams & Friends--June 1985	I Just Want To Sing	11
92	Fas' Livin' Blues	Jon Hendricks (with the Count Basie Orchestra directed by Frank Foster, and Al Grey, trombone)	059	5:33	1990	Jon Hendricks	Freddie Freeloader	7
93	Do You Call That a Buddy?	Jon Hendricks	064	4:40	1993	Jon Hendricks	Boppin' at the Blue Note	2
94	Morning Blues	Kenny Barron (solo piano)	062	4:53	1987	Kenny Barron	Green Chimneys	9
95	Centerpiece	Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross (with Harry "Sweets" Edison, Gildo Mahones, Ike Isaacs, and Walter Bolden)	105	2:29	8/6/1959	Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross	The Hottest New Group In Jazz - disc 1	6
96	Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	057	5:06	1999	Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers	Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Miss Thing!	4
97	Black and Tan Fantasy	Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis	088	4:35	1998	Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra	Live in Swing City - Swingin' with the Duke	6
98	Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)	Louis Armstrong	071	5:17	1957	Louis Armstrong	meets Oscar Peterson	4
99	Basin Street Blues	Michael Kaeshammer (Carol Welsman, vocal)	071	5:39	1998	Michael Kaeshammer	Tell You How I Feel	9
100	Triple Treat Blues	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis	073	6:33	1982	Monty Alexander, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis	Triple Scoop, disc 1	5
101	Blues in the Dark	solos: James Carter, Joshua Redman. Nicholas Payton (trumpet), James Zollar (trumpet), Jesse Davis (alto), David "Fathead" Newman (alto), James Carter (tenor), Joshua Redman (tenor), Don Byron (bari), Mark Whitfield (guitar), Geri Allen (piano), Christian McBride (bass), Victor Lewis (drums)	087	4:51	1995	Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Kansas City	1
102	Hazel's Hips	Oscar Brown, Jr.	094	2:44	6/20/1960	Oscar Brown, Jr.	Sin & Soul ...And Then Some	14
103	Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Oscar Peterson (with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen)	096	3:07	1959	Oscar Peterson	Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book	20
104	Blues for Big Scotia	Oscar Peterson (with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen)	094	2:11	1/27/1960	Oscar Peterson	Live At CBC Studios, 1960	2
105	Blues for Big Scotia	Oscar Peterson (with Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen and Ernie Wilkins' orchestra)	102	5:55	1962	Oscar Peterson	Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! / Swinging Brass	1
106	Happy-Go-Lucky Local (aka Night Train)	Oscar Peterson	106	4:49	1962	Oscar Peterson	Night Train	1
107	Things Ain't What They Used to Be	Oscar Peterson	081	4:38	1962	Oscar Peterson	Night Train	8
108	Blues for Big Scotia	Oscar Peterson (with Ernie Wilkins' Orchestra)	101	5:54	6/15/1962	Oscar Peterson	Ultimate Oscar Peterson	6
109	Blues in C Sharp Minor	Teddy Wilson (p), Roy Eldridge (tp), Buster Bailey (cl), Chu Berry (ts), Bob Lessey (g), Israel Crosby (b), Sidney Catlett (d)	098	3:19	1936	Roy Eldridge	From Swing to Bebop, disc 26: Minor Jive, CD 2	7
110	Stormy Monday	Bobby Bland	062	4:08		Various Artists	Best of the Blues [MCA MCBBD 22020]	2
111	Whose Muddy Shoes	Elmore James	077	3:19	1953	Various Artists	Chess Blues, disc 2: 1952-1954	14
112	Ain't Nobody's Business	Jimmy Witherspoon	064	2:43	1956	Various Artists	Chess Blues, disc 3: 1954-1960	10
113	Bring It On Home	Sonny Boy Williamson	109	2:37	1963	Various Artists	Chess Blues, disc 4: 1960-1967	13