The Reese Project Set Lists

These are only approximations; we play to the room, meaning that:

• for festivals we play upbeat, lively stuff
• for a fine dining restaurant we'll play quieter, softer music
• for frat parties, well, anything goes, I guess!

Typical set lists vary depending on the venue.  Shows can be all jazz standards, all originals, or all Ellington.  Normal sets are over an hour long, then the band takes a 15-minute break. 

TRP's Philosophy:  You came to hear the music, you should hear the music, so breaks are short. 

Typical Jazz Set I:

• Equinox
• Misty  
• Alone Together  
• Norwegian Wood
• All Blues
• Satin Doll 
• Night & Day
• Cantaloupe
• Watermelon Man 
• Summertime
• Black Orpheus
• Footprints

Typical Jazz Set II:

• Bye Bye Blackbird 
• Afro Blue
• Beautiful Love 
• Autumn Leaves  
• Impressions
• Blue Bossa 
• Mellow Mood 
• Moondance
• Meditation 
• Just Friends
• Oleo
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore 
• "A" Train

Typical all-Original Set:

• Like...Monk-Like (Tom Reese)
• Boorish Moors (Bobby Brewer)
• Almost Wednesday (Tom Reese)
• Blissard (Aaron Walker)
• Evening in Vermont (Tom Reese)
• Esta Solo En (Bobby Brewer)
• Ijiki (Aaron Walker)
• Shaken, Not Stirred (Bobby Brewer)
• St. Anne's Calypso (trad)
• Duncan's Groove (Tom Reese)
• Gabreon's Samba (Laurie Reese)
• The Girl I Left Behind Me/Bach Prelude/Risie Patate (Bobby Brewer)

Typical all-Ellington Concert: 

• "A" Train
• Satin Doll
• Caravan
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• "C" Jam Blues
• I Got It Bad
• In a Mellow Tone
• In a Sentimental Mood
• It Don't Mean a Thing
• Come Sunday
• I Let a Song (go out of my heart)
• Things Ain't What They Used to Be