Morning Warm-Ups

This page is devoted solely to Morning Warm-Ups. For other time periods, please see the Schedule Overview page.

Many people get together to warm up from 9 to 9:45 in small groups without any facilitation, and we encourage that. This is not a “class” period. But if you think you might benefit from some structure, you’ll find three things below:

• A list of warm-up leaders;
• Where their warm-ups will be happening;
• A list of tunes to warm up on for each day. (Sheet music available here.)

Warm-Up Leaders & Where They Will Meet

Buco Cavar – Chase Living Room
Nick Norman – Northrop Dining Room
Andrew Brown – Gillett Dining Room
Michael Nikolidakis – Baldwin Dining Room

Recommended Warm-Up Tunes by Day

Wednesday:

Tier 1 – Douce Ambiance / It Had To Be You
Tier 2 – Sweet Chorus

Thursday:

Tier 1 – I’ll See You In My Dreams / Sweet Georgia Brown
Tier 2 – Cloviswing

Friday:

Tier 1 – Swing 42 / Nuages
Tier 2 – Recado

Saturday:

Tier 1 – Lady Be Good / What Is This Thing Called Love
Tier 2 – Avalon

Other standards that are always worth a run-through include the following:

Minor Swing, All of Me, Dark Eyes, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
Daphne, Coquette, Bossa Dorado and Minor Blues.