Playlist: Jean’s Jazz: Smells Good II

A continuing celebration of my favorite jazz songs. Updated. Enjoy!

 

Mose Allison

01. Quincy Jones – “Harlem Nocturne” (1966)

02. Charlie Parker – “April in Paris” (1957)

03. Mose Allison – “If You’re Goin’ to the City” (1968)

04. Oscar Peterson – “Sally’s Tomato” (1969)

05. Billie Holiday – “You Go to My Head” (1952)

06. Charlie Parker – “Just Friends” (1949)

07. Ella Fitzgerald – “Manhattan” (1956)

08. Stan Getz, João Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto – “The Girl from Ipanema” (1964)

09. Lambert, Hendricks & Ross – “Twisted” (1959)

10. Mose Allison – “The Seventh Son” (1963)

11. Keith Jarrett – “Shenandoah” (1999)

12. Dizzy Gillespie – “ No More Blues (Live)” (1962)

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Playlist: Blue Jean Rock Poets II

A continuing celebration of my favorite singer-songwriter songs. Updated. Enjoy!

 

Tom Waits

01. Tom Waits – “Hope I Don’t Fall in Love with You” (1973)

02. Randy Newman – “Same Girl” (1983)

03. Tom Waits – “(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night” (1974)

04. Elton John – “Rocket Man” (1972)

05. Gordon Lightfoot – “Pussywillows, Cat-Tails” (1968)

06. Gordon Lightfoot – “Same Old Loverman” (1971)

07. Judee Sill – “Jesus Was a Cross Maker” (1971)

08. Jackson Browne – “Sky Blue and Black (Live)” (2008)

09. Randy Newman – “Rednecks” (1974)

10. Gordon Lightfoot – “Summertime Dream” (1976)

11. Judy Collins – “Simple Gifts” (1970)

12. Bob Dylan – “Most of the Time” (1989)

13. Cat Stevens – “How Can I Tell You” (1971)

14. Bob Dylan – “Blind Willie McTell” (1983)

15. Tom Waits – “Ruby’s Arms” (1980)

16. James Taylor – “You Can Close Your Eyes” (1971)

17. Judee Sill – “Lopin’ Along Thru the Cosmos” (1971)

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Playlist: Classical Faves

A continuing celebration of my favorite classical music songs. Updated. Enjoy! 

Luigi Boccherini

01. Vaughan Williams: “Fantasia on Greensleeves”

       – Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli (1963)

02. Boccherini: “Minuet from String Quintet No. 1 in E Major, Op. 13 No. 5, G. 275”

       – Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Bobby McFerrin (1995)

03. Mancini: “Moon River (From ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’)” 

       – Hungarian Studio Orchestra, Lang Lang, Madeleine Peyroux, Peter Illenyi (2016)

04. Orff: “Carmina Burana: In Trutina”

       – Kate Royal, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Edward Gardner (2007)

05. Dvořák: “Rusalka, Op. 114: Song to the Moon”

       – Joshua Bell, Michael Stern (2006)

06. Mascagni: “Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico”

       – Herbert von Karajan, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano (1966)

07. Pachelbel: “Canon and Gigue in D Major – Arr. Max Seiffert”

       – Berliner Philharmoniker, Frank Maus, Herbert von Karajan (1984)

08. Handel: “Rinaldo, HWV7, Act 2: ‘Lascia ch’io pianga (Almirena)”

       – Il Pomo D’oro, Joyce DiDonato, Maxim Emelyanychev (2016)

09. Bach: “Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie”

       – Berliner Barock Solisten, Emmanuel Pahud, Rainer Kussmaul (2001)

10. Hahn: “A Chloris (Arr. For Cor Anglais & Orchestra)

       – Academy of St. Martin in the Field, Albrecht Mayer, Mathias Mönius (2010)

11. Handel: “Rinaldo, HWV7, Act 2: ‘Lascia ch’io pianga”

      – Academy of Ancient Music, Cecilia Bartoli, Christopher Hogwood (2000)

12. Bach: “No. 9, Schafe können sicher weiden (Arr. for Piano)”

      – Katia Buniatishvili (2014)

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Playlist: Good Time Boys II

A continuing celebration of my favorite Britpop songs. Updated. Enjoy!

 

Richard Ashcroft

01. The Verve – “Bittersweet Symphony” (1997)

02. Richard Ashcroft – “They Don’t Own Me” (2016)

03. Richard Ashcroft – “You on My Mind in My Sleep (2000)

04. Travis – “Closer” (2007)

05. Stereophonics – “Dakota” (2005)

06. Shack – “Streets of Kenny” (1999)

07. The Charlatans – “A Man Needs to Be Told” (2001)

08. Athlete – “Shake Those Windows” (2003)

09. Travis – “Big Chair” (2007)

10. Supergrass – “Moving” (1999)

11. Shed Seven – “Chasing Rainbows” (1998) 

12. Shed Seven – “Disco Down” (1999)

13. Blur – “The Universal” (1995)

14. Travis – “My Eyes” (2007)

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