_*_ Playlist _*_
AP_060_20260819_Playlist
William Ackerman/2010 - New England Roads/William Ackerman - 08 - T Bone Called It Motown
Inspired by The Kingston Trio
All that Jazz, Vol. 33 - Benny Goodman – The Essentials, Vol. 2 - Live at Basin Street (2015)/08 - One O'Clock Jump
Benny Goodman's version of Count Basie's classic
Bert Wilson and Rebirth/06 A Real Gypsy Word
lines and intervals often turned choppy, leaping and loping along,
then jutting off at quirky angles, lurching into clipped staccato
phrases or wild bursts of speed,
Aaron Copland/Works for Orchestra/02 - Our Town
composed for the screen version of Thornton Wilder's Our Town
Chuck Mangione 1981/11. All Blues
American flugelhorn player, came to prominence
as a member of Art Blakey's band in the 1960s
Duke Ellington John Coltrane/Money Jungle/Money Jungle (1962)/7. Solitude
a ballad, a piano solo piece until Mingus and Roach enter in the final minute.
Rebecca Trescher/Changing Perspectives/01 Mäandern
As she was composing, Trescher was animated by an awareness that
nature sometimes takes back what civilization has stolen from it
AP_059_20260812_Playlist
Non Fiction ‐ Piano Concerto in Four Movements (2025)/01 - Non Fiction - I.I Sonore
The piano concerto strives to create a soundscape of aural juxtaposition, to examine
how we respond to the atrocities of war and human suffering, looking through
the lens of modern horrors in both Ukraine and Palestine, and how we “observe”
and “hear” them through our use of digital technology.
Non Fiction ‐ Piano Concerto in Four Movements (2025)/02 - Non Fiction - I.II Animato
Non Fiction ‐ Piano Concerto in Four Movements (2025)/03 - Non Fiction - I.III Meno mosso
Adrian Lane - Playing With Ghosts - 02 Playing With Ghosts
“I’ve always liked the idea of collage
and often include this in my visual art,” says Adrian.
Wayne Shorter Native Dancer/02 Beauty And The Beast
notable for blending jazz, rock and funk elements with
Brazilian rhythms in an attempt to create "world" music broadly accessible to
people from many different cultures
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (CD2)/08 - Lichen
James said he produced most of the tracks while lucid dreaming—in other words,
he literally made Selected Ambient Works Volume II in his sleep.
2026 - anthéne and Far away Nebraska - great plains/01 - miles to go
Miles To Go ... 'bout says it all
1959 - Mingus Ah Um/09 - Jelly Roll
a landmark jazz masterpiece that showcases Charles Mingus's genius
for blending gospel, blues, and hard bop into complex, soul-stirring compositions
1997 - Buena Vista Social Club/13 - Buena Vista Social Club
Buena_Vista_Social_Club
Duke Ellington John Coltrane/Money Jungle/Money Jungle (1962)/2. Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower)
Ellington's "imaginary vision of a beautiful flower blooming "only for God" in the heart".
Lionel Hampton/American Swinging In Paris/03 - Geneviève
one of his standout French recordings from the 50s
Steven Halpern/Relaxation Suite/04 Relaxation Suite II
new age gem blends soft piano, ambient textures, and healing tones
AP_058_20260805_Playlist
Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble [New Impossibilities] 04 Song of Eight Unruly Tipsy Poets
Silkroad acknowledges that Boston, MA, is the traditional territory of
the Mashpee Wampanoag, Aquinnah Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Massachusett tribal nations.
Todd Mosby/American Heartland/08 American Heartland
...what truly defines American Heartland is its sense of presence. This is music
that feels lived-in, and brought to life through genuine human interaction.
Richard Stoltzman - New York Counterpoint - 11 - Steve Reich, New York Counterpoint
Richard Stoltzman performs his 1991 production of
Steve Reich's 1985 work New York Counterpoint
Jaco Pastorius/Truth Liberty Soul/13 Twins
Truth, Liberty & Soul showcases Jaco's brilliant compositions for large ensembles
Inner Symphonies (2021)/07 - Anima Demons
Hania Rani teams with renowned cellist and childhood friend Dobrawa Szocher
Yusef Lateef - The Gentle Giant 2011/05 The Poor Fisherman
“The Poor Fisherman” tempers the celebratory mood with a flute solo of utterly poignant desolation
JazzClassics/085 Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Pedal Up
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - reeds McCoy Tyner - piano Stanley Clarke - bass Lenny White - drums
Modern Jazz Quartet/56-64/07 Piazza Navona
a jazz ensemble established in 1952 that blended classical music, cool jazz, blues and bebop
AP_057_20260729_Playlist
Ánicoc - Teku - 03 Umi
evokes emotion and imagination, and creates immersive soundscapes
that transport listeners to otherworldly realms
HRTL - CV Freqs- Volume 1 - 12 Therapy
CV FREQS compilation gathers thirteen artists -
Leoš Hort is HRTL - minimal techno and house elements
anthéne - Shelter - 07 Embrace
juxtaposition between light and dark - Written and recorded by Brad Deschamps
Mossed In Translation/04 Lichen Chronicles (Forest Basha Remix)
gritty, grimy and covered in organic biofilm, covered in moss, actually
Daiki F - A Walk in the Countryside - 05 Forest Bathing Part 1
Daiki F - A Walk in the Countryside - 06 Forest Bathing Part 2
It is usually done by walking through a forest at a slow and gentle pace,
without carrying any electronics, and taking the time to soak up the
surrounding nature.
Lovely Music Library - Ambient Electronica - 07 - Dancing Lights
Haunting and beautiful
Council of Nine - The Peoples Temple - 03 Redwood Valley
A tiny kitten sits next to me. Watching. A dog barks. The birds gather on the telephone wires.
Let all the story of this Peoples Temple be told.
Let all the books be opened.
Black Brunswicker - Dreams of a Sunflower River/05 When My Memory Starts to Fade
drifts along blissfully towards nowhere in particular, unmoored and weightless,
referencing the 250-mile-long Mississippi tributary closely connected to the Delta blues
Selected Ambient Works Vol. II (CD2)/18 - Windowsill
music that "breaks with all of ambient's feel-good premises. Isolationism is ice-olationist, offering cold comfort
NAClassical John McGuire/02.Landscapes, Series 2- II. Rain Falling on Rice Fields
sitting quietly beside a rice field in the light rain,
observing only the quiet and stillness of his world,
unaware of time or space
Past Inside the Present/marine eyes + IKSRE - Nurture - 02 Rainforest Dawn
whispering that in nature we can always come back to ourselves,
and in turn be there for others in a deeper way
AP_056_20260722_Playlist
Gatarse/Gatarse-Gestos
I was thinking of supernovas and other cosmic light
displays as gestures of emotion and intent -Gatarse -~- A friend of Astral Peaks
The Broken Cradle The Burial of the Dead/02 - The Broken Cradle - Age and Youth
https://www.magazinesixty.com/the-broken-cradle-the-burial-of-the-dead/
The Broken Cradle The Burial of the Dead/05 - The Broken Cradle - A Game of Chess
The Broken Cradle is Eric McLean, an independent artist
The OO-Ray - Generate/07-generate
generative music processes as a way to give up control
Steven Halpern/Relaxation Suite/13 Heartstrings
generative music processes as a way to give up control
Bonus: Liner notes
Green Isac Orchestra bar/06 Without Hat.1644
a living organism where the unmistakeable Green Isac sound is developed and arranged
AB156-MP3/AB156-MP3/12 - Un être humain ordinaire
thematic concepts distinguishing his work are absence and silence;
the ineffable exchange between viewer and image; random moments of
stillness within a landscape in flux.
Marcus Belgrave - Space Odyssey
Released amidst the vibrant and experimental spirit of 1974,
this is a profound statement on the era's inclination towards blending different musical elements.
Billy Joel Fantasies & Delusions/11 Opus 4. Fantasy (Film Noir)
Music for solo piano, performed by Richard Joo
AP_055_20260715_Playlist
Best of Benny Carter/Benny Carter - Another Time, Another Place
Benny Carter and Phil Woods Accompanied by pianist Chris Neville,
bassist John Lockwood, and drummer Sherman Ferguson
Herbie Hancock/The Joni Letters/03 Both Sides Now
featuring cover songs of music written by
Canadian singer-songwriter [SUPERSTAR] Joni Mitchell
Chick Corea/Forever Yours/05 - Mozart_ Piano Sonata in F, KV332 (2nd Part - Adagio) (Live)
The Farewell Performance, a deeply affecting goodbye and
a definitive document of the Chick Corea solo piano experience
Stanley Turentine/Straight Ahead/05 The Longer You Wait
His music.
The Man.
Arturo Sandoval/03 - Arturo Sandoval - Cuatro Gigantes
On November 20, 2013, President Barack Obama
presented Sandoval with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Brian Eno - Another Green World/08 - Sombre Reptiles
one of Brian Eno's most evocative instrumentals
Aaron Copland/Works for Orchestra/03 - Quiet City
Copland's primary goal was to compose the best music he could.
He had a secondary goal: to promote the cause of American music
and to increase performance opportunities for composers
Yo Yo Ma/03 Triptych, for Violin & Cello_ I
illustrate the fantastic diversity of styles that are so characteristic of American 20th-century music
Stanley Jordan - Touch Sensitive/07 - Orb
this little-known 1982 release was actually Stanley Jordan's first album
AP_054_20260708_Playlist
Brian Eno - Another Green World/05 - The Big Ship
The album marked a transition towards his late 1970s ambient work
sun-ra-arkestra-north-sea-jazz-festival-1979-nl/The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter/06 Adam's Apple
Recorded Live at Northsea Jazz Festival, 's-Gravenhage,
The Hague, Netherlands, July 12, 1985
Alan Hawkshaw & John Leach/B04 Mosque
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Chuck Mangione 1981/02. The XIth Commandment Suite
feels so good
NAClassical John McGuire/01.Landscapes, Series 2- I. Tall Mountains, Rising Mist, and Shinto Shrine (John Mcguire)
Japanese landscape paintings and woodcuts
sun-ra-arkestra-north-sea-jazz-festival-1979-nl/Weather Report Tail Spinnin/06 - Five Short Stories
a must-listen if you're into fusion or 70s experimental jazz
Arturo Sandoval/01 Wheatleigh Hall
Dizzy and Arturo in Helsinki
Wes Montgomery/03 Blue 'N' Boogle Full House Remastered 2026
Live at Tsubo Berkeley CA, June 25 1962
AP_053_20260701_Playlist
Kaleidescope/11-Clear Bell Ringing in Empty Sky (remix)
Kaleidoscope spans a wide range of musical styles–meditative
ambient art music, impressionist jazz, nouveau-raga, classical and
post-classical minimalism
Masayoshi Miyazaki - China Life - 06 Bonfire
a Japanese man alone in China, experiencing all this with no guidebooks
Carlos Dengler - The After - 06 Gift To The Fire
a meditation on timelessness, ethereality, and their
relation to the vanishing moment we call life
The Masterpiece Collection, Volume 5: Händel/18 Fireworks Music - Concerto no. 26 in D_ IV. La Réjouissance_ Allegro
The Masterpiece Collection, Volume 5: Händel/19 Fireworks Music - Concerto no. 26 in D_ Menuet 1
The Masterpiece Collection, Volume 5: Händel/20 Fireworks Music - Concerto no. 26 in D_ Menuet 2
George Frideric Handel
Earthen Sea ghost/10 Deep Sky
fluttering arrythmias of dust, percussion, and yearning.
NAClassical Maiani da Silva/01 - Shaped by Fire
combining music with anthropology to highlight our
connections to our nature and origins
Ned Milligan - Considerable - 04 Firefly Symphony
trying to communicate the meaning of being in a particular location
Shabaka/Of The Earth/02 Those Of The Sky
This record is my celebration of freedom in creative self expression
ALPFV - Quentin Lachapèle - Port Sleep - Dust Tail - Of Mountains and Seas - AMBIENT TRANSMISSION/ALPFV - AMBIENT TRANSMISSION - 01 Ambient Transmission
neo-classical tonalities, explorative electronic textures and experimental sampling techniques
Tomo-Nakaguchi - The Long Night in Winter Light/02 - Twilight glow of the sky
strings cede space to piano while drones pass overhead like shifting clouds
A Radical Horizon - Goldston-Christoff/Refracted riots
Stefan Christoff is a Canadian musician, community organizer,
and journalist based in Montreal, Quebec. Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer,
writer and teacher from Seattle.
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