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Dusky slow burn / slow burn achePlaylist noteJun 15, 20264:57 AMOpen set

It Could Happen To You (From The Album Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) is the thesis, and You is the answer waiting on deck.

You by Marvin Gaye opens the thesis with a dusky slow-burn lane, Thelonious Monk provides the hinge with a jazzy left turn, R.E.M.'s Low gives the set shape and attack, The World Is A Ghetto by War adds rhythmic urgency, and Breaking the Girl by Red Hot Chili Peppers lands the move cleanly with a strong 1990s rock edge. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. You is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
It Could Happen To You (From The Album Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet)
Miles Davis
INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 · 2024 · Jazz
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

The World Is A Ghetto · full
Lineup note
It Could Happen To You (From The Album Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) into You

You by Marvin Gaye opens the thesis with a dusky slow-burn lane, Thelonious Monk provides the hinge with a jazzy left turn, R.E.M.'s Low gives the set shape and attack, The World Is A Ghetto by War adds rhythmic urgency, and Breaking the Girl by Red Hot Chili Peppers lands the move cleanly with a strong 1990s rock edge. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 · 2024

Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. It Could Happen To You (From The Album Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) instead of crowding the next move.

Miles DavisMarvin GayeThelonious MonkJazzR&BRockdusky slow burn / slow-burn achedeep nightslow-burn acheJazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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It Could Happen To You (From The Album Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet)
Miles Davis
Why it fits

You by Marvin Gaye opens the thesis with a dusky slow-burn lane, Thelonious Monk provides the hinge with a jazzy left turn, R.E.M.'s Low gives the set shape and attack, The World Is A Ghetto by War adds rhythmic urgency, and Breaking the Girl by Red Hot Chili Peppers lands the move cleanly with a strong 1990s rock edge. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. It Could Happen To You (From The Album Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) instead of crowding the next move.

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You
Marvin Gaye
Why it fits

You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) cools the temperature after It Could Happen To You (From The Album Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) and lets the turn breathe. You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. It leaves Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one) by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Super Hits matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On Super Hits (1970), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against Super Hits matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room. Notice how it hands the weight to Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one) by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) instead of crowding the next move.

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Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one)
Thelonious Monk
Why it fits

Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one) by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) stays related to You by Marvin Gaye off Super Hits (1970) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt.

Track context

Hearing it against The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one) by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Thelonious Monk makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles.

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We're holding the spell, but let's make it count. You by Marvin Gaye, then Thelonious Monk, then R.E.M.'s Low, and then The World Is A Ghetto by War, and finally Breaking the Girl by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Dusky slow burn / neon patiencePlaylist noteJun 14, 20263:53 AMOpen set

Handara is the thesis, and Bemsha Swing is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Bemsha Swing is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Handara
Bob James and Earl Klugh
Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 · 2019 · Jazz
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

I Zimbra (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) · full
Lineup note
Handara into Bemsha Swing

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 · 2019

Hearing it against Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Handara by Bob James and Earl Klugh off Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 (2019) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Bob James and Earl Klugh makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) instead of crowding the next move.

Bob James and Earl KlughThelonious MonkTalking HeadsJazzPopRockdusky slow burn / neon patienceafter-hoursneon patienceJazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Handara
Bob James and Earl Klugh
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Handara by Bob James and Earl Klugh off Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 (2019) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Bob James and Earl Klugh makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) instead of crowding the next move.

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Bemsha Swing
Thelonious Monk
Why it fits

Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) lifts the pressure after Handara by Bob James and Earl Klugh off Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 (2019) without snapping the thread. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves I Zimbra (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Thelonious Monk makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to I Zimbra (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) instead of crowding the next move.

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I Zimbra (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium)
Talking Heads
Full play
Why it fits

I Zimbra (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. 2 (Live) (2016) stays related to Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) through pop / rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. I Zimbra (Live at Werchterpark Festival, Belgium) by Talking Heads off Radio Waves 1978-1983: Psycho Killers, Vol. With Talking Heads, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

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Mr Rassy is lining up Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964). Hearing it against The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Bemsha Swing by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) lifts the pressure after Handara by Bob James and Earl Klugh off Dynamic Audiophile Jazz Vol.1 (2019) without snapping the thread. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".