Session notes from the booth.

Star by David Bowie lands here because Let's Pretend We're Married (7" Mono Promo-Only Edit) by Prince and Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers provide a fresh emotional arc that extends the feeling of Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments: Largo. Allegro - Maestoso by Igor Stravinsky without sounding automatic.. The glam rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Let's Pretend We're Married (7" Mono Promo-Only Edit) (2019 Remaster) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972), Star shows David Bowie working in a 1970s pocket with glam rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the glam rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Let's Pretend We're Married (7" Mono Promo-Only Edit) (2019 Remaster) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Let's Pretend We're Married (7" Mono Promo-Only Edit) (2019 Remaster) answers Star by David Bowie with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Higher Ground can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On 1999 Super Deluxe Edition (Remastered 2019) (2019), Let's Pretend We're Married (7" Mono Promo-Only Edit) (2019 Remaster) shows Prince working in a 2010s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Star without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Higher Ground to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Higher Ground answers Let's Pretend We're Married (7" Mono Promo-Only Edit) (2019 Remaster) by Prince with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The alternative edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

On Higher Ground (1989), Higher Ground shows Red Hot Chili Peppers working in a 1980s pocket with alternative in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the alternative texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Let's Pretend We're Married (7" Mono Promo-Only Edit) (2019 Remaster) without borrowing the same emotional weight.

You Really Got A Hold On Me (2023 Mix) by The Beatles lands here because David Bowie's 'Star' provides a bold lift after Miles Davis' 'Wait Till You See Her', while 'Sambalamento' by Luiz Bonfá offers a fresh turn within the jazz lane.. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Star can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On With the Beatles (1963), You Really Got A Hold On Me (2023 Mix) shows The Beatles working in a 1960s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a candlelit drift, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Star to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Star answers You Really Got A Hold On Me (2023 Mix) by The Beatles with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The glam rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Sambalamento can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.

On The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972), Star shows David Bowie working in a 1970s pocket with glam rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the glam rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers You Really Got A Hold On Me (2023 Mix) without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for Sambalamento to arrive without the segue feeling forced.

Sambalamento answers Star by David Bowie with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The jazz edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.

On Composer Of Black Orpheus Plays And Sings Bossa Nova (1963), Sambalamento shows Luiz Bonfá working in a 1960s pocket with jazz in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.

Listen for the jazz texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Star without borrowing the same emotional weight.