Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Day 10 — Intermissions

Jazz.  No vocals.

Starts with and features two from Dave Brubeck — died today.

It's all pretty evenly paced...
could work as an intro / outro / activity soundtrack too.

Track listing:
Everybody's Jumpin' — Dave Brubeck Quartet
Caravan — Duke Ellington, Max Roach, Charles Mingus
Hurricane Camielle — Belá Fleck & the Flecktones
Chicken — Jaco Pastorius
Sea Brazil — Belá Fleck & the Flecktones
Blue Rondo a la Turk — Dave Brubeck Quartet
Straight, No Chaser — Thelonious Monk

Length: ~ 37 min.

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Day 10 — Intro

Lots of short songs with a few lengthy bits.
Genres all over the place.

Echo + delay and the Bo Diddley beat show up all over this list...
even from sources pre-dating and outside the BD genre.

Herb Alpert is the flux; the whole thing teeters on shlock,
but holds together well.

Fairly lengthy (duration) playlist.

Track listing:
Rootie Tootie — Thelonious Monk
I Want More — Can
Funky Fly — Bo Diddley
Golden Years — David Bowie
Side Effects — Parliament-Funkadelic
Green Peppers — Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Band
Sneakin' Sally thru the Alley — Robert Palmer
Break up the Concrete — The Pretenders
Mexican Shuffle — Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Band
(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care — Buddy Holly
White Lightnin' — George Jones
You've Got a Long Way to Go — Dale Watson
The Maltese Melody — Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Band
Linus and Lucy — Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
So What — Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Sleepwalk —Los Lobos
Boots of Chinese Plastic — The Pretenders

Length: ~56 min.

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Friday, November 2, 2012

Day 7 — Intro

Funky R&B.

Couple splashes of jazz.
Starts with an upbeat swing number from Stephane Grapelli
that while neither funk, nor R&B, fits well.

Track list:

Alabamy Bound - Stephane Grapelli
Jeanette - The English Beat
Country Ghetto - JJ Grey
Shake 'Em on Down - R. L. Burnside
Sneakin' with Sally through the Alley - Robert Palmer
Think - James Brown
O Me-O, My-O - Lee Dorsey
Walkin' - Sonny Stitt
Do Re Mi - Dusty Springfield
Rubberband Man - The Spinners
How Much Fun - Robert Palmer

Play time: ~ 38 min.


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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Activity — Ambient — Day 6

Instrumental - occasional single word or phrase.
Intended for a cognition activity - individual or group work focusing on reading or observation (as opposed to building / talking).

There is a slight "turnaround" after the first two songs: 15 min of calm ramping a bit for the next 15 min.

Track listing:
(Emphasizes a shuffle from two albums: 1) Tourist - St. Germain and 2) Brother Sister - The Brand New Heavies)


Pont des Arts - St. Germain
Ten Ton Take - The Brand New Heavies
Dog - Moby
Meteor - Tal Farlow
Latin Note - St. Germain
People Giving Love - The Brand New Heavies
For Everyone Under the Sun - Jimmy Smith
What You Think about … - St. Germain

Play length: ~ 50:30

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Day 4 — Intro — 10/17/12


Full genre mix; starts with funk ends with border grunge > Petula Clark.
Sticks with 2 tunes then moves.  50/50 split with lyrics (in English) and instrumental;
instrumentals mostly in the jazz genre.

Track list:
Two Trains – Lowell George
Angela — Bob James
Rock 'N Roll — Traffic
When You Are Near — Warren Hood
Three Little Words – Stephane Grappelli
Betcha Got a Chick on the Side —Pointer Sisters
Peaches en Regalia — Frank Zappa
My Flying Saucer — Billy Bragg
Shake That Thing — Woody Allen Trio
Bodas de Oro —  Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
Güero Canelo — Calexico
There Goes My Baby — Yo La Tengo
With All My Heart — Petula Clark

Time: ~ 47 minutes.



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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

storyviz day 3 outtro : FUNKY to ROCKY

Starts of mellow (but upbeat) & funky. Proceeds to get more into rock and roll when it's time for the kids to exit (a little rock n' roll nudge.)




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