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
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
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
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