Playlists
Always fresh. Tracks supplied by curators with taste. The Mix Jedi Profile on Spotify shows all playlists as well.
Fine Dining Soundtrack
The perfect accompaniment to a fine dining experience. Subliminally-penetrating melodies and soundscapes from classical to ambient to instrumental rock and jazz.
Refreshed Nov 08, 2025
Breakup Songs
Recommended tracks featuring songs about breakups, former flames, or relationships gone wrong
Refreshed Nov 08, 2025
Triumph!
The background soundtrack to all things triumphant.
Refreshed Nov 08, 2025
Muscle Car
The soundtrack to wrenching on, or driving, your muscle car on a hot sunny day
Refreshed Nov 08, 2025
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Jazz Club
Recommended jazz tracks
Refreshed Nov 08, 2025
Recent Releases
Recommended tracks that were recently released.
Refreshed Nov 08, 2025
Singer-Songwriter
Singer-songwriter tracks of low-to-moderate intensity
Refreshed Nov 08, 2025
91X in the 80s
A taste of what was played on San Diego's 91X in the 1980s
Refreshed Nov 08, 2025
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Grab Bag
Recommended tunes that have for one reason or another not appeared on a Mix Jedi playlist in a long time.
Refreshed Nov 05, 2025
Album Stack
Here's the top of the Mix Jedi album stack. These are the albums recommended by our curators. Feel free to listen along with us.
Leftoverture by Kansas (1976)
In Leftoverture, Kansas produced one of the most listenable and fun prog-rock albums of the era. It may or may not be concept-based, but it is definitely philosophical, inspired, and spiritual in a new-age lefty kind of way. All-in-all, it is a fine collection of songs with more universal themes than traditional rock and roll typically offers, delivered with real musicianship and stellar production.
rock | pop (BL,BEA) added Nov 08, 2025
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Pärt: Tabula rasa - Bournemouth (2010)
A haunting, hypnotic double violin concerto that oscillates between fragile stillness and intense musical dialogue, embodying the raw vulnerability of a blank slate. It reflects on emptiness, potential, and the delicate balance between structure and spontaneity. The violins interact like two voices seeking understanding, creating a musical experience that is both intellectually rigorous and emotionally profound.
classical (ACE) added Nov 08, 2025
Rubber Soul by The Beatles (1965)
This is the beginning of the Beatles' serious studio adventuring, which brings with it more nuanced arrangements, trickier narrative entanglements, and trippier vocal harmonies. Above all, Rubber Soul is straight-up craft from a group of people who are at peak power but aren't interested in reinventing the wheel.
rock | pop (CL,BL,TM) added Nov 08, 2025
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Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104 - Minkowski/Louvre (2010)
The last of Haydn's London symphonies, this was composed during his second commission in London where he was enthusiastically invited to compose, perform, and enjoy his foreign celebrity.
classical (ACE) added Nov 08, 2025
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Hotel California by The Eagles (1976)
Part of a long line of albums about the perils and perks of rock stardom, this is the band's comment on American decadence. It offers a confluence of muscular music and acidic lyrics that are unlike anything else the Eagles had done to that point; definitely the Eagles überstatement.
rock | country (TM,BEA) added Oct 30, 2025
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Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen (1982)
One-way transmissions from a distant, lonely place. The signals that come through on Nebraska crackle with electricity; sometimes it’s just a hum, and sometimes it seems like a circuit is going to explode. Recorded on a Tascam Portastudio, thus allowing him to capture his songwriting during his peak in creativity, and to deliver these songs in an uniquely intimate way.
rock | folk | singer-songwriter (BL,BEA) added Oct 26, 2025
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Virtuoso by Joe Pass (1974)
Featuring interpretations of jazz standards, this is a landmark recording that revolutionized the way the guitar was played by simultaneously playing melody, bass lines, and solos, creating the impression of multiple guitars at once in a way that takes musicality to a new level.
jazz (CMA) added Oct 23, 2025
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Pärt: Tabula Rasa - Bournemouth (2010)
A haunting, hypnotic double violin concerto that oscillates between fragile stillness and intense musical dialogue, embodying the raw vulnerability of a blank slate. It reflects on emptiness, potential, and the delicate balance between structure and spontaneity. The violins interact like two voices seeking understanding, creating a musical experience that is both intellectually rigorous and emotionally profound.
classical (ACE) added Oct 21, 2025
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Sketches of Spain by Miles Davis and Gil Evans (1960)
A milestone of studio orchestra jazz: A shadowy and surreal Andalusian landscape where the smallest gesture can see heroic. This was a key turning point in Miles's development, demanding extreme discipline in these adaptations.
jazz | classical (TM,BEA) added Oct 18, 2025
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Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, D.667 - "The Trout" - Mutter/Trifonov/etc. (2017)
This piece is uniquely scored for piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Schubert employs light-hearted melodies, playful rhythms, and transparent textures, which contribute to its enduring popularity and appeal. Mutter and her collaborators bring both the joy and the virtuosity to this live performance, expertly recorded.
classical (ACE) added Oct 15, 2025
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All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2 (2000)
This is U2's unapologetic attempt to make songs the way they do best, in as simple and direct fashion as possible. The messages may seem "below" the band's reputation as deep, outspoken, critics, but you can't stop listening and feeling the impact of the songs.
rock | pop (BL,BEA) added Oct 13, 2025
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Raising Sand by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant (2007)
What is technically a duet album sounds more like a profound fusion of two exceptional voices that play off of each other to create a collection of incredible harmonies. The monumental direction, influence, and guitar-playing of producer T-Bone Burnett can't go without mention as it created the world for those amazing voices to thrive in.
rock | folk (BL,BEA) added Sep 21, 2025
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