Playlists
Always fresh. Tracks supplied by curators with taste. The Mix Jedi Profile on Spotify shows all playlists as well.
Divaville
Vocal jazz and pop from (or influenced by) the 1950s and early 1960s, representing the golden age of vocals, great songwriting, and swinging orchestrations.
Refreshed Apr 01, 2025
Nostalgia For Millennials
Songs and artists from Millennial's formative years
Refreshed Apr 01, 2025
Grab Bag
Recommended tunes that have for one reason or another not appeared on a Mix Jedi playlist in a long time.
Refreshed Mar 30, 2025
Roots of GenX
Songs from GenX's formative years
Refreshed Mar 29, 2025
Recent Releases
Recommended tracks that were recently released.
Refreshed Mar 29, 2025
Soft Rock
"Soft Rock" is my favorite oxymoron. Yet, there's nothing like a dose of low- to moderate-intensity songs from the rock era that feature a nice variety and skillful songwriting.
Refreshed Mar 24, 2025
Workout Mix
Up-tempo, energetic songs good for exercising to
Refreshed Mar 24, 2025
Pure Decadanse
Inspired by the "Decadance" section at the legendary Other Music in lower Manhattan, you'll find something a little quirky or out of the ordinary that gets under your skin, and you can't stop listening.
Refreshed Mar 24, 2025
Jazz Club
Recommended jazz tracks
Refreshed Mar 22, 2025
91X in the 80s
A taste of what was played on San Diego's 91X in the 1980s
Refreshed Mar 22, 2025
Singer-Songwriter
Singer-songwriter tracks of low-to-moderate intensity
Refreshed Mar 18, 2025
Classical Sampler
Recommended classical tracks
Refreshed Mar 17, 2025
The Sophisticated Boomer
Songs and artists from baby boomer's formative years
Refreshed Mar 17, 2025
Muscle Car
The soundtrack to wrenching on, or driving, your muscle car on a hot sunny day
Refreshed Mar 17, 2025
Rock With A Country Flair
There is a place where Rock meets Country, and stories are told that are rooted in love and loss, that everyone can relate to as an accompaniment to their day.
Refreshed Mar 17, 2025
Mellow Boomer
Boomer-era tunes; not too intense.
Refreshed Mar 15, 2025
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 Mar 11, 2025
Disco-ish
Danceable tunes from the disco era that may or may not be true disco
Refreshed Mar 11, 2025
Breakup Songs
Recommended tracks featuring songs about breakups, former flames, or relationships gone wrong
Refreshed Mar 10, 2025
I Wish
Tunes sonically-related to I Wish by Stevie Wonder
Refreshed Mar 06, 2025
Comfortably Numb
This playlist takes the beloved Pink Floyd track Comfortably Numb and continues with a sonically-related set of songs to revisit or discover, including a few other Pink Floyd gems. Then, it pivots to Jodie Nicholson's cover of Comfortably Numb and winds down with some related mellow tunes.
Refreshed Mar 06, 2025
Contemplate
Contemplate while listening
Refreshed Mar 05, 2025
Some Classic Soul
There's something about Soul music of the 1960s and '70s. A lot of heart, and, er . . soul was poured into those tunes. A gastropub full of millenials and Gen-xers had a streaming-service-version of this music playing, but Mix Jedi does it so much better.
Refreshed Mar 05, 2025
GenX in the Aughts
GenX tunes from the late nineties and 'aughts
Refreshed Mar 02, 2025
Long-playing Rock Tracks
Recommended rock tracks across all genres and periods that are longer than radio-friendly length, but deserve to be heard.
Refreshed Mar 02, 2025
Ruby, My Dear
A mostly (but not entirely) jazz-fueled playlist based on the track Ruby, My Dear by Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane
Refreshed Feb 13, 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.
All My Lovely Goners by Winterpills (2012)
Exquisite songcraft. This album is so well crafted, so thought out, that each lyric and melody is inimitably etched in stone. I keep hearing their influences: Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles. But they have given birth to a unique sound all their own.
rock | singer-songwriter (BL) added Apr 01, 2025
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Take Ten, Paul Desmond (1963)
In a partnership with guitarist Jim Hall, Take Ten has more to offer than the exceedingly popular Take Five. Both soloists tread lightly, stringing together thoughtful phrases that aspire to the lyricism and concision of great poetry. There is not a single track here that isn't loaded with ingeniously worked out, always melodic ideas.
jazz (TM) added Apr 01, 2025
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Art Pepper Presents "West Coast Sessions!" Volume 2: Pete Jolly (2017)
This late career, recorded-in-Japan project sought "authentic 1950s West Coast jazz" of which Pepper was part the genesis. Due to contract limitations, Pepper recorded rather as a "sideman" and was permitted to pick the "leaders." Pepper is in his element, playing as a quartet with his most sympathetic bassist, Bob Magnusson. The coolest of the collection, Pepper and Jolly share a certain lyric simpatico that translates best on the ballad tracks.
jazz (BL) added Mar 29, 2025
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22 - Hough/Birmingham (2001)
Saint-Saëns wrote the concerto in three weeks and had very little time to prepare for the première. The capricious changes in style provoked Zygmunt Stojowski to quip that it "begins with Bach and ends with Offenbach", and it has become an audience favorite since then. Hough commands the range of the big statements, whatever their character, as well as sparkle and panache, a sense of drama and seemingly inexhaustible stamina; and he can charm.
classical (GRE,PRC) added Mar 29, 2025
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Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90 - Nelsons/Boston (2017)
Written in 1883 while Brahms spent that summer at Wiesbaden in a pastoral setting, and the music reflects that. It is a symphony that shows a Brahamsian warmth and pliancy. In Nelson's version, there’s not a single bar that feels heavy or stodgy, and yet amongst the lightness there is real weight when required. Aside from that what is impressive is the absolute clarity achieved, with every facet of Brahms’s orchestration there to be heard.
classical (GRE,PRC) added Mar 29, 2025
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WE by Arcade Fire (2022)
A heaping pile of everything you want from Arcade Fire: touchy-feely rock tunes, inspired sequencing, and melodramatic, inspirational lyrics. WE ponders the inner turbulence we experience in any time of swift upheaval: we’re wounded, but love is the salve. Life would be great if we could just get over our hang-ups and differences.
rock | pop (BL,BEA) added Mar 20, 2025
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Elis & Tom by Elis Regina and Tom Jobim (1974)
One of the greatest Brazilian pop recordings; nearly ubiquitous among Brazilians as a household item. Elis' range and acuity, her unique phrasing, and her rainbow of emotional colors are literally unmatched. No matter the tune or arrangement, she employs most of them on these 14 cuts.
jazz | latin | vocals (BEA) added Mar 18, 2025
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Buena Vista Social Club by Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Buena Vista Social Club is an ensemble of Cuban Musicians who showcase Cuba’s rich culture through their music. They are icons of Cuban culture. This melodic project teleports people to Havana, relaxing and enjoying its beaches and street life. It almost pulls one away to where they can get lost in its melodic, soothing aura.
folk | latin | world (BEA) added Mar 17, 2025
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Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 - Rubinstein/Barenboim (2005)
Rubinstein is considered by many the standard-bearer for performance of this concerto. His interpretation is spot-on and his performance is lyrical and unstrained.
classical (BL) added Mar 17, 2025
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Greatest Hits by Sly & The Family Stone (1970)
Made as a commercially-motivated collection to fill a delay in the band's recording schedule, this album includes the most pop-friendly tunes they had recorded up to that point. Despite the commercial motivation, this release is what cements the band's genius with most listeners, and it is a flow of songs that can be listened to non-stop.
rock | pop | soul/r&b (BL) added Mar 11, 2025
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Louder Than Bombs by The Smiths (1987)
Originally issued in the U.S. market in 1987 as a compilation of singles, b-sides, BBC sessions, and random album tracks, Louder Than Bombs proved to be the band's defining release for many stateside Smiths fans. It provides a very coherent listening experience and has an artistic sweep that's irresistible.
rock (BL) added Mar 11, 2025
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Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads (1983)
Speaking in Tongues is singularly immediate and direct. In each song, one concept—one saucy bass-and-piano walking line, one ricocheting keyboard line, one heavily shouted pyromaniac refrain—repeats into an insistent foundation, so emphatic it begins to burrow into a trance-like state befitting the album name
rock (BEA) added Mar 08, 2025
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