Here's some fresh picks for ya.
Piano is the heavy lean. My kinda holiday music.
This playlist is best enjoyed with martinis.
Happy Holidays.
a JADO holiday spotify playlist
Tamarack Pines - George Winston
Found this CD in the collection of the previous home owners in Idyllwild. Swoop.
George Winstons Autumn album is all time in my family.
But finding his Forest album was quite the Thanksgiving treat.
Hits that holiday sweet spot.
Lucky I Got What I Want - Jungle
My favorite song right now.
Always on cycle.
A very fun chapter in my book highlights this song.
On The Sunny Side of the Street - Teddy Wilson
My favorite move of my week.
Reorganizing all my records.
Picking out all my jazz albums.
Stack raking them, and then running jazz all day.
Tis the season.
This is a very popular jazz song, with hundreds of renditions.
I like the piano heavy version here.
Teddy's my favorite jazz pianist.
Said and Done - Nils Frahm
The title track of my book is Says by Nils Frahm.
This song is very frequently played immediately after that song.
I love this song.
It cuts.
Didn't I - Dave Allison
This song has been on steady rotation for a good 3 months. One of those songs that I'm always in the mood for.
Dance party. Chill sesh. Morning coffee. Run. Night cap.
It works for all of them.
Cola - Toro y Moi
A tribute to my best friend in college. He was a huge inspiration for music throughout my 20s. We had a big falling out, and he is not my guy. But give credit where credit is due. He greatly influenced my love for music, and introduced me to many of the artists that are my foundation today -- The Beatles, Kanye, Cudi, The White Stripes.
This dude loved Toro y Moi and I stumbled into a Toro y Moi set at a festival this year. I wanted to hate it. But Toro y Moi was sick. And this song rules. And this songs for you.
You've Got a Friend - James Taylor
If a song could be a big warm hug, this is it.
A song for my mom.
Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Another jazz banger out of the record collection.
When that drum solo kicks, its just like, "yes."
Egress - Drab Majesty
The kings of the modern goth scene. Not really my scene.
Josh and I saw them before AFI (another good scene in the book). It was interesting.
Sticking with the instrumental.
Piani Pianino - Thylacine
My younger brother is a sick DJ. We like sharing dope electronic music. This is dope.
Nostalgia - Yanni
In another sweet find in the random cd collection, Yani was the rock star I always needed.
Vibe is 100.
Check out his live set at the Acropolis. It fucks.
I'm going for that Yanni vibe.
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The true quality of a playlist comes from the Playlist Radio. If it's cranking out the bangers you're looking for, it's high quality.
I find that to be the case with this playlist, a good radio play.
I'm slowly adding more songs in based on that.