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Jazz slow burn / midnight patiencePlaylist noteMay 28, 20267:21 AMOpen set

Miss Understanding is the thesis, and Caribbean Cutie is the answer waiting on deck.

Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke opens with a strong jazz ensemble feel that honors the request for dusky slow-burn lane, while the sequenceSketches provide a clear arc from thesis through hinge to lift. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke off Presenting “Cannonball” (1955) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Caribbean Cutie is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Miss Understanding
Kamasi Washington
The Epic · 2015 · Jazz
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

Burning Down The House (Live) · full
Lineup note
Miss Understanding into Caribbean Cutie

Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke opens with a strong jazz ensemble feel that honors the request for dusky slow-burn lane, while the sequenceSketches provide a clear arc from thesis through hinge to lift. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke off Presenting “Cannonball” (1955) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
The Epic · 2015

Hearing it against The Epic matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Miss Understanding by Kamasi Washington off The Epic (2015) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Kamasi Washington makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke off Presenting “Cannonball” (1955) instead of crowding the next move.

Kamasi WashingtonCannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny ClarkeThelonious MonkJazzPop, RockRockjazz slow burn / midnight patiencedeep nightmidnight patienceJazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Miss Understanding
Kamasi Washington
Why it fits

Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke opens with a strong jazz ensemble feel that honors the request for dusky slow-burn lane, while the sequenceSketches provide a clear arc from thesis through hinge to lift. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke off Presenting “Cannonball” (1955) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Epic matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Miss Understanding by Kamasi Washington off The Epic (2015) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Kamasi Washington makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke off Presenting “Cannonball” (1955) instead of crowding the next move.

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Caribbean Cutie
Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke
Why it fits

Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke off Presenting “Cannonball” (1955) stays related to Miss Understanding by Kamasi Washington off The Epic (2015) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one) by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Presenting “Cannonball” matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke off Presenting “Cannonball” (1955) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one) by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) instead of crowding the next move.

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Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one)
Thelonious Monk
Why it fits

Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one) by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) cools the temperature after Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley With Nat Adderley, Hank Jones, Paul Chambers & Kenny Clarke off Presenting “Cannonball” (1955) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt.

Track context

Hearing it against The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Epistrophy (theme - Sunday set one) by Thelonious Monk off The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (1964) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Thelonious Monk makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles.

Open saved booth copy

We're gonna let this one breathe a bit, so let's go with Caribbean Cutie by Cannonball Adderley, then circle back to Epistrophy and War, and then we'll see where the night takes us.

Jazz slow burn / low lit driftLive booth noteMay 28, 20265:48 AM

I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] is the thesis, and Chaos is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Chaos by Wayne Shorter off The All Seeing Eye (1966) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Chaos is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4]
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] · 2004 · Jazz
Lineup note
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] into Chaos

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Chaos by Wayne Shorter off The All Seeing Eye (1966) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] · 2004

Hearing it against The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis & Gil Evans makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Chaos by Wayne Shorter off The All Seeing Eye (1966) instead of crowding the next move.

Miles Davis & Gil EvansWayne ShorterLisa EkdahlJazzJazz, Jazz vocaljazz slow burn / low-lit driftdeep nightlow-lit driftJazz
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3 stored song notes
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I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4]
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Chaos by Wayne Shorter off The All Seeing Eye (1966) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis & Gil Evans makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Chaos by Wayne Shorter off The All Seeing Eye (1966) instead of crowding the next move.

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Chaos
Wayne Shorter
Why it fits

Chaos by Wayne Shorter off The All Seeing Eye (1966) cools the temperature after I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Playful Heart of Mine by Lisa Ekdahl off More of the Good (2018) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The All Seeing Eye matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Chaos by Wayne Shorter off The All Seeing Eye (1966) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Wayne Shorter makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to Playful Heart of Mine by Lisa Ekdahl off More of the Good (2018) instead of crowding the next move.

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Playful Heart of Mine
Lisa Ekdahl
Why it fits

Playful Heart of Mine by Lisa Ekdahl off More of the Good (2018) stays related to Chaos by Wayne Shorter off The All Seeing Eye (1966) through jazz, jazz vocal, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt.

Track context

Hearing it against More of the Good matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Playful Heart of Mine by Lisa Ekdahl off More of the Good (2018) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Lisa Ekdahl makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles.

Open saved booth copy

This one’s a hinge. Miles, in a rare piano take, leaning into the quiet weight of 'In Your Own Sweet Way'—not just a song, but a conversation between hands. The rhythm doesn’t drive; it breathes. And the space between notes? That’s where the story lives.

Jazz slow burn / slow burn achePlaylist noteMay 28, 20265:27 AMOpen set

Blue Monk is the thesis, and T69 collapse is the answer waiting on deck.

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. T69 collapse is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Blue Monk
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane
Miles & Monk At Newport · 1963 · Jazz
Programming
Open set

Mr Rassy is shaping the next turn from the records already on the deck.

A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution (Album Version) · full
Lineup note
Blue Monk into T69 collapse

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Miles & Monk At Newport · 1963

Hearing it against Miles & Monk At Newport matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane off Miles & Monk At Newport (1963) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for
What to catch in the arrangement

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) instead of crowding the next move.

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John ColtraneAphex TwinMiles Davis & Gil EvansJazzelectronic, ambient, experimentalJazz, Jazz vocaljazz slow burn / slow-burn achedeep nightslow-burn acheJazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Blue Monk
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Miles & Monk At Newport matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane off Miles & Monk At Newport (1963) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles. Notice how it hands the weight to T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) instead of crowding the next move.

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T69 collapse
Aphex Twin
Why it fits

T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) cools the temperature after Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane off Miles & Monk At Newport (1963) and lets the turn breathe. T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) opens space, decay, and atmosphere without letting the air go limp. It leaves I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Disc 5 (1957) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Collapse (EP) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) opens space, decay, and atmosphere without letting the air go limp. On Collapse (EP) (2018), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. The detail is in the air around the sound as much as in the notes themselves: sustain, echo, and how long each element hangs before the next one arrives.

Listen for

Listen for the negative space: tails, echoes, and the way the sound keeps moving even when the surface feels still. Notice how it hands the weight to I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Disc 5 (1957) instead of crowding the next move.

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I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4]
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Why it fits

I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Disc 5 (1957) stays related to T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) through jazz, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt.

Track context

Hearing it against The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Disc 5 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) [piano take 4] by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings, Disc 5 (1957) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis & Gil Evans makes the most sense here as an ensemble proposition: the interest is in how the parts talk to each other, not just one lead line. This one earns its space through moving parts: sections shifting roles, rhythm pushing from underneath, and an arrangement that keeps relocating the center.

Listen for

Listen for how the lead line, horns or keys, and the rhythm section keep trading weight instead of sitting in fixed roles.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018). Hearing it against Collapse (EP) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. T69 collapse by Aphex Twin off Collapse (EP) (2018) cools the temperature after Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane off Miles & Monk At Newport (1963) and lets the turn breathe. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".