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Jazz slow burn / quiet bloomPlaylist noteMay 28, 202610:04 AMOpen set

Heavy Dipper is the thesis, and Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) 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 Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Heavy Dipper
Lee Morgan
The Cooker · 2022 · Jazz
Programming
Open set

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

Mode D: Trio and Group Dancers / Mode E: Single Solos and Group Dance / Mode F: Group and Solo Dance · fullRoadhouse Blues (Screamin' Ray Daniels a.k.a. Ray Manzarek On Vocals) · full
Lineup note
Heavy Dipper into Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster)

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
The Cooker · 2022

Hearing it against The Cooker matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Heavy Dipper by Lee Morgan off The Cooker (2022) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Lee Morgan 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 Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022) instead of crowding the next move.

Lee MorganMiles DavisDiana KrallJazzJazz, Jazz vocalRockjazz slow burn / quiet bloomblue hourquiet bloomJazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Heavy Dipper
Lee Morgan
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against The Cooker matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Heavy Dipper by Lee Morgan off The Cooker (2022) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Lee Morgan 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 Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022) instead of crowding the next move.

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Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster)
Miles Davis
Why it fits

Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022) lifts the pressure after Heavy Dipper by Lee Morgan off The Cooker (2022) without snapping the thread. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Like Someone In Love by Diana Krall off Turn Up The Quiet (2017) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Quiet Nights matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Miles Davis 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 Like Someone In Love by Diana Krall off Turn Up The Quiet (2017) instead of crowding the next move.

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Like Someone In Love
Diana Krall
Why it fits

Like Someone In Love by Diana Krall off Turn Up The Quiet (2017) cools the temperature after Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022) 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 Turn Up The Quiet matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Like Someone In Love by Diana Krall off Turn Up The Quiet (2017) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Diana Krall 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 Song No. 1 (2022 Remaster) by Miles Davis off Quiet Nights (2022). Hearing it against Quiet Nights matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Song No. 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.".

Jazz slow burn / low lit driftLive booth noteMay 28, 20266:09 AM

A Love Supreme, Pt. II is the thesis, and Mirror 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 Mirror by Charles Lloyd Quartet off Mirror (2010) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. Mirror is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
A Love Supreme, Pt. II
John Coltrane Quartet
A Love Supreme · 1964 · Jazz
Lineup note
A Love Supreme, Pt. II into Mirror

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Mirror by Charles Lloyd Quartet off Mirror (2010) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
A Love Supreme · 1964

Hearing it against A Love Supreme matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. II by John Coltrane Quartet off A Love Supreme (1964) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. John Coltrane Quartet 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 Mirror by Charles Lloyd Quartet off Mirror (2010) instead of crowding the next move.

John Coltrane QuartetCharles Lloyd QuartetA Tribe Called QuestJazzHip HopRockjazz slow burn / low-lit driftdeep nightlow-lit driftJazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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A Love Supreme, Pt. II
John Coltrane Quartet
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves Mirror by Charles Lloyd Quartet off Mirror (2010) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against A Love Supreme matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. II by John Coltrane Quartet off A Love Supreme (1964) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. John Coltrane Quartet 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 Mirror by Charles Lloyd Quartet off Mirror (2010) instead of crowding the next move.

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Mirror
Charles Lloyd Quartet
Why it fits

Mirror by Charles Lloyd Quartet off Mirror (2010) stays related to A Love Supreme, Pt. II by John Coltrane Quartet off A Love Supreme (1964) 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 Lyrics to Go by A Tribe Called Quest off Midnight Marauders (1993) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Mirror matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Mirror by Charles Lloyd Quartet off Mirror (2010) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Charles Lloyd Quartet 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 Lyrics to Go by A Tribe Called Quest off Midnight Marauders (1993) instead of crowding the next move.

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Lyrics to Go
A Tribe Called Quest
Why it fits

Lyrics to Go by A Tribe Called Quest off Midnight Marauders (1993) stays related to Mirror by Charles Lloyd Quartet off Mirror (2010) through hip hop, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the pressure needs to come from the pocket and the cadence rather than from a giant arrangement swing.

Track context

Hearing it against Midnight Marauders matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Lyrics to Go by A Tribe Called Quest off Midnight Marauders (1993) keeps the pressure in the pocket and the phrasing, which makes it a control move as much as a crowd move. On Midnight Marauders (1993), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Listen for how the cadence and the low end keep re-framing the center of the track without resorting to big obvious turns.

Listen for

Listen for how the cadence and the low end keep re-framing the center of the track without resorting to big obvious turns.

Open saved booth copy

We're still in that dusky lane, and I hear you want the low end to keep rolling. That's a good one. R.E.M.'s 'Low' from Out Of Time gets us there with that warm, hazy groove that makes the room feel like it's breathing. It's got the shape and attack we need to keep this slow burn going, and it’s a real hand from Ian’s shelf. Let’s keep the spell.