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I work in an fun, hip/modern Manhattan office at reception and I'm always looking for something catchy or jazzy to listen to. I try to play music that is creative and different while not featuring ANY VOCALS whatsoever.
Popular selections include: Booker T. & The MGs Allen Toussaint "The Bright Mississippi" William Orbit "Pieces in Modern Style" Debussy Miles "Kind of Blue" "Sketches of Spain", the classics Coltrane - yall know any full album kicks booty Senor Coconut Bobby Timmons Herb Alpert DJ Cam Loa Project Quincy Jones - Soul Bossa Nova Thievery Corp - Sounds of the Verve Hi Fi
Hook me up!! I want ANY of your swanky, martini-fueled selections and your funky improv/solo laden choices. [Edited 1/27/14 8:41am] | |
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I'll list a couple of good ones.
Tipsy "Trip Tease"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naf0DWySeA8
The Foriegn Exchange "Connected: The Instrumentals" (check out "Let's Move", below)
Various Artists "Hi-Fidelity Lounge Volume 1"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwFbOgEaNQA
Katie Kinisky: "So What Are The Latest Dances, Nell?"
Nell Carter: "Anything The Black Folks did Last Year" | |
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Great!!
I am listening to the Foreign Exchange instrumentals now, quite nice!!
Hope some leftfield lounge-jazz shows up in further replies... I love Sergio Mendes but he tends to be vocal heavy, anything similar to that would be awesome. I do rock Stan Getz a lot.
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You can try Italian movie soundtracks from the 1960s & 1970s. They sometimes have scatting type vocals, but a lot of the songs are instrumental. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Here's an old thread with some other songs: You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Miguel Migs' "Outside the Skyline" |
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^ actually that does have vocals, but it's still toe-tapping, jazzy and chilled out. |
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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Slayer. All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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Pat Metheny - Last Train Home ...
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Pat Metheny - Better Days Ahead
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Pat Metheny Group - "Travels" ...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Paradise Lost
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - Chatran
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Wow!! I am bombarded with great material. I love the idea of those classic movie soundtracks. Knew this was a nice move, with the exception of Slayer. | |
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A Couple from Bill Frisell...
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Bill Frisell -"1968"
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Bill Frisell - "Listen"
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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Michel Colombier & Larry Carlton - "El Solitario"
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Michel Colomier & Jaco Pastorius - "Dreamland"
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Fuse One, with Stanley Clarke -"Sunshine Lady"
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... [Edited 1/28/14 23:40pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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" I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Jazzanova - Behold These Days
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4Hero - Conceptions
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4Hero -Planeteria (Hefner Remix)
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,,,, [Edited 1/29/14 0:25am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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John Coltrane, waiting room music, eh? Right, you might enjoy this record:
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Swing Out Sister You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Here's a remake of a Monkees song by Quincy Jones You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Iwasaki Taku - "Open Your Eyes" ('Witchhunter Robin" Soundtrack)
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Ryuichi Sakamoto - "Riikuni's Theme" (Wings of Honeamise" Soundtrack)
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Yoko Kanno - "Catalina" [Acoustic]
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[Edited 2/5/14 16:52pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Gary McFarland - "Take Care, Beware" (Capricorn) (1968)
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Gary McFarland - "Whenever, Whatever" (Aquarius) (1968)
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Just Music-No Categories-Enjoy It! | |
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