I'm putting together a jazz playlist. My self-imposed rules are (1) studio recordings only and (b) no instrumentals, as that would encompass several great albums eg Madhouse.

My first thoughts are:

Love like jazz
Strollin'
Sexy MF
Xtraordinary
Somewhere here on earth
Damn U

So, any thoughts, and how fantastic does this sound??!!!

Very nice,

The Work (part 1) should be on there too.

thedance said:

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That's quite a signature you've got there, Dave.

olskooljamz said:

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you should include "osaka" and "tokyo". they are both so wonderful
and especially back to back they work so incredibly well. those two
were a highlight for me in an already excellent prince era.

2morrow

When The Lights Go Down
She Spoke To Me
Life Can be So Nice

I would definitely add Power Fantastic.

A few other possibilities are Condition of the Heart, The Sensual Everafter (there are some spoken vocals in the beginning), and Avalanche. These songs might not be true jazz, but I think the mood and playing on the songs fit. Also, if you put From the Lotus... and ...Back to the Lotus back to back, you have some vocals there as well (that's a bit of a stretch, I know).

Cool idea for a compilation, by the way. Out of the tracks suggested so far, I could see the following playlist being something that I'd enjoy:

2morrow
When The Lights Go Down
Extraordinary
The Sensual Everafter
Avalanche
From the Lotus... and ... Back to the Lotus combination
She Spoke To Me
Power Fantastic
Strollin'
Condition of the Heart
Somewhere Here on Earth

In a large room with no light

olskooljamz said:

How bout that live version of U Want Me from the Aladdin DVD?
And don't forget that Prince included Night in Tunisia as an intro for Strollin for the D+P tour. If you could get a decent quality boot that'd fit in nicely.

In The Mood (Live at Bagley's)
Now's The Time (SOTT Concert)
Madhouse 8
One Night Alone

This is all just lite-fm, easy listening pop, hardly jazz. Prince can't even read music. If he tried to compose an actual jazz album and not a fusion piece that was reliant on actual horn players, it would be as big a disaster as Cause and Effect.

I think Courtin' Time is a great song. For some reason my elder brother loves this song too, although he's doesn't like most of Prince's music. When he first heard it he commented that he really digged the cheeky sound.

I don't really get the sexy mf choice, I guess there's a little jazz bit in it but there's also really bad rapping isn't there?

I would mayb substitute it for love 2 the 9's to steal from the same album @least. just my opinion. Everything else looks great for that kind of mix.
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