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The lineup logic, the song notes, and the things I want you to hear, saved one session at a time.

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Dusky slow burn / warm gravityPlaylist noteJun 13, 20267:18 PMOpen set

Finale (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) is the thesis, and I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) 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 I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Finale (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991)
Miles Davis
Merci Miles! Live at Vienne · 2021 · jazz
Programming
Open set

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

Fooled Around and Fell in Love · full
Lineup note
Finale (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) into I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Merci Miles! Live at Vienne · 2021

Live at Vienne matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Live at Vienne (2021) 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
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 I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) instead of crowding the next move.

Miles DavisThe White StripesElvin BishopjazzPop, Rock, Alternatif et IndéClassic Rockdusky slow burn / warm gravitygolden afternoonwarm gravityjazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Finale (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991)
Miles Davis
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Live at Vienne matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Live at Vienne (2021) 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 I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) instead of crowding the next move.

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I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003)
The White Stripes
Why it fits

I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) cools the temperature after Finale (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! Live at Vienne (2021) and lets the turn breathe. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars. It leaves Fooled Around and Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop off Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Elephant matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The White Stripes, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead. Notice how it hands the weight to Fooled Around and Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop off Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998) instead of crowding the next move.

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Fooled Around and Fell in Love
Elvin Bishop
Full play
Why it fits

Fooled Around and Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop off Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998) stays related to I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) through classic rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the turn needs shape, attack, and a record that can define the next move in just a few bars.

Track context

Hearing it against Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Fooled Around and Fell in Love by Elvin Bishop off Sounds of the Seventies - '70s Gold (1998) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With Elvin Bishop, the attraction is often attack and arrangement economy: what the band can say quickly and physically. The record earns its place through how the arrangement opens and tightens rather than through sheer mass.

Listen for

Listen for where the arrangement opens wider than the first impression suggests, especially when the rhythm section changes the floor under the lead.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023). Hearing it against Elephant matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes off Elephant (2023) cools the temperature after Finale (Live at Vienne Jazz Festival, 1991) by Miles Davis off Merci Miles! 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.".

Dusky slow burn / sunlit pushPlaylist noteJun 13, 20264:38 PMOpen set

Festival Junction is the thesis, and After The Gold Rush (Live) 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 After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. After The Gold Rush (Live) is already changing how the current record reads.

Record in focus
Festival Junction
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Ellington at Newport · 1956 · Jazz
Programming
Open set

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

Sunset People · full
Lineup note
Festival Junction into After The Gold Rush (Live)

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
Ellington at Newport · 1956

Hearing it against Ellington at Newport matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Festival Junction by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra off Ellington at Newport (1956) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 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 After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021) instead of crowding the next move.

Duke Ellington and His OrchestraNeil Young & Crazy HorseDonna SummerJazzCountry/Folk/RockR&Bdusky slow burn / sunlit pushmiddaysunlit pushJazz
Session map
3 stored song notes
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Festival Junction
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
Why it fits

Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against Ellington at Newport matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Festival Junction by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra off Ellington at Newport (1956) works when the set needs collective motion and color instead of blunt force. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra 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 After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021) instead of crowding the next move.

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After The Gold Rush (Live)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Why it fits

After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021) stays related to Festival Junction by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra off Ellington at Newport (1956) through country/folk/rock, but changes the pocket enough to matter. Reach for it when the hour needs the human voice or acoustic grain to reset the emotional scale. It leaves Sunset People by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

II: 1972–1976 (10) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021) pulls the room inward and lets voice, phrasing, or acoustic grain do the heavy lifting. With Neil Young & Crazy Horse, phrasing and vocal or acoustic grain do most of the emotional work, which is why the record can reset the scale of the hour. The cut lives or dies on phrasing and vocal or acoustic grain, which is why it reads as a human choice instead of wallpaper.

Listen for

Listen for phrasing, breath, and the way tiny changes in delivery make the emotional pressure jump. Notice how it hands the weight to Sunset People by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) instead of crowding the next move.

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Sunset People
Donna Summer
Full play
Why it fits

Sunset People by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) lifts the pressure after After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021) without snapping the thread. Sunset People by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest.

Track context

Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection: To Dance matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Sunset People by Donna Summer off The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016) earns its place when the turn needs shape, contrast, and enough detail to keep the next move honest. On The Ultimate Collection: To Dance (2016), it reads as part of a larger album world instead of a stray file in the crate. Hearing it against The Ultimate Collection: To Dance matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single.

Listen for

Listen for the point where the record suddenly feels larger than the speakers and starts changing the shape of the room.

Open saved booth copy

Mr Rassy is lining up After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. II: 1972–1976 (10) (2021). II: 1972–1976 (10) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. After The Gold Rush (Live) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse off Archives, Vol. 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.".