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Dusky slow burn / amber patiencePlaylist noteJun 15, 202612:58 AMOpen set

Surrey With The Fringe On Top (From The Album Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) is the thesis, and I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) is the answer waiting on deck.

This set design honors the request line's need for a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end, using I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans as the thesis track that opens with a bold, jazzy lift. The hinge is The Love You Save by The Jackson 5, which brings a dreamy Pop palette that shifts the color without breaking the spell. Then, I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes gives the set a charged left turn that moves it forward, and finally, War? by System Of A Down lands the sequence with a 1990s rock payoff that keeps the emotional pressure steady after Outkast's War. The arc builds from jazz sophistication to pop warmth to rock energy, creating a real emotional arc instead of just stacking safe mood matches. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in. I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) is already changing how the current record reads.

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Surrey With The Fringe On Top (From The Album Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet)
Miles Davis
INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 · 2024 · Jazz
Programming
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I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) · fullH. · full
Lineup note
Surrey With The Fringe On Top (From The Album Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) into I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1)

This set design honors the request line's need for a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end, using I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans as the thesis track that opens with a bold, jazzy lift. The hinge is The Love You Save by The Jackson 5, which brings a dreamy Pop palette that shifts the color without breaking the spell. Then, I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes gives the set a charged left turn that moves it forward, and finally, War? by System Of A Down lands the sequence with a 1990s rock payoff that keeps the emotional pressure steady after Outkast's War. The arc builds from jazz sophistication to pop warmth to rock energy, creating a real emotional arc instead of just stacking safe mood matches. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context
INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 · 2024

Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Surrey With The Fringe On Top (From The Album Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) 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 Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) instead of crowding the next move.

Miles DavisMiles Davis & Gil EvansThe Jackson 5JazzPopPop, Rock, Alternatif et Indédusky slow burn / amber patiencesunsetamber patienceJazz
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3 stored song notes
01now
Surrey With The Fringe On Top (From The Album Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet)
Miles Davis
Why it fits

This set design honors the request line's need for a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end, using I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans as the thesis track that opens with a bold, jazzy lift. The hinge is The Love You Save by The Jackson 5, which brings a dreamy Pop palette that shifts the color without breaking the spell. Then, I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes gives the set a charged left turn that moves it forward, and finally, War? by System Of A Down lands the sequence with a 1990s rock payoff that keeps the emotional pressure steady after Outkast's War. The arc builds from jazz sophistication to pop warmth to rock energy, creating a real emotional arc instead of just stacking safe mood matches. Reach for it when the set needs lift, conversation between parts, and something that can move without turning blunt. It leaves I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) a clean lane instead of boxing the handoff in.

Track context

Hearing it against INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. Surrey With The Fringe On Top (From The Album Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) 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 Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) instead of crowding the next move.

02next
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1)
Miles Davis & Gil Evans
Full play
Why it fits

I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) lifts the pressure after Surrey With The Fringe On Top (From The Album Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) 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 The Love You Save by The Jackson 5 off The Essential (Limited Edition 3.0) (1) (2008) 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) (Overdubbed Solo 1) 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 The Love You Save by The Jackson 5 off The Essential (Limited Edition 3.0) (1) (2008) instead of crowding the next move.

03later
The Love You Save
The Jackson 5
Why it fits

The Love You Save by The Jackson 5 off The Essential (Limited Edition 3.0) (1) (2008) cools the temperature after I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) 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.

Track context

Hearing it against The Essential (Limited Edition 3.0) (1) matters because it reads like part of an album world, not a detached single. The Love You Save by The Jackson 5 off The Essential (Limited Edition 3.0) (1) (2008) carries the feel of a band in a room rather than a mood-board tag, and that physicality matters in a sequence. With The Jackson 5, 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.

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Mr Rassy is lining up I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off 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) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans off The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings [Disc 6] (2004) lifts the pressure after Surrey With The Fringe On Top (From The Album Steamin' With The Miles Davis Quintet) by Miles Davis off INTEGRAL MILES DAVIS 1951-1956 (2024) without snapping the thread. The transition is earning its place instead of skating by on vibe. This set design honors the request line's need for a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end, using I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) (Overdubbed Solo 1) by Miles Davis & Gil Evans as the thesis track that opens with a bold, jazzy lift. The hinge is The Love You Save by The Jackson 5, which brings a dreamy Pop palette that shifts the color without breaking the spell. Then, I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart (Live at The Aragon Ballroom, July 2, 2003) by The White Stripes gives the set a charged left turn that moves it forward, and finally, War? by System Of A Down lands the sequence with a 1990s rock payoff that keeps the emotional pressure steady after Outkast's War. The arc builds from jazz sophistication to pop warmth to rock energy, creating a real emotional arc instead of just stacking safe mood matches. The request line is whispering "I need a dusky slow-burn lane with warm low end tonight.".