Sublime

various recorded tenor sax battles between Zoot Sims and Al Cohn,

Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun or Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet.

When sequencing a collection of songs, placing a quiet one next to a loud one affects the way a listener hears them both. After the quiet song, the loud one seems more bombastic. One musician, I’m told, would add his newest track to a playlist along with the most beloved songs of all time to see if his work stood up in this context. If not, he

Sleepify

crisis of taste,

Accumulating books was his way of interacting with the world, of building a worldview that he furthered in his critical writing.

1. Airto Moreira - Brazilian percussionist.


2. Keith Jarrett - renowned jazz pianist.


3. George Benson - American guitarist and singer.


4. Ron Carter - jazz double bassist.


5. Miles Davis - legendary jazz trumpeter, he bought a live album.


6. Wes Montgomery - jazz guitarist, the record was chosen at his father's request.

Gunther Schuller,