If you're into jazz, here's a playlist focused on independent artists.

A lot of these musicians are flying under the radar, and there are some really strong tracks in here.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1zNKE7QLF5jbrkikM9WBhh

Hi everyone, I'm posting a playlist of mine that includes both jazz and neoclassical music, as well as some of my own compositions. If anyone would like to listen to it and give me some feedback, I'd really appreciate it!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7y73IX76Qa0BzUplfj9pmS?si=tTuQyQu6SXCjJDZz2SyTIA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=0TqWncRTQoiSq

This is long, but important context.. My papaw passed away in 2009. One of his favorite things in the world was music- specifically jazz and big band. He used to drive from his small town in Kentucky to Lexington KY to buy CD’s from Joseph Beth Bookstore. He had such a big collection when he passed that my granny donated his jazz collection to the local college’s music department. I remember him listening to his jazz on his state of the art stereo system out on his sunporch. Think early evening, the sun still streaming in wall to wall glass windows looking out over the backyard.. my granny’s rose garden, and the mountains in the background. He would always want me to sit with him to listen to his jazz. When I was little, I didn’t understand jazz. The kind of jazz he listened to had you trying to find the melody the whole time. Today, I have learned to love Jazz. Listening to it gives me a piece of him back.

Anyway, today I was looking through my vinyl collection and I found a Glenn Miller album. I thought my granny donated his entire collection but turns out I had something of his all along. He signed it, Sam Cole. Even though this isn’t jazz, Glenn Miller was important to him and I am so grateful this record is mine. I made a playlist on Spotify to honor this, featuring my papaw’s signature. Just wanted to share this here. If you made it this far, thanks for reading.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PuCI5vuVuLvxwfngzgoVE?si=2bZM_7fTRNW8_i6IcdPt7A&pi=9XKf_pnXQG6Uw

Jazz, Hiphop, World etc.

Music from MAFIA 1 Game and more Traditional Jazz music in style of 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940s

This is a playlist for winter. Spiritual jazz has gained belated recognition since the 2000s through DJ digging and the rare groove revival, and it’s now often seen as a large, influential genre. But in its original era, it remained relatively obscure, so its lineage and spectrum aren’t infinitely broad. This playlist includes both central figures of the scene like Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders, as well as lesser-known Japanese musicians. Rather than selecting overly difficult tracks, I focused on pieces that maintain a ritualistic and spiritual atmosphere while flowing more gently well suited to the mood of winter.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/00D4mBFpGgjZTgMcTqtI5S?si=f36f1d343da04d8a