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Parsons Playlists: Apricity

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Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist features a selection of wintry songs curated by Music Library student assistant Esther (class of 2025).

Apricity

The term “apricity” is defined as the warmth of the sun during winter. We may feel lethargic and burned out during the cold months, but I hope this playlist can provide some warmth and positivity to cheer us on!

Apricity - Winter landscape

David Hugo – “Die Right Here”

Bren Joy – “Henny in the Hamptons”

Nicky Youre & dazy – “Sunroof”

Surfaces – “Come With Me”

Besphrenz – “Tired Eyes”

Lui Joseph – “Strawberry”

Kuwada feat. Paul Russell – “Facetime (4g LTE)”

Camilo and Evaluna – “Índigo”

Cannon – “Water Glass”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexFA7_D14ItQzo5YRIluQak

Parsons Playlists: Funky Bass Grooves

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Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a selection of songs with Funky Bass Grooves as curated by Music Library student manager Christian (class of 2023).

Parsons Playlists: Funky Bass Grooves

A playlist of some great songs with dangerously funky bass lines.

Fender bass guitar

Marcus Miller – “Detroit”

Vulfpeck – “Lost My Treble Long Ago”

Jaco Patorius – “Chicken”

Evan Brewer – “Actualize”

Alain Caron – “Jack Cannon”

Victor Wooten – “Funky D”

Cory Wong & Tom Misch – “Cosmic Sans”

Flevans – “12 Apostles”

The Fearless Flyers – “Ace of Aces”

Vulfpeck – “Dean Town”

Herbie Hancock – “Actual Proof”

Toconoma – “N°9”

PJ Morton – “Sticking to My Guns”

Anderson .Paak – “King James”

Bruno Mars – “Treasure”

The Internet – “Roll (Burbank Funk)”

Ty Ty – “She Never Really Liked Me”

Busty and the Bass – “Up Top”

Michael Kiwanuka and Tom Misch – “Money”

And here’s a link to the full playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zez1Ij0tblf2GmzrPupu-jPx

Bass guitar up close

Parsons Playlists: Jazz Study Mix

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Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a collection of feel good indie/alternative music curated by Music Library student manager Abby (class of 2021).

So here are “some relaxing jazz instrumentals for your late night study sessions” curated by Abby for you:

“Soft Like Rain” – Anita Rosswell

Anita Rosswell - Soft Like Rain

“Relentlessly Fascinating” – Western Jazz Trio

“Body & Soul” – Hudson Harris & Haim

“Old Folks” – Southside Players

“First Season” – Henry Lindon

Sixth Street Quartet - Morning Heartache

“Good Morning Heartache” – Sixth Street Quartet

“I’m Old Fashioned” – Carl Bagge Trio

“If You Could See Me Now” – Astoria Three

“My Church” – Jacky Terrasson

“Summertime” – Tall Trees Jazz

Tall Trees Jazz - Summertime

“Blue Moon” – Kendrettes

“Skating” – We Three Trio

“Maybe We’ll Meet Again” – Kuipers & Winter

“Happy Chilled Jazz” – Happy Jazz

“Birthday Song” – Trygve Seim

Kuipers and Winter - Maybe We'll Meet Again

“Club France” – Classic French Jazz

“On A Turquoise Cloud” – Echoes of Swing

“He Was Too Good To Me” – Connie Hen

“Can’t Let Go” – Triosence

“Now We Know” – Ambient Jazz Collective

Fredrik Kronkvist - Altitude

“Theme for Ernie” – Fredrik Kronkvist

“Dear Ruth” – David Hazeltine

“Little Person” – Brad Mehldau Trio

“Curves” – Tord Gustavsen Trio

“Easy Living” – Massimo Faraò

Asi Kaplan Jazz Band - In the Blue of Evening

“In The Blue Of Evening” – Asi Kaplan Jazz Band

“You Left With My Heart Still Yours” – Jaden Berry

“Waltz At Midnight” – Midtown Trio

“In A Sentimental Mood” – The Uptown Players

“The Shadow Of Your Smile” – The Blue Green

Coffee House Classics

“Bee Blues” – Brad Mehldau Trio

“Aves” – Ennio Máno

“I’ve Got You Under My Skin” – The Red Robin Quartet

“Late Nights” – Coffee House Classics

and here is a link to most of the above songs on YouTube.

Parsons Playlists: Halloween 2020

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Welcome to the third installment of Parsons Playlists, back after a hiatus and featuring a Halloween playlist from Music Library Associate, Melanie Armstrong.

Halloween 2020

Melanie says: “Since Halloween 2020 is going to be a bit … different, I – your friendly neighborhood Music Library Associate – made a playlist in that vein.
I’ve left out some of the more obvious Halloween playlist picks (like “Thriller“, or “Spooky“, or “Ghostbusters“), and hope you’ll enjoy this idiosyncratic selection! I’ve included some songs for the Halloween blue moon (the first Halloween blue moon since 1944) among other things.”

Otis Redding – “Trick or Treat”

Billie Eilish – “Bury A Friend”

billie eilish

The Cramps – “I Was A Teenage Werewolf”

Missy Elliott – “Get Ur Freak On”

Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On

The Marcels – “Blue Moon”

(This doo-wop version is arguably the most famous version of “Blue Moon”, but it was written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934!)

King Harvest – “Dancing in the Moonlight”

blue moon

Electric Light Orchestra – “Strange Magic”

Squirrel Nut Zippers – “Hell”

Vintage Halloween Dance

Van Halen – “Runnin’ With The Devil”
(in tribute to Eddie Van Halen who passed away this month)

Talking Heads – “Psycho Killer”

The Police – “Murder By Numbers”

Halloween dogs

The White Stripes – “Little Ghost”

Louis Armstrong – “The Skeleton in the Closet”

Le Squellette Joyeux

The Divine Comedy – “The Happy Goth”

They Might Be Giants – “Dead”

Groovie Ghoulies – “(She’s My) Vampire Girl”

Black Cat and Jack O'Lantern

Yoko Ono – “Yes, I’m A Witch”

Eels – “My Beloved Monster”

Buffy the Vampire Slayer stake

Billy Joel – “The Stranger”
(a song about masks feels EXTRA appropriate at the moment … plus fun with metaphors!)

R.E.M. – “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”

And here it all is as a Spotify playlist for you:

Plus here’s a bonus (not available on Spotify) cheese-tacular Halloween artifact from the 1980s featuring the inimitable Tim Curry:

We sincerely hope that everyone has a safe & fun Halloween (despite the particular weirdness of 2020).

jack o lantern

YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zew8nvrzDii5yoNOsWmj69_s

Parsons Playlists: Walking Music

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Although we are all socially distant at the moment, we thought it might be fun and encouraging to share playlists as a way to connect (with a tip of the hat to our friends at the Modlin Center for the Arts who started sharing playlists a couple of weeks ago).

To kick things off here’s a play list from Linda Fairtile, the Head of Parsons Music Library.

Dr. Fairtile says, “It’s a mix of jazz and classical music that I listen to on my morning walk. It makes me happy and gets my feet moving.”

Ahmad Jamal – “Poinciana (Live at the Pershing, Chicago 1958)”

Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing

Silvestre Revueltas – “Caminando” (1937)

Silvestre Revueltas

Oscar Peterson – “Night Child”

Oscar Peterson - Freedom Song: The Oscar Peterson Big 4 in Japan '82

Philip Glass – “Akhnaten (Act I, Scene I: Funeral of Amenhotep III)”

Philip Glass - Akhnaten

Stanley Turrentine – “Pieces of Dreams”

Stanley Turrentine Pieces of Dreams

Walking Music – Youtube Playlist