This is a playlist of true Jazz.  Jazz has various characteristics and qualities, and these songs conform to them.  This list is not for songs of other genres posing as Jazz.  No Jazz poser songs.  Only original music is here.  As is proper for this genre, this playlist is curated to a significantly high minimum quality level.

Our entry in this list is slightly Fusionish, but the predominant parts and influence is old Jazz.  This shares characteristics of Jazz "standards" of years past, notably the presence of a "head" and a subsequent instrumental solo that significantly reflects the head, yet is true improvisation.  The majority of songs on this list are Modern Jazz.  In the photograph is one of history's very greatest Jazz musicians regardless of instrument:  John Coltrane.

Jazz music

Interlude 1

Broke My Hand

Three chord and four words: I fucking hate diplomacy. This song is inspired by daily life small talk and idiomatic expressions, that sound super ironic to my ears. I wish I could start conversations without diplomacy, but most people think I'm rude, when I just say what I really feel. This song makes you want to raise the roof after a bad day, I promise. It's time to quit the bullshit bingo.

Big thanks to Robert, Maik and Patrick from JaaRi who gave that song the special punk rock energy. Same for John for his powerful vocal takes, and Kathi for the backing vocals. I wish I could be with you in a rehearsal room and shout it out! Should be great fun :)

Nadine de Macedo: composition, lyrics, arrangement, production
John Lampson: vocals, guitars, solo, composition
Robert Goldbach: bass, background vocals
Maik Bzdziuch: drums, background vocals
Patrick Bäthge: background vocals
Katharina Rauch: background vocals

Where to find us:
https://nadinedemacedo.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/johnlampson
https://jaari.bandcamp.com

==== LYRICS ====

I like the colour of your dress
You are embroidered with success
It's not a problem, it's a challenge
No impendiment, we can't manage

Oh thanks, I'm doing fine
You make things fall in line!

I FUCKING HATE DIPLOMACY
WHY DO YOU HIDE THE TRUTH FROM ME?
LET IT OUT - HEY!
LET IT OUT - HEY!
SHOUT IT OUT - HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!
I FUCKING HATE DIPLOMACY

Oh what a nice sunshiny day
I apologise for my delay
Oh thanks, that's sweet of you
You know things nobody else knew

No word left unspoken
My door is always open!

I FUCKING HATE DIPLOMACY
WHY DO YOU HIDE THE TRUTH FROM ME?
LET IT OUT - HEY!
LET IT OUT - HEY!
SHOUT IT OUT - HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!
I FUCKING HATE DIPLOMACY

I should have known right from the start
Saying things straight from the heart
Causes relationships to bloom. Or doom. 
However.

HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! 
HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! 

I FUCKING HATE DIPLOMACY
WHY DO YOU HIDE THE TRUTH FROM ME?
LET IT OUT - HEY!
LET IT OUT - HEY!
SHOUT IT OUT - HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY!
I FUCKING HATE DIPLOMACY

Yeah.

Diplomacy

"Superstar" is an unplugged Contemporary Folk Song, played only with acoustic instruments (western guitar, double bass, cello, mandolin, fiddle and tambourine).

There is a music lyric video of the song on youtube:
https://youtu.be/wlmafP_9o58?si=zQLzbgWB1ppKcHcX

Superstar

Recorded in Modesto, Ca.   Featuring Gibson 335 Electric Guitar solo. Alto Saxophone solo. Trumpet solo. Steinway Brothers Acoustic Piano Rhythm. Fretless Bass. Roland Synthesizer Bass. Acoustic full drum set full kit. Percussion Cowbell. Ago go Bells, Congas, Bongos.

Carmel

Funky Ride

Composer :   Karl Heimgartner Dat : 29.08. 2024/ © Copyright              
Genre: Smooth Jazz 
Single: 2025
Track : 14
Title:    Coffee Smooth Jazz  Bar

MTM has mastered real music production.
Mixed by Christine Sampson
Mastered by Alessandro Giordano from MTM

I sent the finished track and 17 stems to MTM Mastering True Music Production in Spain for mixing and mastering.Hear the desired result from the nice MTM team from Spain.

Thank you for the cooperation, Freddie and Team MTM Mastering True Music Production


https://masteringtruemusicproductions.es/

https://karl-heinz-heimgartner.jimdosite.com/

Coffee Smooth Jazz Bar

Mix - Mariosyjp

LYRIC
Adding up the prices paid
For errors made unintended
I could sail a yacht to you
And get a burnt bridge mended
Would you wait on your side?

Oh you win some and you lose some
Have gorgeous days and gruesome
But win or lose the clock ticks on
Just stretch and yawn - and find your shoes, 
Go out to win or lose

The spinning world has what it takes
As it makes every circuit
You can bet on a new sunset
Then a dawn waiting to pursue it
But that’s about all

Oh you lose some and you win some
Make your own mistakes and then some
Sun’s gonna shine, rain’s gonna fall
summer lose steam, winter will thaw
It’s all hardly news in this world of 
Win or lose

Well the customer’s wrong, the boss a jerk
But back to work you’re headed
Save what’s left when you cover your debt
Don’t expect any credit 
That’s not how they play

Oh you win some and you lose some
But if that ‘you’ is a twosome
At least someone’s there, someone to share 
The good and bad, happy and sad 
That’s what I’d choose 
Win or lose

Win Or Lose

Cover in italiano di NOTHING’S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU

RESTERAI

"Ladies & Gentlemen, Welcome to the Annual General Meeting of the Dark Ocean Society" by Darkk Messiahs is a brooding journey into the depths of dark jazz and beats. Anchored by Sticks Thompson’s commanding drums and Wilt Flowers’ pulsating bass, the track is a rhythm-driven exploration, with Sonny Rhodes’ piano lines weaving elegant motifs through the sonic tapestry. Guy Stansfield’s clarinet and Blue Six’s trumpet add haunting melodies that rise and fall like waves, evoking a mysterious, oceanic atmosphere. This piece blurs the lines between groove and noir, delivering a cinematic experience drenched in shadow.

Ladies & Gentlemen Welcome To The Annual General Meeting of the Dark Ocean Society

Day Break

Sometimes the mind can spawn conflicts, battles that you have to fight. Sometimes the battles are like fighting monsters. 
Those monsters can and always will be defeated if you stay true to yourself.

Monsters

JOSÉ LENCASTRE - saxophone
FRANCISCO MORATO - electric bass
JOÃO SVAYAM - djembe

«'Inner Mountains' is somewhat the imp of a journey towards a higher and innermost place.
These mountains are the urge for exploration... where music can be a dimension of reunion, 
a state of togetherness, and where its own boundaries can always be rewritten.
'Inner Mountains' is an album that explores the idea of digging inward. 
to reach an upwards state through a constant, and not always in agree, dialogue 
of instruments.  It gives us this distinct sense of a mountain not to be risen but to be dug...»

NUNO MANGAS VIEGAS
(artwork and concept)


THE URGE IN MOTION

Strength Within

Cherry Tango

There's more in life that we do not experience than that we do. 
But hey, you can't have it all.
Sometimes that's for the better.

[Rough English translation]
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT ALL
In the past i didn’t want to miss anything
Was eager to join in all things fun
If I had to choose, I could not decide
I’d rather divided myself in two 

For football, parties, music and friends
a week was really too short
when she fell in love with another
it only really dawned on me

You can’t have it all

Now so many years have passed
I see many people with a cross to bear
Who are suffering or have severly suffered
people without a future, without a home

because of illness, distress, violence and loss
they’re broken, tired out 
for us, my love, I praise the day
for us, my love, I speak of happiness

You can’t have it all

Still, i want my life to be in the fast lane 
Sure, that’s how i’m gonna do it
but without risking life and limb
and with guaranteed pension

You can’t have it all

Soprano sax: @Dave-McKeown
Drums: Matt Snowden
Rest, Music & Lyrics: me
Mix&master 2021

JE MIST MEER DAN JE MEEMAAKT (with Dave McKeown)

Tutmonda is an experimental music label whose main objective is to create a fusion of improvised and traditional sounds from different parts of the world. 

*We're right now working on collaborations with our soundcloud friends*

With the mission of promoting an inclusive and diverse sound mass, Tutmonda seeks to offer a space for artists from all corners of the globe to showcase their talent and creativity.

Our sonic wizards:

@joaomsousa
@joaoaclopesms
@zelencastre
@joerxworx
@henry-koek
@stevesoundcoombes
@dean-petrovski-44100126
@leonel-cardoso-104759319

"New Realm":  https://open.spotify.com/album/6O4UceSh7DSzQI0VWTOJQL?si=ooVLgxXSQ62yvJ4q04qumw

Mixed-genres, all original work, no samples used, inspired by old-school quality.  We like power & beauty in music, & are into Funk, Dance, Jazz-Rock, Soul, Latin & more.  Ableton Live is used, involving both its virtual instruments & real musicians, avoiding anything sampled or otherwise unoriginal.

THE URGE IN MOTION

TUTMONDA

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