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Lighten Up: Cool Summer Jazz Pieces

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2:28p, 7/8/25
Please contribute yours. This is Nadalin from the Royal Marines Bands:
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"Morning Dance" by Spyro Gyra:

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In reply to EclipseAg • 9:28a, 7/9/25
An oldie but goodie.
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1:54p, 7/10/25
And Hugh Masekela, Grazing in the Grass
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12:14p, 7/11/25
And amazing guitar solos in "Children of Sanchez"
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This has long been one of my favorite smooth jazz tunes. And it's fitting for summer, too!

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Another oldie but goodie ... Fogelberg/Weisberg with "Lahaina Luna."



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11:32a, 7/12/25
"Caravan"-Thelonious Monk
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The only thing that can save this thread would be those spyderman posts of death metal YouTube vids to counteract this jazz gobbledy guk.

This is a bad thread. Like fc2112 marching band thread-level bad.
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In reply to Mega Lops • 12:18p, 7/12/25
Mega Lops said:
The only thing that can save this thread would be those spyderman posts of death metal YouTube vids to counteract this jazz gobbledy guk.

This is a bad thread. Like fc2112 marching band thread-level bad.


Then it is up to you to contribute your own favorite summer jazz compositions!
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11:47a, 7/13/25
And because it's Sunday, a mellow jazzy worship piece.
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10:22a, 7/14/25
Stan Getz y Astrid Gilbert: Girl from Ipanema
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Greater love hath no man than this....
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Greater love hath no man than this....
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1:54p, 7/15/25
Chuck Mangione: Bellavia
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jazz sucks.

There. I said it.
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Okay ... how about this one, with three superstars teaming up?

Keyboardist David Benoit, guitarist Russ Freeman (of the Rippingtons) and vocalist Kenny Loggins. One of my all-time favorite smooth jazz tunes.

Written by Benoit/Loggins, with the great Nathan East on bass.

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In reply to Mr. Thunderclap McGirthy • 5:50p, 7/15/25
Champion of Fireball said:
jazz sucks.

There. I said it.


Have you thought about starting a clogging thread?
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In reply to Mr. Thunderclap McGirthy • 5:57p, 7/15/25
Champion of Fireball said:
jazz sucks.

There. I said it.

Longhorns.
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In reply to UTExan • 6:03p, 7/15/25
UTExan said:
Champion of Fireball said:
jazz sucks.

There. I said it.


Have you thought about starting a clogging thread?


Ha!

He's not a rotorooter.
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Anything from '90's Kirk Whalum.

ETA - I have a couple of CD's from that era but I haven't listened to them in a long time.
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1:44p, 7/16/25
One of the geniuses of jazz/popular music crossover: Henry Mancini -Tender is the Night
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The desire to do a dx/dy post is strong.

Just replace the "a" with an "i."
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In reply to scd88 • 2:04p, 7/16/25
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scd88 said:
Anything from '90's Kirk Whalum.

ETA - I have a couple of CD's from that era but I haven't listened to them in a long time.

Houston used to have a fairly vibrant jazz recording scene back in the '90s with Whalum and others.

Not sure if that's still the case.

I had several CDs from local artists ... the only name I remember is David Caseres.
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Fun Fact: Henry Mancini was a pianist with the Glenn Miller Orchestra back in the 1940s.
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The John Wilson Orchestra at the 2016 BBC Proms in a masterful performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue:
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12:09p, 7/18/25
Henry Mancini orchestra from 1964 featuring jazz trombone in "Latin Snowfall"
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Rhythm Future Quartet playing Minor Swing (I believe a Django Reinhardt original piece?)
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1:33p, 7/20/25
The ever popular Summer Samba

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Jazz version of Somwhere Beyond the Sea:
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