a little dinner music

October 24th, 2005

rice bowl

One of the things I’ve become quite fond of lately is “dinner music”, or the putting on of a specific playlist for having dinner and a glass of wine to. Here’s a list of what albums are currently on my “dinner music” playlist:

  • Art Tatum, Complete Capitol Recordings
  • John Coltrane, Ballads
  • Josh Coltrane, Lush Life
  • Miles Davis, Round About Midnight
  • Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
  • Ray Bryant, Montreux ’77
  • Stan Getz, Autour De Minuit
  • Stan Getz & Luis Bonfa, Jazz Samaba Encore!
  • Vince Guaraldi, In Person

…and a few other tracks here and there, but those particular albums are killer all the way through. Do you have any particularly good music you use as “dinner music”?

~jeff



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  • http://joshua.swingpad.com/ Joshua

    Time Out by Dave Brubeck et al.

  • Jon

    If you’re trying to fuck a girl, I highly recommend any of the following three Nick Lowe albums: The Impossible Bird, Dig My Mood, or The Convincer. Seriously.

    Ironically, you should not play Big Black’s Songs About Fucking.

  • http://joshua.swingpad.com/ Joshua

    Oh, hey, that’s a valuable piece of advice about Big Black, Jon.

    How have the other albums worked for you?

  • Jon

    Very well. Nick Lowe’s recent recordings WILL magnetize your penis. They’re almost dangerous.

    Ironically, Bongwater’s The Power of Pussy WILL NOT magnetize any vagina except Ann Magnusons, because I bet she loves the sound of her own voice a little too much.

  • http://joshua.swingpad.com/ Joshua

    You know, I’ve noticed that discussion of, songs about, or pointing at, vaginas only very rarely leads to any proliferation thereof.

  • Martin

    You have a very good sense of music, I must admit :-)