Book Playlist

Murder in the Upper Crust Playlist

by Mindy Quigley

20 tracks

cozy

Oct 29, 2026

This jazz-led playlist pairs intimate piano, guitar, and cool-jazz textures with bossa nova and contemporary instrumental sounds, evoking Delilah’s kitchen, the mansion’s garden, and the retreat’s carefully curated calm. Its changing shades of elegance, unease, and warmth follow the cozy mystery’s shift from starlit meditation to murder investigation and back toward comfort; three vocal songs add touches of Italian-American food culture, wellness mystique, and suspect-rich glamour.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Blue in Green

Miles Davis · Kind of Blue

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2

Waltz For Debby

Bill Evans · New Jazz Conceptions

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3

In A Sentimental Mood

Duke Ellington · The Duke Plays Ellington

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4

Poinciana

Ahmad Jamal · Poinciana

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5

Naima

John Coltrane · Atlantic Jazz Legends

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6

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock · Dedication

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7

Ruby, My Dear

Thelonious Monk · Genius Of Modern Music (Vol.1, Expanded Edition)

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8

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Charles Mingus · Mingus Ah Um

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9

Wave

Antônio Carlos Jobim · Wave

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10

Manhã de carnaval

Luiz Bonfá · Brazilian Portrait: Villa-Lobos & the Guitar Music of Brazil

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11

Bumpin' On Sunset

Wes Montgomery · Tequila (Expanded Edition)

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12

Midnight Blue

Kenny Burrell · Midnight Blue

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13

Idle Moments

Grant Green · The Best Of Grant Green (Vol. 1)

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14

September Fifteenth

Pat Metheny · As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

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15

From Gagarin's Point of View

Esbjörn Svensson Trio · From Gagarin's Point of View

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16

At Home

Tord Gustavsen Trio · Sunday Morning Jazz

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17

Bardo

GoGo Penguin · A Humdrum Star

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18

Ruins

Portico Quartet · Portico Quartet

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19

That's Amore

Dean Martin · Dean Martin Sings

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20

Nature Boy

Nat King Cole · Nat King Cole for Fall: Autumn Leaves

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Mood cozy

Genre jazz

Era any

Length medium

Instrumental request 90%

Environment balanced

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