Middlesex

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Middlesex Playlist

by Jeffrey Eugenides

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 21, 2026

Moving from the immigrant family’s inherited stories and Detroit’s changing streets to Calliope’s intimate, difficult journey toward self-understanding, this playlist follows the novel’s generational sweep and shifting emotional weather. The instrumentals offer room for reflection and a touch of urban jazz; the vocal songs bring in themes of family, belonging, social change, and becoming oneself.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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2

So What

Miles Davis · Essentials Jazz : The Ultimate Best of Jazz

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3

Peace Piece

Bill Evans · Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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4

Naima

John Coltrane · The Very Best of John Coltrane

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5

Waltz For Debby

Bill Evans · New Jazz Conceptions

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6

Harlem Nocturne

The Viscounts · The Madison Records Story

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7

Blue Rondo à la Turk

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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8

Misty

Erroll Garner · The Original Misty

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Cantaloupe Island

Herbie Hancock · Cantaloupe Island

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10

Song For My Father

Horace Silver · Song For My Father

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Stolen Moments

Oliver Nelson · The Blues And The Abstract Truth

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12

Moanin'

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers · Moanin' (Expanded Edition)

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13

Autumn Leaves

Cannonball Adderley · Somethin' Else (Rudy Van Gelder Edition)

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14

America

Simon & Garfunkel · Bookends

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Dancing In The Street

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas · Dance Party

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What's Going On

Marvin Gaye · What's Going On

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17

Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

They Might Be Giants · Flood

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18

The Passenger

Iggy Pop · Lust For Life

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19

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell · Clouds

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A Change Is Gonna Come

Sam Cooke · Ain't That Good News

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