Blue in Green

Book Playlist

Blue in Green Playlist

by Ram V, Anand RK

20 tracks

balanced

Oct 29, 2026

The instrumental half draws on jazz’s intimate club sound and its capacity for restless invention, echoing the young musician’s pursuit of a voice and the ominous weight of a predecessor’s legacy. The vocal half moves through longing, ambition, isolation, and self-doubt, giving the story’s emotional descent a human counterpoint without assuming details beyond the book’s description.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Blue in Green

Miles Davis · Kind of Blue

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2

Peace Piece

Bill Evans · Everybody Digs Bill Evans

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3

Ruby, My Dear

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

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4

Naima

John Coltrane · Atlantic Jazz Legends

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5

Self-Portrait in Three Colors

Charles Mingus · Mingus Ah Um

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6

Maiden Voyage

Herbie Hancock · Dedication

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7

Blue Rondo à la Turk

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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8

Nuages

Django Reinhardt · Nuages

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9

Misty

Erroll Garner · The Original Misty

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10

Desafinado

Stan Getz · Getz/Gilberto (Expanded Edition)

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11

Black Coffee

Ella Fitzgerald · Ella Fitzgerald Sings Songs from "Let No Man Write My Epitaph

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12

I'll Be Seeing You

Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday

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13

Round Midnight

Sarah Vaughan · Live in Japan Vol. 1

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14

You Know I'm No Good

Amy Winehouse · Back To Black

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15

Lover, You Should've Come Over

Jeff Buckley · Grace

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16

The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening With Pete King)

Tom Waits · Small Change (Remastered)

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17

Sinnerman

Nina Simone · Pastel Blues

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18

Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday · Lady Sings The Blues

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19

God Only Knows

The Beach Boys · Pet Sounds

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20

The Man That Got Away

Judy Garland · A Star Is Born

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