F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This playlist captures the opulence, tension, and melancholy of The Great Gatsby's Jazz Age setting, its themes of love, disillusionment, and moral decay. The instrumental selections evoke the era's glamour and underlying unease through jazz-influenced classical and ambient sounds, while the vocal tracks provide lyrical narratives paralleling the characters' emotions and the novel's tragic arc.

21 tracks
balanced
Mar 18, 2026
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Track List

21 songs
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Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin · Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & An American in Paris

1
Swing Is King (Vol.2)

Harlem Nocturne

Earle Hagen · Swing Is King (Vol.2)

2
Studio 3

Blue in Green

Miles Davis · Studio 3

3
Dinnertime Jazz

In A Sentimental Mood

Duke Ellington · Dinnertime Jazz

4
Erik Satie & Friends

Gymnopédie No. 3

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

5
Timeless: Count Basie

April In Paris

Count Basie · Timeless: Count Basie

6
Jazz L'Album Idéal En 25 Titres Mythiques

Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Jazz L'Album Idéal En 25 Titres Mythiques

7
An Introduction to the Guitar Genius - The Best Recordings 1936-1953

Nuages

Django Reinhardt · An Introduction to the Guitar Genius - The Best Recordings 1936-1953

8
The Very Best Of The Duke Ellington Song Book

Sophisticated Lady

Ella Fitzgerald · The Very Best Of The Duke Ellington Song Book

9
Presenting The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Clarinet Marmalade

Original Dixieland Jazz Band · Presenting The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

10
Обратно в клас - pop

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Обратно в клас - pop

11
Alles eine Frage der Zeit

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse · Alles eine Frage der Zeit

12
A Handful Of Keys

Ain't Misbehavin

Fats Waller · A Handful Of Keys

13
Piano Dreamers Renditions of David Bowie

Love Is Lost

Piano Dreamers · Piano Dreamers Renditions of David Bowie

14
Billie Holiday Centenary Album - The Very Best of Billie Holiday

All of Me

Billie Holiday · Billie Holiday Centenary Album - The Very Best of Billie Holiday

15
Fats Waller & Bessie Smith

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Bessie Smith · Fats Waller & Bessie Smith

16
Blues And Jazz

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone · Blues And Jazz

17
Jazz Vocalists - Verve 50

The Man I Love

Sarah Vaughan · Jazz Vocalists - Verve 50

18
The Best of Bessie Smith

Backwater Blues

Bessie Smith · The Best of Bessie Smith

19
Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929)

Careless Love

Bessie Smith · Really the Blues?: A Blues History (1893-1959), Vol. 1 (1893-1929)

20
Why not?

I am Not Superman

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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