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

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

21 tracks
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Mar 18, 2026

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.

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Track List

21 songs
1

Rhapsody in Blue

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

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2

Harlem Nocturne

Earle Hagen · Swing Is King (Vol.2)

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3

Blue in Green

Miles Davis · Studio 3

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4

In A Sentimental Mood

Duke Ellington · Dinnertime Jazz

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5

Gymnopédie No. 3

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

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April In Paris

Count Basie · Timeless: Count Basie

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Take Five

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

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8

Nuages

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

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9

Sophisticated Lady

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

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10

Clarinet Marmalade

Original Dixieland Jazz Band · Presenting The Original Dixieland Jazz Band

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11

Young And Beautiful

Lana Del Rey · Обратно в клас - pop

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12

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse · Alles eine Frage der Zeit

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13

Ain't Misbehavin

Fats Waller · A Handful Of Keys

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14

Love Is Lost

Piano Dreamers · Piano Dreamers Renditions of David Bowie

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15

All of Me

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

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Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Bessie Smith · Fats Waller & Bessie Smith

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17

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone · Blues And Jazz

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18

The Man I Love

Sarah Vaughan · Jazz Vocalists - Verve 50

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19

Backwater Blues

Bessie Smith · The Best of Bessie Smith

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20

Careless Love

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

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21

I am Not Superman

Luminary Flux · Why not?

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